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Welcome back! Glad to hear the scale is starting to move. I've always been so paranoid that I would gain the weight back and I would be devastated. But thats what your friends are for, encourage each other when we need it most. Looking forward to seeing you again.
Take care
Alvina
That's weird how a bunch of us got a surgeon consultation before our second set of meetings. Maybe there are getting the meetings done because someone else might be going on holidays? Got to be a reason right?
Craving change can be taken through your local rha. Depending on where you live depends on where you take it. In Winnipeg you can take it through the program once you met with the team once.
The way the program was doing appointments changes every so often depending on what the team thinks it is working best and also depending on the schedules of team members. It was orientation then 2-3 months later 1st team meeting aka goal setting, then 2-3 months later 2nd team meeting progress on goal meeting then you either go in 2 directions a)meeting with surgeon or b)another 2-3 months of goal progress.
Now it seems that last week a large group of people got letters with their meeting with the surgeon so make be things have changed. I have my 2nd meeting with the team next week so maybe they will enlighten me as to the process of the appointments now.
WTG. Glad the scale is moving for you. GRRRR wish mine would. 6 week stall so far. Hope to see you at the next meet and greet. We should have another meet and greet in early November to do another Clothing swap for winter. We can have 4 free meeting per year there at the library under the name Obesity help, I wonder if our "partner group weight loss options" is allowed to have another 4 meetings per year too. Just a thought. 
Can I get more information on the "cravings change" course or any other requirements there may be? I figure if I can get a bit of a jump on anything it might help speed the process up at this point.
So if I am understanding correctly, it sounds like these appointments can . ..
a) be a little erratic, as it appears most people have two sets of appointments at least with the team before meeting with the surgeon, but for whatever reason I have my surgeon appointment before my second set of team appointments?
b) be sped up a bit by a patient's compliance with their guidelines (hence my desire to find out what will be expected of me ahead of time)
Does that sound about right?
Step One: Referral Letter: April 23/12 Step Two:Acceptance Letter: May 24/12 Step Three: 3 Hour Info Session on May 22/13 
My understanding is we all jump through the same hoops to get to surgery. The reason I am saying that is I waited over 3 years for my orientation (due to criteria being tight and then expanded) and was already doing all the goals they asked for and had lost 45 pounds. I have not moved any faster than my cousin who had her orientation the same day as I did.
You do seem to be getting your consults earlier than I did. I waited 2 months after my second set of appointments to see the surgeon and it was then moved to late October so I have another 3 weeks to go.
I had my first set of 4 appointments September 26th. I go back in November for my second set of appointments and my letter arrived last week for my consultation with the surgen on November 29th. They told me in the first set of appointments that I am doing very well so far and have lost 26 pounds. I have to complete the cravings change course before any surgery dates are set. So I am assuming you as well will have to do that too. Not sure if we all have to do the same things. I have read on here that some have been waiting a few years and others skip along getting surgery much quicker.
yay so glad it started to move again for you,we should really try and get together for coffee again soon.
sondra
if it doesnt get better after a couple of days i would go get it checked out.better to be safe than sorry.i have learned that its better to go to doctors than to live with pain.
feel better soon
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