Support Group in or near Joplin?

Hey everyone... I just had my surgery on Oct. 18th and I'm starting to have issues with staying motivated and depression. I was hoping to find a support group in or around the Joplin area that I could get involved in. I really don't have much support at home and it gets hard when you live with 5 other adults and it isn't there. Thought that maybe finding others in my area to talk to and maybe become friends with would help get me back on track.  Does anyone know of any groups in the area? Or anyone in the area looking to make a new WLS friend? 

Aimee~Don't know about a group in Joplin, but we have a great support group her in Springfield that meets the secon Friday of every month. Some of our members come from Arkansas for meetings, if you want we are meeting on the 10th this month at the Library on South Campbell, starts at 6:30 PM. We have a very good leader and lots of post ops, both new and oldies so there is a lot of feed back and support here.

I had my surgery in May of this year, lost my husband in June and am making a very big change in my life, this group has helped me through all of this and I always had the support I needed. My advice is to post here when you anything is bothering you, and try coming to our COF meetings. We are here to help others the way we were helped.

Thank you for your reply Jeanie. If I can't find anything around here and I'm able to I will try to come and check out your group sometime. Right now we are down to one car and my hubby works alot of odd hours... so it makes traveling very far from home tough sometimes. I have a few online WLS friends that have offered some great support and advice when I've needed it but it's just not the same as having someone close by or a group of people that understand what I'm going through. Thanks again =)