I give up

Jan, Please dont give up. I am only post op 4 months and I will help you as much as possible. I have been working lots of hours as a nurse the past four weeks. But I will be willing to be here for helping anyone pre op or post op. Even as a post op, I still have questions and need help. Colette

Jan, Please don't leave our Board! I appreciate you, your posts, and you being a member of this special Missouri Board. I appreciate your posts, interest and care in the surgery and am cheering you on to the day that you have it too. I don't want to lose contact with you. I look forward to seeing your posts. I know there are other websites but OH is the best by far. It is the largest resource, and most comprehensive source of daily support. The information and knowledge you'll receive from OH plus our wonderful Missouri Board will put you in a strong place within yourself to be even more successful when you have your surgery. As Wayne so courageously stepped out and cared about our Board to express his discouragement with the recent negativity and downward trend in some of the posts, I appreciate you caring enough to express your concern about the number of posts. We are all equally busy but this Board, OH and my friends here are among the top priorities to me. Between my family, jobs, responsibilities, personal time and commitments I've made, I sometimes feel overwhelmed and it seems as though I have lots of balls in the air at one time. However, I will always make time for OH and our Board friends because it is an important part of my post-operative success. I hope by sharing with us your discouragement and the reply posts you've received that you will see that we need you to continue to be part of our special membership on the Missouri Board. We need positive, active and caring members like you! I hope you'll come to our support group meeting on Monday night. Between our wonderful support group members and our OH Missouri Board now, I have a true source of daily positive support that I feel so fortunate to have. If you ever need information or have questions, I'm always here for you and anyone! Cathy ObesityHelp Support Group Specialist