Good Afternoon, I wish your friend nothing but the best of what life has to offer.  I know with the good support of close friends and family she will be on the road to a great new life.
It is important to surround ourselves with positive people, it is a known fact that if we hang out with negative people, it rubs off and we find ourselves feeling thier emotions and acting the same way.  I try not to tell my one girlfriend too much about what I am going to be doing because of her negative personality...it drags me down.  So, 3 CHEERS for the girlfriend. God bless and have a great day.  Farmgirl58

Hey Shelley...
good to have you here in Clinton with us...(I am also a transplant...having moved here about a year ago...) I have had my band now for 3 1/2 years...but LOVE to get with WLS friends...
I hope that you can make it to our support Group meeting at CMMC in Feb....
I'd love to meet....

That's awesome!  I plan to attend the meeting on Feb 10th.  Hope to see you then. 

Ahem! LOL  My friend is gathering a lot of strength now by surrounding herself with the positive people, like her mom, me, and other family and friends. I can't wait for her to get this surgery, and be happy and healthy. I can not believe the jealousy and flat out mean behavior some people have to go through just to get to a place in life that will help them get healthy. My friend, Lisa , has found a support group in Florida that seems pretty good. Her WLS is soon, so we'll see how things turn out.

Thanks again for your response,
Rebecca

TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT!!  ARE  YOU KIDDING?  The family members that are giving her a hard time need to read these message boards, yes, it is a tool to help learn new eating patterns, but it is not easy...my friend is doing the same thing...says I am taking the easy way out...she is much heavier than I , has been a diet for who knows how long and continues to gain more weight...so if you ask me, she and the others who are critisizing are jealous and niave to how these surgeries affect us, what is involved...this is a hard road we travel...my hats off to all those with wls, they are trying to improve thier lives and health.  We are very fortunate to have such a good support group site to help us on this new journey.  God bless us all. Thank you, and tell all those women who put us down to get over themselves!  Farmgirl58