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Well this group is still in the forming stage....well maybe a little into the storming stage..LOL This group is whatever we want it to be. I had hoped that we would also grow to include some recreational activities like maybe occasionally walking and coffee meetings. Maybe a bowling night and a coffee after....if we want to make it a no sweets rule, that's fine. We could have occasional informative guests or classes. I'm thinking that we could ask the dietitian at Superstore to give us some nutrition lessons or a healthy cooking class. They usually only charge 10.00 a head for their classes. I don't know if they have a minimum number of participants, but it wouldn't hurt to ask. I think the restaurant was a good no pressure way to start to get to know each other. I was relieved at our first meeting find out that I will still be able to enjoy going out for supper or lunch with my friends. I could skipp dinners with hubby, but my only social life is lunch or walking with my friends. I know I will have to learn to better control my choices, but I don't want to give it up. So the restaurant was a productive for me.
As for group dynamics groups go through becoming a group (forming), a pwer struggle or some kind friction (storming), and setting out the real rules (norming). We now need to define what we want, and how we want to achieve it. Since we are a group of both before and after surgery folks,plus the various types of surgery, it will be difficult to meet everyone's needs.
Let's get creative and create what we want and need in our group. We don't need to limit ourselves to once a month or just one activity.
Well this group is still in the forming stage....well maybe a little into the storming stage..LOL This group is whatever we want it to be. I had hoped that we would also grow to include some recreational activities like maybe occasionally walking and coffee meetings. Maybe a bowling night and a coffee after....if we want to make it a no sweets rule, that's fine. We could have occasional informative guests or classes. I'm thinking that we could ask the dietitian at Superstore to give us some nutrition lessons or a healthy cooking class. They usually only charge 10.00 a head for their classes. I don't know if they have a minimum number of participants, but it wouldn't hurt to ask. I think the restaurant was a good no pressure way to start to get to know each other. I was relieved at our first meeting find out that I will still be able to enjoy going out for supper or lunch with my friends. I could skipp dinners with hubby, but my only social life is lunch or walking with my friends. I know I will have to learn to better control my choices, but I don't want to give it up. So the restaurant was a productive for me.
As for group dynamics groups go through becoming a group (forming), a pwer struggle or some kind friction (storming), and setting out the real rules (norming). We now need to define what we want, and how we want to achieve it. Since we are a group of both before and after surgery folks,plus the various types of surgery, it will be difficult to meet everyone's needs.
Let's get creative and create what we want and need in our group. We don't need to limit ourselves to once a month or just one activity.
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oh that sounds wonderful! I'm for all of those ideas. Thanks so much Charline. I'm all for mixing it up. Someimtes we can walk, sometimes cook, and yes meet at resteraunts. My concern was that the focus was on the eating and not the meeting. But again. that's my stuff and baggage, not necessarily anyone elses. And this forum and our group allowed discussion on it and we talked and all is fine:)
Once you get to know me better you will see that lots of times I will "toss" out different points of view, sometimes they are not even mine, just to get a discussion going or to help look at things from other angles . I think that comes from doing the kind of work I do with our other support group. Sometimes people discuss things and other times people get offended, that is just a hazzard of humans talking. I find if you are not willing to explore differnt views or entertain new ideas, then you fail to grow. Or in my case "recover".
The opinion I tossed out earlier this week was mine, and it was a concern, and I got other's points of views on it and I feel much better, and I hope in the process others maybe benefited from the conversations. It was in no way pointing fingers at anyone of complaining.
I am so flippin happy to be part of our group. You are all amazing and interesting. I can't wait untill we meet in person again. Untill then...we keep typing:)
*hugs you all*
Once you get to know me better you will see that lots of times I will "toss" out different points of view, sometimes they are not even mine, just to get a discussion going or to help look at things from other angles . I think that comes from doing the kind of work I do with our other support group. Sometimes people discuss things and other times people get offended, that is just a hazzard of humans talking. I find if you are not willing to explore differnt views or entertain new ideas, then you fail to grow. Or in my case "recover".
The opinion I tossed out earlier this week was mine, and it was a concern, and I got other's points of views on it and I feel much better, and I hope in the process others maybe benefited from the conversations. It was in no way pointing fingers at anyone of complaining.
I am so flippin happy to be part of our group. You are all amazing and interesting. I can't wait untill we meet in person again. Untill then...we keep typing:)
*hugs you all*
I had every intention of calling the superstore about using the community room and if a cooking or nutrician class is an option. I just didn't get around to it. I just finished a week of on-call and only got to bed at 3am last night. I am brain dead. BUT I have 4 days in a row off. Wooo Hooo!!!
I will call next week and report back.
I will call next week and report back.
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