HI Connie..my name is Joanne and I just signed up today...I live in Labrador...but am happy to have found this forum...hope you still check in to see if anyone is around... I was listed to see a surgeon here in Newfoundland..for stomach stapling...but after a lenghty wait...found out that again our government will not allow this surgeon...to do these procedures anymore...this is twice I have found a surgeon...capable of doing surgery to help morbidly obese patients...but both times the government...stops them...this makes me so angry....and I am now lobbying to find out why... I am a 46 year mom...happily married 12 years and with a son of 11 soon..who has left hemiplegic cerbral palsy... I look forward to meeting you....sincerely, Joanne

Creating your own post - how to use emoticons

Emoticons associated with your post's title

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Emoticons inserted into your post

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