It's on San Antonio and Louisiana - pretty easy to find.  We're in the northernmost building.  We meet at 6:30 on the first and third Wednesdays.  I think there are a few people that struggle with RA - me being one of them.  I do ok if I eat sensibly (protein first, etc.), but don't do so well if I have carbs or sugar first.  Would love to meet you! 

You are quite a ways out.  How have you done with your weight loss?  I'm only 2 years out and not quite at my own goal.  Would love to lose another 15-20 lbs.  Not sure if that will happen though.  It scares me to death to think about gaining!  I know it happens - I just don't want it to happen to me!  :o)

I had Dr Acosta, he was wonderful.  The problem I had was the follow up.  I developed a blood sugar issue 9 months post op and after repeated calls and eventually a filed complaint with the administrator there, I gave up and have not returned for a follow up.  My local primary doctor (Dr. James Houle) takes good care of me.  The surgery was text book perfect though.  Hope this helps.

When  I was mega involved, we tried hard to split the large group into a "pre" and up to 6 months post and then have support for those of us past that.  But we got such huge pre groups, it always went back to those pre-op questions.  Most of us old timers ended up leaving out of sheer boredom.  You can only pay it forward so much, at some point even the 1-2 year out folks will develop other issuses such as reactive hypoglycemia and the plastic surgery questions.  Is Janel still leading it?  She had more or less taken it over when I finally gave up.  Great gal her and Jay:-)  Anyways, was just curious, thanks for the reply:-)

Yes.  We meet the 1st and 3rd Wed of every month! 

Anyone know of any reconstructive surgeons who are willing to help me  battle my insurance company? I have Presbyterian. I NEED to have some skin removed and want to see if I can get the insurance to pay for it since I cant afford it right now. I have documented rashes and have a hard time exercising with all the excess skin between my legs, any help would be sooooo appreciated.