Hi Joel, I just found this site today, so unfortunatly was too late to attend the meeting. I think it would have been great to get some information. Do you know...is there actually a bariatric clinic in Regina?? Are there any surgeries preformed in Regina? I've just recently started seriously looking into this and I'm finding it rather difficult to get information. Any you could provide would really be appreciated :) Thanks in advance.

I was hoping to see some positive things on our Saskatchewan Forum... Feel free to check out the Saskatchewan Bariatric Surgery Support Group's Website at www.sbssg.ca. Hope to hear from some of you soon... Joel Sopp

My name is Joel Sopp from Regina, SK. I am 6'3 and 437 lbs with a BMI of 54.6. I am currently on the Board of Directors for the Saskatchewan Bariatric Surgery Support Group (www.sbssg.ca) and we are a Non-Profit WLS Support Group. We have our Annual General Meeting coming up, which will take place at The Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 1800 Prince of Wales Drive in Regina, and we have a speaker coming out. Allison Kapp, the Nutritionist from the new Bariatric Clinic, will provide a presentation approximately 20 minutes in length followed by a 10--15 minute question and answer period for members of the SBSSG present at our Annual General Meeting. The presentation will begin at 2:40 pm. Please go to the website and under AGM you can read a letter from the President of the SBSSG for prospective Board Members and/or Committee Chairs, An Information Kit for those interested in applying for a position on the board or a chair position, as well as a recruitment poster, nomination form, membership form and membership benefits. It pays to be a paid member! Feel free to e-mail [email protected] (Current SBSSG President) or [email protected] (2007-2008 Communications Director) if you have questions about the SBSSG or the May 31st AGM. They will respond as soon as they can. Take care and hope to see all of you at the AGM. Joel Sopp

Hi Kathy, There is talk (and so far it's just talk) through the Ministry of Health of the possibilty to recruit a lap band surgeon to work in the Bariatric Surgery Assessment Clinic if it makes it past it's initial 15 month pilot project in Regina. No promises, but it opens the door for many more patients. Crossing my fingers, Joel Sopp

Wooooo hoooooo I got my surgery date fro May 14/08 I am soooooo excited and sooo nervous as well!! Julie