2010 OH CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON.....NOV. 5-6TH

STEPH-you know me sooooo well!!

oh yeah! I forgot about that. I'm in cruise mode.

well that changes it all.  slumber party and visitating with my favorite peeps.  THAT I will do.

Paige, keep my floor space reserved!

Hey if you play your cards right you might even do better then floor space!!!!

I've been to two OH conferences and IMO they were exactly the same. Nothing was really changed up and it wasnt all that eventful. I think if your paying up to $50 for the event plus over $100 for hotel you should get more than average.

I'm not saying its a definite no, because I dont know who the speakers will be, but I probably wont be going and if i do it might be just for the chance to catch up with everyone.

If RYD has another event I will definetly be going to that.

For $70 you got 3 meals and snacks. amazing speakers. A very nice location and hotel. 

I just enjoyed myself more at the RYD event

Can I bring my sleeping bag? I promise I won't talk yall into late night truth or dare, or makeovers. LOL

  Thanks for the info, VP ..    Dang, that's so far off, though ..      I wonder if RYD will be hosting an event any time before then?   (Ramon, Yvonne, Debra?) 


  (btw, I hope OH is able to swing a good deal on rates at the event for the attendees ..  those Hiltons can be $$$!  )

 Just checked Events page Paul....rooms are $89 a night + $8 parking per day for your car.     That is a pretty great price if you ask me for a Hilton Hotel !!!


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

 Wow ..  that is a great rate ..   Good job, OH!   

There is nothing more important though this journey of WLS than PEEPS time...........if you learn something or even 1 thing at each conference - isn't it worth the peep time.......

Like I said early............this will only be about 4 weekS   AFTER THE CRUISE............

PEEPS TIME IS PRICELESS THOUGH........

I was kinda BORED at this one that was at the Galleria though.........WIERD.........just seemed that there just wasn't anything to do..........really.............??  thats just me........

 

 

OK, gotta throw my 2 cents in here.  Have any of you guys ever been to a  continuing ed conference?  I know my nursing ones run several hundred $$ for a 1-2 day conference with NO free food and NO lodging.  I was just looking at one in Vegas that would cost me over $1000 for a 3 day conference.  So PLEASE don't complain about the price.

OH is a BUSINESS plain and simple.  Do they make $$ off us old-timers?  Not really.  Who are their sponsors?  SURGEONS~and the only way THEY make money is to operate on NEW people.  They already got OUR money so NO, the conference is not going to be geared towards us. 

I go because the conference is where I met the most wonderful,caring group of women I've ever had the pleasure of hanging out with.  If it wasn't for these conferences, I would not of met 1/2 of you.  So yes, I sit thru some boring "been there, done that, could teach that" lectures out of RESPECT for the speakers who so UNSELFISHLY have given of their time for US.  Do I attend them all?-nope.  I didn't attend the lapband or plastics ones last time cuz I have finished the "surgical" part of journey.

After the last conference I took the time to write a very detailed letter to OH telling them what I enjoyed and didn't like about the conference and what I would like to see in future conferences.  Did any of you do the same?  All I heard was accolades about how wonderful everyone thought it was.  Personally, I found a lot of fault with it and I told them so.  I was especially frustrated with their time management.  We didn't get the hear the entire vitamin lecture because they allowed others to run long.  Vitamins are something we ALL need to be doing, no matter which surgery and how far out you are.  Those type of topics pertain to us all and I would very much love to see more about that. 

Anyway-for those of you that are complaining and whining PLEASE take a moment and send an email to OH telling them WHAT topics you would like to see covered and I bet they will do their best to accommidate us.  And BTW, I got a response to my email so I know it didn't fall on deaf ears.