Hello Wisconsin!

Good Morning my neighbors to the East! I have a friend at work who wants to have this surgery done and I need a little help getting her some information! She has Blue Cross/Blue Shield for her insurance company. Her concern and procrastination is that she lives in Osceola and doesn't want to drive into the cities here for all of her appointments, etc. So, anyone dealt with BCBS and lives in the Osceola area that can give me a bit of information to her? Such as informational sessions, renewal sessions, Dr appointment locations, etc? I gave her the link to this website in the hopes that she will log on and find the courage to move forward. I'm not pushing her, I know she wants to have it done, but she is a single Mom to two teenagers and just doesn't have the time to drive into the cities for all of her appointments, etc. Thanks again neighbors! Stacey 11/2/05 291/155/148

Hi Stacy!!! You can pass on to your friend there is a support group in Hudson... that's not to far from her. The Western WI WLS Support Group meets the first and third Saturday of the month at the Hudson Hospital, Willow Room. Here is the link our site if she wants more info: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternWIWLSSupportGroup/ She can email me too if she would like to chat: [email protected] As for Docs... not sure that I know any in this area. I went to the cities for my WLS, and I'm pretty sure the same goes for the other folks in our group too. Tracy A.