Food for thought

After coming home from a SADS (San Antonio DS) luncheon (and yes, we had dessert AND I took pictures) and logging on here and seeing the thread started today by bjd44522 http://tinyurl.com/37g5mp my thoughts and that thread seem to be running in the same direction.

I was driving and thinking about the lovely ladies I met with today and how our little group has grown to 5 of us who meet regularly (just 2 of us in Feb.), with 2 more trying to make it sooner or later. It's my hope that someday we will become better organized and hold "real" support meetings. You know, surgeons, speakers, and all that stuff. Right now we're all in different stages of our journey's and share openly our experiences and questions. It's really nice.

Then all of a sudden it struck me. 3 of the 5 of us are REVISIONS FROM THE RNY, edited to add: one is a second time revision.  She had the RNY, then a revision to RNY (had it fixed??? question? or did it just fail again?  and now is just back from Brazil with revison to the DS) 1 is a revision from the old stomach stapling and only 1 first time WLP who choose right the first time out. (Scubagirl)

In addition to the 5 here in SA, there are 2 more women in our local area with whom we hope to meet with sooner rather than later. BettyBoop and Kayla......1 out of the 2 of them are a REVISION AS WELL.....

Coincidence? I think not. I know there are those who will say this isn't a study and it's true. It's not a study. 7 people do not make a study. But, to the best of my knowledge it is a fair sampling of the DS'rs in the area, as I've reached out on the TX board and to the yahoo groups looking for others in the San Antonio area and while I've heard of another woman who had the DS who is from here, she is retired and travels extensively in her RV all over the country, and I have never heard from her. I do not know her particulars, whether or not she is a revision to the DS or a first time WLP.