Hey there!!!   So glad to hear that your getting Dr. Melvin, he is the best. He was the angel that God sent me so long ago...........I am not sure how many more surgeries that he's done like mine but could you please tell him that Marilyn Sanders and her daughter Ayron said hello......He was a big part in making me who I am today.....a mother..   You lady are in my prayers and I pray for you the greatest outcome.........use the tool and use it well.....and when you are told that you will have to change your romance with food....please believe it.......Godspeed girl......

Had the RNY on 8-15-11. Welcome to the message board.

I know that I'm years late but Dr. Melvin is also my surgeon and I absolutely love him!!! He answered all my questions and the staff is wonderful as well. My surgery is scheduled for December 5th and I am soooo looking forward to it. I am giddy!!!

I think the inactivity on this site is likely due to so many people moving to Facebook. Participation on our messageboard is down and many programs have elected to completely drop their yahoo groups and webpage message boards and focus their communications via Facebook because of the ease of use and accessibility

 Here - this was posted on the KnoxvilleWLS forum:

 

The Maintenance group (18+ months post-op patients) meets at Beaver Ridge United Methodist Chur*****arns at 6:30pm normally the 1st Monday of each month.  The address is: 7753 Oak Ridge Highway Knoxville, TN 37931 .  

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>From: Melissa Carson
>To: [email protected]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:59 AM
>Subject: Re: [KnoxvilleWLS] Maintenance Support Group
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>Where is the meeting?
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>--- On Mon, 8/29/11, Jenspen wrote:
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>From: Jenspen
>Subject: [KnoxvilleWLS] Maintenance Support Group
>To: [email protected]
>Date: Monday, August 29, 2011, 1:43 PM
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>We will be meeting on the second Monday this month due to Labor Day. So Sept 12th at 6:30. Let me know if you have any questions!! See you there.
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>Jennifer
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