Question:
Does anyone have any info about the support group at newton-wellesley?

I heard there is a support group at Newton-Wellesley hosp. Does anyone have any particulars that they can share? I'm interested in attending one. thanks    — Peggy D. (posted on May 28, 2003)

May 28, 2003
Hi...I am currently attending a support group in Lowell at Sts. Memorial Medical Center and have information about a new group in Methuen. If this would help, email me: [email protected].
   — roseanneporcelli

May 28, 2003
The support group at Newton-Wellesley is open to anyone, pre-op, post-op, and people investigating the procedure. It starts at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday and 3rd Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be Thursday, June 5. The June 17 meeting is cancelled, as is July 3, so there's a gap until July 15. There's also a clothing swap starting at 6:00, half an hour before each meeting. Location is the Allen-Riddle building, which is in back of the main hospital building. There's parking behind that building near a playground. The facilitators are the practice's psychologist and nutritionist, and one of the three surgeons is often in attendance for at least part of the meeting. There's a general question-and-answer period and typically a guest speaker or speakers, often a post-op patient. It's a friendly crowd.
   — Celia A.