Question:
Does anyone know of a support group in Brooklyn and/or Manhattan?

My doctor is in Long Island & it is too far to attend meetings on week nights.    — Joy W. (posted on March 8, 2003)

March 8, 2003
Come join us at the Lenox Hill group. The people, both pre and post op are terrific, as are the Drs..
   — Fixnmyself

March 8, 2003
Joy, I agree, come to LENOX HILL....Its a great group, there are way too many pre-ops in my opinion, but, some of us posties are thinking of starting our own alternate group. The next mtg is the Thursday the 20th. heather (Open RNY 8/15/02 305/206/150)
   — heathercross

March 9, 2003
Hi Joy, I know there's a group out of Mt. Sinai. I don't attend as I'm in Northwestern NJ but I would check them out also. There is a web address of www.surgicallyslim.com. It's run by the nutritionists there. There's a group for RNY and DSers.
   — Linda M.

March 15, 2003
Lenox Hill offers two support groups. One for the RNY and one for the LAP Band. Since 4 months before my surgery, I have attended the RNY surgery support groups in Manhattan at Lenox Hill Hospital as run by Drs. Roslin, Kurian and Leitman. Though I had very little anxiety, being sure that this procedure was going to change my life for the better, the support group provided me with answers to questions I never thought to ask on my own. As a PRE-OPerative patient, I was eternally grateful for the POST-OPerative perpectives of surgery. I continue to be grateful to the POST-OPS who are out longer than myself as I learn something new each time that I did not know before. These meetings put my mind at ease. If I now as a POST-OP patient can provide the peace of mind to a PRE-OP patient that was given to me, then I am happy to. We all need to remember we were on the other side once and needed (and continue to benefit from) support. That is what a support group does.
   — Bunnie