ObesityHelp

I just sent you a friend request so you can read my blogs/updates.  I loved Dr. H & have had a wonderful experience.  I'm so happy that I made the decision to get the sleeve done = has changed my life already & I'm only 3 months out.  The future is so very promising now...I'm excited again about life, about being active with my family, and so much more opportunities that my weight has limited up until now! ~best wishes on your journey & I look forward to keeping in touch! ~Melissa

 The Bariatric Center of Kansas City is proud to announce a new Bariatric Surgeon, Dr. Brice Hamilton, is joining their team June 1, 2012. As a way to get to meet the bariatric community he is hosting a 'BACK ON TRACK' informational seminar exclusively for patients with a Gastric Band. He will give different ideas as to how to get back on track to use your Lap Band to optimum success and answer general questions from the audience. 
  It will be Saturday June 16, 2012, 10AM at the conference room on the 3rd floor of their building, 23401 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS. 66227. This is open to all Lap Band patients not just KC Bariatric Lap Band patients. 
  Please go to www.KCBariatric.com to register to attend this event. Seating is limited so please reserve to seat early. If you have questions I would be happy to answer them just send me a personal message.

Once again it is FREE!

I recall from the past here on the KS forum a member named marylaw who ran a support group in Winfield.  She has a VSG like yourself.  I think her surgeon is from OK, though.  I think the group disbanded due to lack of attenders.  On page three of this forum's past threads, I found one of her posts about it. http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/KS/4096360/January-Support -Group-Meeting/  Here is her proflile page http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/marylaw
.  You can private message her to talk, and maybe even meet in real life.

Hi my name is Kayla. I had Gastric Bypass 12/19/11 and was wondering if there was anyone around the KC area that was wanting someone to walk or work out with? I would like getting to know and meeting new people that are going through or have gone through some of the same things I have.

Hi...I think there is also a support group at KU Med West monthly.  I have never been but had considered going.  The number there is 913 588-8400.  Good luck!

carol

Thank you! I will look into those when I get home (which I can't wait to do, by the way!) and see if I'm allowed to attend. Not sure how that whole situation works :)

Thanks again!

~Micah

Hi everyone!

My name is Micah and my family and I recently moved to Overland Park for my husband's job. About two weeks after we moved, I had to begin my pre-op diet and then come back to Kentucky, where we just moved from, to have my WLS. I just had my surgery on 11/18 and now that I'm going to be going back home to Kansas around Christmas, I was curious to know if there were any people in my area that had recently had WLS or if anyone knew of any support groups in Overland Park. 

My surgeon is in Kentucky and suggested to me that finding a support group to go to would be a good idea. I think so too! I'd also just like to make some new friends there - I enjoy being social and experiencing whatever life throws at me! So...if you are in the Overland Park area and have any input or just want to say hi, that would be great!!

Thanks

~Micah 

Just saw your post Heather ... I am from Kansas but live in Tennessee ... I am getting sleeved with Dr. Alvarez on Sept. 23rd. I have several friends I have known since grade school. They live in Oklahoma and I learned of their experience and LOVE of Dr. Alvarez ... Husband and wife, daughter and three of the daughter's friends have gone to him for VSG.  I would be happy to answer any questions for you! .. Annie

I went to my 1st weight loss surgery seminar thinking that what I wanted was the Lap-Band.  I learned of the ObesityHelp website from one of the papers that I picked up at that seminar at St. Francis in Topeka.  After reading for a long time on the message boards here, especially on the message board about the duodenal switch, I decided that I wanted a DS.  I am one year out and love my DS. (Although, lots of people one year out are still in the honeymoon period.  I recommend you read the different message boards specific to the different surgery types and see how people like their surgery after multiple years post-op.)  Anyways, the Tallgrass/St. Francis weight loss surgery program in Topeka offers patients the adjustable gastric band (whether Lap-Band or Realize brand), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, vertical sleeve gastrectomy, and the duodenal switch. 


edited for spelling