Even though ObesityHelp members are around the world, at times like these with Superstorm Sandy, we are united and here for each other.

For our ObesityHelp members, families and friends that are in the disaster areas, our thoughts are with you.  We’ve listed some helpful links below to provide information so we can support you. 

If you live in an area not impacted by Sandy but still want to help, there’s information for you too.  Make sure you are prepared for a natural disaster by checking out the information in the links below. 

If you’d like the latest info from the Federal Emergency Management Association on Superstorm Sandy, clickHERE.

FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE: 

If you need to find an emergency shelter near you, text:
SHELTER and YOUR ZIP CODE  to 43362

If you want to apply for assistance from your computer, click HERE.

If you want to apply for assistance from your mobile device, click HERE.

If you want to apply for assistance, call (800) 621-3362


DISASTER SURVIVOR RESOURCES:

General information from FEMA, click HERE.

Here’s how you and your loved ones can prepare for natural disasters, click HERE.

During times of disasters, the American Red Cross is always among the first at the scene.  The American Red Cross exists to provide compassionate care to those in need.

TO HELP THE AMERICAN RED CROSS:

Click HERE to donate funds for survivors of Superstorm Sandy.

Donations help the Red Cross provide shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance to those affected by disasters throughout the country including Superstorm Sandy. To donate, people can visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

You can contact the “Join The Movement” of the American Red Cross to donate funds, donate blood, and read about other ways to help by clicking HERE.

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Its been over six years since we've launched our forums. During this time it has seen thousands of fresh faces, greetings, meetings, partings, arguments, kind words, life transformations, cathartic rants, and simply happy time pass. It has been with us throughout this time, silently observing and facilitating. But like any wise old man, its bones were getting old. Its joints were aching, and it has been needing a new jolt of energy.

A Mobile World
Did you know that over 30% of you visit our website using a mobile device? For those who do visit us via mobile, we owe you a sincere apology, because our forums have been horrendous on a mobile browser. But the big news is that things are about to change! Our new forums are completely mobile friendly and compatible with iPhone, Android, and pretty much any other modern smart phone.

Each post, topic, and forum shows up beautifully, with the full set of features, and in nice large font. See the screenshots for yourself.

You dont have do anything different, just browse to the forums like you normally would. This means that you can finally put these away:

Not Just for Mobile
The interface on your desktop browser has also been cleaned up a great deal. There is now less clutter on the page, and the overall experience is a lot cleaner. Check out some more screenshots here!

You will notice that each post no longer has 400 buttons below it. Only the buttons that are relevant to each post show up, making your screen space a lot less cluttered. Also, when you reply to another person's post, the entire post is indented inside, making it a lot easier to figure out who has replied to whom.

Launching soon! Maybe as early as next week! Maybe.
And do remember that this is not in any way a be-all-end-all when it comes to the forums. We are in the process of constantly learning and improving upon what we have, and this is just one step along the way.

Stay tuned for the changes! We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this.

Hello jgonzalez74 yo voy para Cancun Mx. para el gastric sleeve en sept. 27, 2012 me sale en $6,000.00 estoy un poco nerviosa mi psaje me sale en $450.00 espero que me valla bien como a ti. cuanto peso a perdido desde tu cirujia?
 
tienes fotos de antes y despues
 

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Hello ilia,

My name is Cynthia I'm from Puerto Rico also on November 21 it's been 2months since I had my surgery , I'm trying to find puertorican people that live on the island who have had the surgery how are they dealing with the foods beacuse I have been craving all kinds of foods, how are you doing ?  I'm on facebook cinderellalopez61@yahoo.com. Hope to hear from you 

Thanks 
Cynthia 

 Hi,
Did you find any latin american recipes that you can share?
I usually just eat the inside of whatever is wrapped at the taqueria.
Thanks,
Toiny

Yo me acabo de hacer la cirujia sleeve en mexico soy boricua tenia tanto miedo de viajar un pais extraño hacerme esto con miedo de morirme pero no todo me salio super bien me atendieron mejor que aqui en USA  el doctor fue muy amable es una persona super chevere en 3/4 me hiceron mi operacion ya he perdido un total de 20 libras no me da hambre como porque tengo que comer pero con 2 cucharaditas de comida me lleno, yo se que es tan fustrante estar sobre de peso y no tener seguro yo tenia mi dinero aguardado y lo huse no me arepiento la cirujia me salio en $5200.00 mi pasaje de avion me salio en $389 hida y vuelta no pague hotel pq me dejaron quedar en la casa de recuperacion fue una excelente experiencia que tuve hay muchas personas aqui en obesityhelp que se quejan y dicen cosas feas y yo me pregunto porque si cuando yo estaba ahi yo me fije como trataban a las otras personas y fue el mismo trato que me dieron ami no entiendo. Bueno si desean saber mas sobre el doctor y cosas adicionales y quieren que le ayude con el mismo precio que me dieron a mi mandemen un mensaje y yo con mucho gusto les ayudo. Suerte

Does anyone know anything about getting the Lap Band surgery in Peru? I have family there and was wondering how much it costs to get it done there and if anyone has gotten in done by a doctor in Peru or knows someone who has? Please let me know. Thanks!