My First Barix Post-Op Support Meeting...

So Saturday I attened my first Post-Op meeting @ Barix. I tried to match up faces and name I've meet on here with people I saw at the meeting but was failing miserably. I guess I suck with names and faces. Slightly better with faces than names but profile pics were not all that useful.

Basically I just wanted to know who all else was there, if anybody recognized me, etc. I just hate that stranger in a crowd feeling. I was wearing a dark navy fleece top and green cords, blonde hair that I wore down half the time and up the other half. Mainly I just hid in the corners, wandered around aimlessly and kept quiet.

I knew a few people but only really from the post-op meetings I had attended in the past.
I intend on going again but I'm hoping it will be less uncomfortable in the future. Really hate social anxiety! 

Fess up..maybe I can put a username with a face I recall.

Well I was there the whole time and I am a leader. I was the one that did all the intros of the leaders for the 2009-2010 support team. 

I can not say that I can put your name to the face but please just walk up start talking to someone we are a very open group and outgoing. Hope you make it to the Post Op meeting on the 18 of this month! 

I was sitting on the bench next to you before the groups started.

I wasn't there.

But wanted to let you know matching up people from their avatars can be extremely challenging - not that you suck at it.  I had a hard time doing it at first too.  And the Saturday support group meetings are long and tend to be pretty big (don't know how big this one was).

Hang in there - it gets easier!

We were sitting next to each other. It was nice to meet you on Saturday.

Ida

You were there?!?!  MAN....I totally wanted to meet you and give you a HUGE hug!!!!  Will you be at the WEd. night meeting in a few weeks?

yes, I was there. I'm considering trying to find Barix on my own for the Wed night meeting. Being from NJ I'm still a bit intimidated by the Blvd which is the way to Barix. I don't like the traffic on there in daylight but in the dark I'm still scared of that road. Gene sees clients on Wed night so my chauffer is not available to drive me LOL

On a more serious note, I almost came to the Wed meeting last month but chickened out because of the thought of driving on the Blvd in the dark, but I am going to try this month I think. I have to get over this fear of that road I've been living here for 6 yrs now....

Ida, I  know you are in the Northeast some where you can always jump on 95 to avoid the BLVD or see if anyone wants to car pool from the area. There is a group of us that goes early cause we go to dinner before hand don't know if that would help you or not.

Beth thank you. I don't think I'm up to going out to resturants yet. But I do think I am going to come out for the meeting. Gene is seeing clients I don't have any classes that week, so maybe it's time to tackle the Blvd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I live within walking distance of the Krewstown shopping center if you know where that is. And I do mean like a 2 min. if that, walk

I sure do know exactly where it is at because I work  right down the block ....You can do it Ida!