Dreams postop

My surgeon is a 5 hour flight away... I tried contacting a group that used to be active here but are no longer having meetings. My surgeon does have meetings but it's not praticle for me to go (-: 

I may not have been clear - EVERY Bariatric Center of Excellence MUST have a support group.  Even though your surgeon is 5 hours a way, there may be a closer Bariatric Center of Excellence.  You would be able to go to their meetings, even though you had your surgery somewhere else.  I had my surgery in NJ, but I went to a meeting in TX and will be going to a meeting in PA on Monday.  These are open meetings and will say that (or something similar like friends and family invited) on the internet.  You can also call.

Haha it was clear..... I went out of state because there were not options in my state. There is only one surgeon in my state that does bariatric surgery and I actually started my preop through him but felt incredibly uncomfortable with him. I contacted them after I had surgery with another surgeon and basically the support group is for his patients.....  So I've chosen the online option for support groups, forums, and other such things. I live in Alaska so it's not like I can just cross state lines for another group. So far I am happy with my online interaction. I am aware that in order to be a center of excellence they have to have support groups it's really more a matter of logistics and finances. Unfortunately I don't travel much since airline tickets are pretty expensive and driving would take a few days (-: 

I'm not being helpless... I have called around. I have even contacted the previous coordinator for the support group that broke up to see if they had any leads. Actually I placed an add on Craigslist seeing if anyone else in my area was interested in a support group or knew of one. It's kinda funny but I think I might be creating my own with the people who have responded saying they want one. I'm just a baby bariatric patient so I don't have all the answers or even know what to do with a support group. Maybe my first topic will be emotional changes after surgery. 

You may even try to form Meetup group. Check that option.

That is an awesome idea! 

That's cool.   At first I thought, Wow, you must be Ted Kazinsky's ex-neighbor and live in the middle of no-where.  

My thought was to identify support people - both medical and behavioral and personal - ahead of time so that if you experience a crisis, you already know who to reach-out to in your local area.

Your commitment and creativity are positive factors propelling you to success.

I'm due to have my surgery two weeks from today and I've already been having weird dreams about food.  A few nights ago I dreamt that I was furious with my daughter for eating my candy bar, which is very odd because I've never been one to eat candy! Last night I dreamt that I was chewing up food and spitting it out! LOL  I think it's just my fat self rebelling for the change I'm about to make!

Oh my gosh, this happened to me early on after surgery. I would wake up in a panic thinking that I actually did eat a bag of M&Ms or some other type of candy. I had to remind myself of what I ate for the day to reassure myself that I never went off plan for the day and all was well. 

I am 9 months out from surgery and the food dreams have gone away, except now they are replaced by ex-boyfriend dreams, which is an entirely different post. :)

Hang in there.