JaxFl Support Group

abandster
on 7/30/06 3:44 am
I'm a support group leader her ein Jacksonville and wanted to let you know our group existed in case you're looking for a place to meet. Our meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month from 10 AM til 1 PM at 7256 Merrill Road. For more information, please email me. We're a great group of folks who get together and learn from each other and we also had a clothing exchange and a product exchange. Hope to hear from you and please feel free to invite friends and family to the meetings. Our door is always open. La Wanda
KathyHarding
on 7/30/06 5:14 pm - Jacksonville, FL
I go to this group and it is informal, informative and loads of fun! We laugh a lot, talk a lot and learn a lot! Yes, we sometimes cry a lot too! Anyone looking for a support group home this would be a great place to try! There are a lot of really nice people here! Look forward to seeing you! (No Lawanda did not ask me to write this post!) Kat
abandster
on 7/30/06 9:11 pm
Hey there, my friend. No, I didn't ask you to write this post and had I tried to put the words in your mouth, I don't know that I'd have done that good a job. We do have fun, don't we? Do you remember how we "found" each other? Must have been from right here on OH. You had told me you didn't get out and about much and that you were on oxygen and listed some medical problems and I, the gently brow beater than I am, asked why you couldn't come to the meeting. Well, God said GO and go you did. I've seen you every single meeting day that you've been in town. And I couldn't be more delighted. Thank you for being there with me, Kat. My tears have been the ones that were the most visibily shed. For you to be one of three people who waited 3 hours for me to show up just so you could comfort and console me....you have no idea how much that meant to me. And thank you for allowing me to be part of this journey with you. The only thing between us is God...me on one side and you on the other. And the only reason I know that is because we keep thinking we're holding each other up, but its Him who's in the middle between us that's doing that. I love you, girl. And now everybody on OH to reads this will know just how close a support group can be. La Wanda
..Angeles..
on 7/30/06 11:12 pm - Pensacola, FL
It is so nice to see how support group help I wish I am back en Jax but I have to do stay here in Pensacola for now. I need a support group here in Pensacola... any ideas?? Good job guys keep doing whatever you are doing !!! Pd:La wanda hablas Español?
abandster
on 7/31/06 8:58 pm
Well, with a name like "La Wanda" you'd think I could speak some spanish, huh? Sorry, no. My daddy is a full blooded Italian and I don't even speak that language either. Born and raised right here in Jacksonville, Florida. I have a wonderful idea for a support group in Pensacola... start one. That's what I did. My surgeon only had one each month and that wasn't enough for me so I bought a house and scheduled the 1st and 3rd Saturdays as meeting days. We get there just before 10 and don't leave til some time after 2... every time we meet. People come and go at their leisure and bring breakfast or lunch or snacks or a little of it all. Call the local hospitals in the area and see if they have meeting rooms available to you at no charge. Our group started out at the library but we got too noisy for them and our short meeting started getting longer and longer and we didn't have a place for a product exchange or a clothing exchange. So, God blessed me with good fortune and my husband and I bought a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house on a prominent street and we're all set to go. Start a support group of your own. You'll be glad you did. OH offers training and other avenues of support. If you had your surgery in Pensacola, talk to you surgeon about you running a support group for them in their office. If you didn't have your surgery there, look in the phone book and see who offers bariatric surgery and call them regarding support groups. The prospects are our there. You gotta dig deep to find them sometimes. And sometimes you gotta just step out on faith and do your own thing. Good luck to you and let me know if I can help you in any way. I'd be happy to. La Wanda
KathyHarding
on 7/31/06 3:14 pm - Jacksonville, FL
Why Thank you LaWanda for the kind words! We really aren't just a mutual admiration society. We have really developed relationships with each other and support each other through thick and thin. Weight loss is not the only area where we need support sometimes so it is great to be a part of a group who all love and care and give to each other! I don't know what I would do without my group! I think the Lord led me to this group just when he did because he knew the challenges that were on the way for my family. Kathy
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