Support Group Meeting #1 (July 21, 2009)

Jul 28, 2009

 I attended the monthly support group meeting for my clinic and there were easily 85-100 people there.  The room was filled with people intersted in DS, VSG, StomaphX, RnY, and lapband surgeries (which are the options that the clinic offers).

The surgeon that I am interested in is the director of the clinic, and came from another location in PA.

At first, there was an informational session about the importance of exercise, no matter if you are pre, post or no-op.  Then there was info shared on the walk from obesity in Sept. I wish it were more than just walking around an office park 3 times, but at a real park or some kind of trail, but I digress.

We then broke off into groups to peers to talk about the different surgeries.  I was chatting with a woman who was about 1 year post op (DS) and another group of ladies who were DS- pre-ops that I really hit it off with. We all are at different stages of the game, ready to take on this thing called WLS.

I am still deciding between the VSG and DS. I am currently 245 and I wonder if I can have good success with the VSG only???

I guess it all depends on Aetna, huh?

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