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01-29-2012, 08:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: S. Jersey
Posts: 2,480
Weight Statistics ?? Most recently Oct. 2010 Start Date:
January 31 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
342 lb Start Weight:
194 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
148 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.2748538012 % % Lost:
no pressure... 1 year? 1-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.4990548204 BMI Start:
28.6456626759 BMI Current:
27.9073724008 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Big changes are ahead for my support group and I am bummed. The program (hospital sponsored) originally offered us 8 support groups a month (in addition to nutrition classes, counseling etc.)
We each paid for this program. We also had services of a fantastic bariatric certified nurse who had been there 28 years and worked with over 1500 patients. Now the hosptial is canning the program. I think it is a money thing. THey changed it to 2 support groups a month. Next I learn they have purchased a new phsyicians' group who agreed to come on board if they brought their bariatric nurse. So ours has decided to leave (as she was actually being demoted.) And, support group is now once a month! All the nutritionists are gone. A few months back a few of us decided to offer peer support groups (for which we were trained.) We now offer 3 a month and for one of them we had to find our own meeting place. I can't believe the hospital doesn't value our ..."health". I also hear the new bariatric nurse coming on, had RNY a few years back and has regained 80 pounds. I feel like we are being abandoned. It really stinks. Plus, we PAID for this!!!!!  . Now I should feel better;( I got to vent..) right? Not yet.
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01-29-2012, 08:37 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 5,196
Weight Statistics 3/18/2008 (dieted all my life) Start Date:
9/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.2465753425 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.3935986159 BMI Start:
29.1903114187 BMI Current:
28.7342128028 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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That is just not fair. Let them know how you all feel. I don't have any support group close to me but I do have my family here. Good luck getting this all worked out.
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01-29-2012, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: May 2011 Location: Colorado
Posts: 769
Weight Statistics February 1, 2011 Start Date:
AUGUST 30TH, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
274 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
104 lb Weight Loss:
10 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.9562043796 % % Lost:
1 year Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.2199265381 BMI Start:
27.4357208448 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hang in there! Sure sounds like it stinks! I have not been to the "in person" support. I have always been very embarassed about my situation for one...and for two, we aren't that big of a city and since my hub works for the city and we all HAVE to go to the same place I don't really want to go with others from his...uhm, profession...all I have is you fine folks and my surgeon's office. Which my surgeon totally rocks!
You totally know what to do and you have here...do you find that you need an in person place?
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01-29-2012, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: just north of Boston
Posts: 2,397
Weight Statistics 1/31/2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
338 lb Start Weight:
253 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
78 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.1479289941 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index48.4926530612 BMI Start:
36.297755102 BMI Current:
25.1071428571 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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my surgeon has one meeting a month - there's an information session before it then a support group - we pay for this program too (in fact, my hubby needs to bring my check to the office tomorrow - have to pay the fee before my surgery on Tuesday). I've been to one support group meeting - they had a dietitian there who focuses on people who have had WLS - she too has had the surgery.
I'm sorry the hospital is making such drastic changes to your program.
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01-29-2012, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Orting, Wa.
Posts: 2,582
Weight Statistics February 2011 Start Date:
August 16th 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
283 lb Start Weight:
157 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.5229681979 % % Lost:
June 2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index40.6018367347 BMI Start:
22.5246938776 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Wow PW, that is a lot of change and probably a shock and huge disappointment! It does seem really unfair to the nurse you all loved and a lack of respect to all the paying patients for not having thought how it would affect you! I'm glad that you have the peer groups going to keep some semblance of unity.
The NP I loved and who also led our support group resigned a couple of months ago and I was devastated. I've since met the new NP and I like her a lot yet she'll never quite take the place of the other NP.
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01-29-2012, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,636
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Originally Posted by MotoCO  You totally know what to do and you have here...do you find that you need an in person place? | We attended a kind of a rag-tag support group in a town 30 miles from us for awhile. The leader was good, and a few of the members were committed to the rules, but it was mainly a social group. There were some ... shall we say ... interesting ... people in that group also, like the husband who had skipped Protein 101 and lost an awful lot of muscle mass and his wife who was in the process of significant regain. (I mean, who comes to a WLS support group and orders a large full-strength Coke with her meal??)
When it folded, we saved a lot of gas money and didn't miss it one bit. I have RR and Peanut has me. What more could we want?? 
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01-29-2012, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Posts: 1,626
Weight Statistics June 2011 Start Date:
9-20-2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
272 lb Start Weight:
187 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
42 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.25 % % Lost:
9-2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.1773746536 BMI Start:
33.1219450743 BMI Current:
25.6827916352 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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We are happy to be your support group, PW. But that does stink. I think you should ask for your money back! My surgeon has a once-a-month group that I have never felt was worth my time. So I just jump on RR a few times a day for my support fix. 
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01-29-2012, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Southern California
Posts: 687
Weight Statistics 05/01/2011 Start Date:
11/28/2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
299 lb Start Weight:
217 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
82 lb Weight Loss:
67 lb Lb Left to Lose:
27.4247491639 % % Lost:
12/31/2012 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.9596875787 BMI Start:
38.4356261023 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
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Im sorry your are losing the best part of your support group. I have two options in my area and both of them meet when Im at work. I did attend one of them once as a pre surgical requirement and it ended up being a bad experience. Like perfessor, this is my support group. I get everything I need from my hubby (who had surgery 5 months before I did and understands whats going on) and this site. With that said, I do hope it works out for you though.
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01-30-2012, 08:14 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Central NJ
Posts: 184
Weight Statistics 12-15-11 Start Date:
12-29-11 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
270 lb Start Weight:
184 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
86 lb Weight Loss:
39 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.8518518519 % % Lost:
12-31-12 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index39.8676748582 BMI Start:
27.1690821256 BMI Current:
21.4104179794 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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That stinks, sorry to hear that, you get into a fine routine and bam things change!
My program is fairly new, actually last spring Dr Ballem started here in Clinton, NJ...we are expanding to two meetings a month, one for nutrician one for psychological changes, also we are adding an endocrinologist, a clothing swap, a fashion show, and a cook off, I am very happy our little program is getting bigger, if you arent that far, we would love for you to join us.
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02-12-2012, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 254
Weight Statistics January 2011 Start Date:
December 5, 2011 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
276 lb Start Weight:
180 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
96 lb Weight Loss:
30 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.7826086957 % % Lost:
January 2013 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index48.8858654573 BMI Start:
31.8820861678 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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My weight loss clinic has a meeting once a month which is free to anyone interested in coming. I've only been twice in a year's time mostly because I was too heavy to move and walk prior to surgery. I plan on attending this month. There is a brief session with the nurses and dietician at the beginning and sometimes cooking! Then a gab session if you want. I think it stinks that they have cut back on your group. Maybe the local hospital would offer you a meeting room for free if you agree to clean up afterwards? Isn't fitness a goal of the medical profession?
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