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Ahh, I'm just two days before you! I'll be heading out on the day you're flying in.

I wonder if there are any local support meetings around here that aren't doctor specific. I've heard that folks who go to support meetings seem to do better losing wieght and keeping it off. A local surgeon said that at an Atlanta Bariatrics seminar I went to a few months back. I know they had their own support meetings. I know there is a Yahoo group called "Wings Around Atlanta" for people who've had WLS and I think they might have meetings. I'm definitely going to check that out. I'm over in Gwinnett, where are you?

I hadn't heard about the Yahoo group, I had read about some of the local groups associated with local surgeons. I'm in intown Decatur, near Emory University. I know that the Emory Bariatric Center has a support group and they even specify that they take non-Emory post-ops in the group:

http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments...pportgroup.html

I am considering checking it out. I also thought possibly going to Fill Center USA would put me in touch with some other Atlanta post-op lap band patients.

Nope, I'm up for surgery on the 22nd. Two weeks from today.

I'd like to chime in and say that I am so thrilled to have been able to read NoWorry's journal during my pre-banding research phase. I think the more information and viewpoints available, the better. And I found the criticisms comforting in a way-- if the worst that went wrong was some scheduling problems, then that makes me feel all the better. Know what I mean?

I am also from Atlanta, LaurenLeigh. Are you planning to use the Fill Center USA in Roswell?

Hi, all!

This is my inaugural post.

I have confirmed my surgery date of August 22nd just today! Just fourteen days until liftoff.

I am very excited and just a little bit nervous. I have no idea how I am going to lose 10 lbs in 2 weeks without an amputation.