Mrs D

Hi Is there anyone on the Island who is pre or post opp who could be a buddy for apre opper please?

Hi some one asked me for details on the Hampshire support group. They are listed below. The meetings will be as follows; Where: St Mary's Fire Station Community Room Location: Hampshire Fire Brigade St Mary's Fire Station St Mary's Road Southampton SO14 0B Time: 12:30pm-3:30pm on Sundays There are 2 disabled car parking spaces, others will have to park in a local car park nearby. Wheelchair users will have difficulty with the toilets, but the rest of the premise is accessible. Dates as follows: January 21 February 25 March 25 April 22 May 13 June 24 July 22 August 19 September 23 October 21 November 25 December 16Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me. Carol Fulford is our Co-ordinator, I am 'back-up' support and online liasion effectively. There will be kitchen facilities so we will probably take a monthly collection for biscuits/coffee/tea. mRS D

May be you could list details below of your group.:- South West Support group. AKA The Bristol Crew. Meets 2nd Sat of month. at Lamb & Flag. Cribbs Causeway.Bristol Around 7pm ish! All welcome family, friends, and support. NB Feb's meeting will be at the Chinese restaurant The Venue Cribbs Causeway. If you need any more if please check Info on wlsfriends.co.uk under forum "Social club" or pm me.

Hi I was just wondering how many of us there were on this site. Also what part of the uk are you from. I will start by saying I am from Somerset. (formally Wales been here 6years) Mrs D

Just to let you all know that there are a few of us meeting next week on the 27th at 8pm in the Harvester just off the m5 Taunton at 8pm. We are a mixed group of wlsers. Every one is welcome post and pre opp. If YOU NEED TO KNOW MORE PLEASE PM ME. Mrs D aka Fay

Hello there, I wish I had been here earlier, but due to a few hic ups havent been on site. Can I say first hope u dont think i am blowing my own tune, but i due feel as if I now have an oligy in wls because of what i have been through! Anyway, I really dont think u will get a band in the uk for 5 grand. I can recomed a very good package in somerset for approx 7500. Sounds alot but its a two year deal, all the fills un fills and appointments u want. U coud go every week if u want!!!!!!!! Shaw Summers has an excellent reputaint but hes not cheep. Good luck Mrs D

Hi Just wanted to say good luck. I am just up the road from you! Near the sea:thumbup: If you want to join our group u would be most welcome. Fay

Hi My hair fell out when i had my band but it was due to the mrsa. Now I have had the rny and its faling out again!. The hospitol recomend the Bertie Bassett chewable multi vitamins but I am now on the Snatigen multi vits. They are like bullets. I find them very hard to swollow. But my hiar has thickened up But it is also coming out!!!!!! Sounds crazy I no. There is a thing calld Kosh which i have been told very good for loss of hair, bought from health shops.

Hi everyone. Sorry I havent been online for a while. I hope I havent let any one down, but life hasnt been to good since the sad removal of my bestest mate in the whole wide world. Hope you all are doing ok. But i have had some good news dont know if I will be allowed to post here after next January! I am having a bye pass! :clap2::clap2::clap2:

Hi everyone, Just to let you no, I am a co-ordinator for a wls support group here in the uk. I HAVE A LIST OF GROUPS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. Please feel free to pm me, if you need details of a group near you. Fay:D

No probs hope it helps. Fay

The only group i no of is Central London Support Group Details and Dates for 2008 The Central London Support Group meets on the third Saturday of each month from 2 to 4pm at: 30 Devonshire Street London W1G 6PU (The Marylebone High Street end) Light refreshments are provided. We have a programme of guest speakers planned for each month of 2008. All WLSinfo members and of course non members are welcome to attend, either alone or with a friend, partner, family member etc. The dates for meetings in 2008 are as follows: Saturday 19th January Saturday 16th February Saturday 15th March Saturday 19th April Saturday 17th May Saturday 21st June Saturday 19th July No August meeting Saturday 20th September Saturday 18th October Saturday 15th November Saturday 20th December For further details and travel information please see the attached flyer or contact Christopher, Tinu or Deborah (Group Co-ordinators) at central.london@wlsinfo.org.uk We meet for coffee/tea/lunch before the meeting at 12pm at Getti Restaurant - 42 Marylebone High St, London, W1U 5HR (Tel: 020 7486 3753). A reccuring reservation has been made and we will be seated in the downstairs area of the restaurant.

There is a group meeting next week in mid Kent. You need to go on wlsinfo.org and view the info of the support group.

Do you have a town name?

My georaphy isnt to good! I am sorry so not to sure Where Blackburn is. There is a support group in Liverpool, Sunderland/Newcastle arears Chesire north staffs.

The Manchester Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of every month (save for the first one in January which is the second Tuesday) at two different venues on an alternative monthly basis as follows for 2008. 8th January - Ashton-U-Lyne 5th February – Bolton 4th March- Ashton-U-Lyne 1st April– Bolton 6th May- Ashton-U-Lyne 3rd June– Bolton 1st July- Ashton-U-Lyne 5th August– Bolton 2nd September- Ashton-U-Lyne 7th October– Bolton 4th November- Ashton-U-Lyne 2nd December– Bolton We meet anytime from 7.30pm until approx 10.30pm but people are very welcome to come along at any time as its very informal so please do join us Ashton venue:- Sheldon Arms, Lord Sheldon Way Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, OL7 0QN 0161 371 2090 Go into the pub through the car park entrance. We meet in the area to the left of the doors which will be cordoned off and private There is plenty of free car parking - its just off the M60 Motorway Come off at Junction 23 and turn left (you have to - its the traffic flow) and as you pull round to the next set of lights you will see it in front of you slightly to the right - just go straight over those lights Map link - http://uk2.multimap.com/map/browse.c...lt=&db=pc〈 =&keepicon=true&pc=OL70QN&advanced=&client=publi c& addr2=&quicksearch=OL7%200QN&addr3=&addr1= To get directions just pop your postcode into that link Bolton venue: Harvester at Horwich Park 1 Arena Approach Middlebrook Leisure & Retail Park Horwich Bolton BL6 6LB Tel: 01204 698877 Click here for map: http://www.multimap.co.uk/clients/br...c&pc=BL6%206LB you can enter your postcode on that link for directions door to door. Directions : Exit at Junction 6 of the M61 (Signposted Horwich and the brown signs for Middlebrook & Reebok Stadium) and at the roundabout, take the Horwich, Middlebrook & Reebok exit (A6027). After about half a mile you will come to a roundabout in front of the Reebok Stadium. Take the left turn at the roundabout and you immediately pass a Holiday Inn Express on the left and next-door is the Harvester pub. Take the left turn beside the Harvester into the pub car park. When you arrive go through the doors into the bar, and there is a raised area to the right

Hi here are the details of a support group you may be interested in. We are a very friendly bunch and everyone is welcome - pre or post op - even if your just thinking about it come along - nothing like meeting people who are living the life. We always have a good time, lots of chatting and sharing experiences and supporting each other on our journeys and plenty of laughs too So please come along and join us - the more the merrier! Harvester at Horwich Park 1 Arena Approach Middlebrook Leisure & Retail Park Horwich Bolton BL6 6LB Tel: 01204 698877 http://www.multimap.co.uk/clients/br...c&pc=BL6%206LB you can enter your postcode on that link for directions door to door. Directions : Exit at Junction 6 of the M61 (Signposted Horwich and the brown signs for Middlebrook & Reebok Stadium) and at the roundabout, take the Horwich, Middlebrook & Reebok exit (A6027). After about half a mile you will come to a roundabout in front of the Reebok Stadium. Take the left turn at the roundabout and you immediately pass a Holiday Inn Express on the left and next-door is the Harvester pub. Take the left turn beside the Harvester into the pub car park. When you arrive go through the doors into the bar, and there is a raised area to the right

Hope to see some of you there tonight

Saturday 19th April a few of us from all over! are meeting up in Weymouth. We are all wlsers. We are taking in lunch in Weather spoons. Dont know if any one would like to come along. Its a family day out. Mrs D aka Fay

Hi Honeydew, There is a very good surgeon in Southampton area called Shaw Summers. One of the best. I am in somerset. Not to far from you. Fay

Hi every one. Just to let you all know the south west support group will be meeting on the 2nd Sat in March. We will be meeting at the Lamb and Flag Cribbs cause way, AROUND 7pm ish. I f any new fold would like to attend and you are not to sure about where we will be. Please pm me. Mrs D

Just keeping this going you never know someone may come!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to let you all know we are meeting Thursday 27th March. Harvestor Taunton. just off M5 around 8pm. All welcome.

Hi Gill, Good luck with your opp. Have you joined the uk site WLSFRIENDS.CO.UK? Its free!!!!!!!!!!! We have a few members from your neck of the woods who come to Cribbs causeway, also we are getting a new group off the ground in Taunton I no its quite a way from you but its on a Thursday night and down the M5! Anyway good luck. Fay