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Hey all, Just wanted to give the info to my Long Island, NY friends! There are a few groups in the Area.

Nassau County

Post-Ops Supporting Each Other (POSE) Is the support group I have been running for two years. We meet once a month at my office in Baldwin (1st Thursday of the month) and once a month at Panera bread In East Meadow (3rd Thursday of the month) 7pm - 8:45pm

Suffolk County

Second Chance At Life Every Day (SCALE) is a support group my good friend Heather runs every other Saturday morning at 9am in Sayville.

Good Samaritan Hospital runs a support group on the opposite Saturdays from scale at Good Sam Hospital. It is open to all. Also at 9am.

They are all free and excellent groups!

If you would like more info on any of these groups feel free to PM me!

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Thank you sooo much! Rachel, can you contact me? vanessa25@optonlin.net

I am in Babylon and would love to attend! I am being sleeved on the 27th and nervous as all heck!

Thanks again for posting this!

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Good to know I live in Western Long Island, but my surgeon is in NY at weill cornell and I would have to go all the way into the city for their support group.

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Hey all, Just wanted to give the info to my Long Island, NY friends! There are a few groups in the Area.

Nassau County

Post-Ops Supporting Each Other (POSE) Is the support group I have been running for two years. We meet once a month at my office in Baldwin (1st Thursday of the month) and once a month at Panera bread In East Meadow (3rd Thursday of the month) 7pm - 8:45pm

Suffolk County

Second Chance At Life Every Day (SCALE) is a support group my good friend Heather runs every other Saturday morning at 9am in Sayville.

Good Samaritan Hospital runs a support group on the opposite Saturdays from scale at Good Sam Hospital. It is open to all. Also at 9am.

They are all free and excellent groups!

If you would like more info on any of these groups feel free to PM me!

I see the initial post is 4+ years old so i am wondering if there are still meetings in East Meadow?

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Hi my name is Elaine and I have a little support group of men and women from Nassau and Suffolk Counties that meet up. Our next meet up is June 3rd 2pm at Panera in Garden City. We take turns meeting in areas of Nassau/Suffolk County. If interested please feel free to come. We are all at different stages in our journey. I am 9 months post op and down 78 pounds already, but have had stalls along the way and 15 pounds from goal. Elaine


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