Finally got a surgery date! YAY! Now I want to start a FB group for Aug/Sep/Oct sleevers; thoughts?

[KatallacStrong 49]

OMG y'all! I finally have a date! September 10, 2018I was so ecstatic yesterday I couldn't contain myself. I know Ylime started a forum online (that I am part of) but would any of you sleevers be interested in a Facebook group for August-October? A friend told me to look there for a group that is having this done at the same time as me but one doesn't exist so I thought why not create one? Let me know your thoughts y'all, I am going to create it this weekend if there's enough of you interested.

[Matt Z 4,140]

1 minute ago, KatallacStrong said:

OMG y'all! I finally have a date! September 10, 2018I was so ecstatic yesterday I couldn't contain myself. I know Ylime started a forum online (that I am part of) but would any of you sleevers be interested in a Facebook group for August-October? A friend told me to look there for a group that is having this done at the same time as me but one doesn't exist so I thought why not create one? Let me know your thoughts y'all, I am going to create it this weekend if there's enough of you interested.

Congrats!
On the FB Group, one might exist already.

https://www.facebook.com/search/str/gastric+sleeve+support/keywords_groups

Edited August 17, 2018 by Matt Z

[KatallacStrong 49]

On 08/17/2018 at 11:43, Matt Z said:

Congrats!

On the FB Group, one might exist already.



https://www.facebook.com/search/str/gastric+sleeve+support/keywords_groups

Thanks Matt! My friend (she had the sleeve done in December 2018) was saying to find a group of individuals who had it done right around the time I am going to get it done. That way we can have someone on the same path you know?

[clsumrall 535]

Ok I’m on my 4 th day of 2 week liquid diet pre surgery and feel pretty good have lost 5 pounds already. Keeping calories around 850-1000. And today I’m so not hungry struggling to get up to 700callories. 3 shakes 1 Jello 1/2 cup. 1 cup fat free Greek yogurt which I haven’t eaten but did count the calories. 68 oz Water and 1 dill pickle. Has anyone else just not be having hungry on pre op ?

[GamePlan18 24]

There’s 3 August 2018 FB groups I’ve found so far, but I didn’t look for any September or October groups.

[KatallacStrong 49]

08/17/2018 06:25 PM, GamePlan18 said:

There’s 3 August 2018 FB groups I’ve found so far, but I didn’t look for any September or October groups.

Yea I was seeing the same thing; August groups, but no September. I just created one though.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/2157638997846802

[Matt Z 4,140]

On 8/17/2018 at 4:25 PM, KatallacStrong said:

On 8/17/2018 at 12:43 PM, Matt Z said:

Congrats!

On the FB Group, one might exist already.



https://www.facebook.com/search/str/gastric+sleeve+support/keywords_groups

Thanks Matt! My friend (she had the sleeve done in December 2018) was saying to find a group of individuals who had it done right around the time I am going to get it done. That way we can have someone on the same path you know?

I understand that... but with how often people tend to "fall of the face of the Earth" with WLS stuff, those pages get unused really quickly. I've been in several over the 8 years or so I've been dealing with WLS's and it's always the same... a short period of activity followed by a very steady decline in participation. The open, non-specific groups have better, more consistent usage.

[lcoe 0]

I'm having my sleeve surgery Sept. 19th, 2018. I'd be interested in a Facebook group if someone starts it.

[CrankyMagpie 509]

The only October 2018 gastric sleeve group on Facebook, right now, is for Australians. I'm afraid I'd die of jealousy about their health care system, so if your September group grew to include October sleevers, @KatallacStrong, I'd join it.

(If you want to stick with just September folks, that is also totally cool and fine. I am capable of creating my own group, if I really need one, or waiting until someone else does. 👍)

[Bowties 10]

On 8/26/2018 at 10:55 PM, lcoe said:

I'm having my sleeve surgery Sept. 19th, 2018. I'd be interested in a Facebook group if someone starts it.

I am having surgery Sept. 18th! Literally have been stalking this forum for a while till I saw this. I'd be interested in a discord group even. Or a few buddies around the same time frame.