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This is all moving so quickly but I'm getting super excited. I went to the seminar Wednesday night at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet and met Dr. Joyce. He seems really nice and explained things great, at least I think so. I was told that I probably wouldn't be called for a couple of weeks b/c the girl making call backs is on vacation next week but surprisingly enough she called me back yesterday! My consult is on Dec. 7th, I should be able to have surgery sometime in the month of December. My cousin is also obese and has been most of her life so she went with and we were able to get back to back appts for our consult so hopefully we'll be going through this together.

Just wanted to share as I don't have much of a support system right now!

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That's great that y'all will be able to share this! I found a friend through this site who is months ahead of me but still someone who listens and understands. Eventually, I'll catch up with her. :)

Good luck getting started!

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Congrats and good luck. You are starting an exciting journey and you're really lucky to have a cousin going through it with you...you two will have LOTS to talk about post-op in your new banded-lives! Of course, we're here too but face-to-face support will be really helpful!

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