Does anyone know if within your city or town, if there is a Byapss Recovery Support Group to meet and discuss all the things that we discuss online? I called two hospitals here in Roseburg, Oregon and found out that there is NONE. The hospital personnel I spoke to have never even considered having such a group. They have Diabetes support groups, AA support groups, AIDS support groups, Cancer support groups, you name it they have as a support group... all except BYPASS RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS. With any luck I might be starting one at the largest hospital here within the next couple of days. It is so easy to do too. All you need is at least 2 people who have had bypass surgery who would like to see the formation of such a group and the hospital will take care of everything from reserving the conference rooms to do the advertising in the local paper to generate interest for others within the community. Where we live there is not many people online so it will certainly benefit them by having such a group for them to meet with maybe once a month. You can be sure that I will announce to the live members that there is this group to join online to discuss issues between meetings. But, it would be nice to meet others face to face to support following their surgery. Just wondering if anyone from this group has ever asked if there is such a group within their community. I bet there isn't. Or, there are very few support groups. When I was speaking to the people at the hospital they had no idea that the bypass patient had so much to deal with following their surgery. I guess they figure that it is like have your tonsils taken out or something. When I mentioned DEPRESSION to the guy at the hospital his response was... "Your'e kidding?" He is going to check with his boss and see what can be done now to get things started. But, let me know if anyone has heard of a bypass recovery support group in their city where you can meet face to face once a month or so. Thanks, Ed Gundy CABG x 4, June 2, 2003 Roseburg, Oregon