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Kansas City, Anyone?

A-Swiss

By A-Swiss
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Just curious. I'd love some other people that I can bounce ideas off of. I have a dietician and a doctor who help, but I am always up for meeting people who deal with it on a regular basis. Say hey!

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wsieving Contributor
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I'm about an hour and a half south of KC.

Lori L. Rookie
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I'm about an hour and a half south of KC.

Would that put you in the Joplin, MO area?? I'm in the Oswego, Kansas area...anywhere near you?

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jayhawkmom
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I'm in the Kansas City Metro....

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