synicalchick

Holy freaking pig farts y'all are making me LAUGH! :pound: Wheetisin, I nearly feel out of my chair with your 'recalled conversation' and love that it ended with a friend wanting to take a picture....

I've been tanning with stickers over my incisions. Now when I take an update pic they will be easy to spot cause they will be surrounded by lighter spots. T

That's what got me man. I only feed my girls Iams Multi-cat Dry. They get nothing else. Iams is.. I THOUGHT a brand I could trust.. I thought they had their own f'in lab and made their own damn food. I will continue to feed them the dry iams because when you read the ingredients the ash content is low etc etc. Maybe it's only the one type of food that they have another company make for them.. Maybe menu foods makes for all the different company but has a different recipe for the different company and different ingredients. They think it's coming down to the wheat gluten. Is a $100 per pet enough? Hell f'in no. Should you get the same $ compensation as a human child.. well, no I don't think so but to pay them off as if they were property is an insult. Our cats are our kids and I would be HOLY HELL PISSED if my babies died because I FED them food from a company I thought I could trust. I mean crap, Kidney failure is not the nice way to go. I think a few owners probably view their pets as property, however, I think there is a larger majority that view their pets, regardless of species, as part of the family. This also brings to my mind, the idiots out there that neglect and abuse animals and get of with a stinkin' baby fine a day or two in jail and a slap on the a$$. Pets, like children, are innocent and depend on us to take care of them. I'm a huge supporter of the ASPCA and I wonder if they had any deaths because of this. T

My DH's family are all 'normal size to small' Well I'm 5'6" and weigh over 300 and even though they are all crazy about me I'm still SUPER self concious around them. I was decorating their Xmas tree for them and I leaned on the little table stand and OH MY GOD>>>>> IT F'ING BROKE. I thought I was going to CRY. I was SO EMBARRASSED. They tried to make light of it and say.. it's a cheap table and it wasn't put together well.. etc etc etc. My DH glued and clamped it back together while we were upstairs and I boo hoo'd like an idiot. T

Restaurant Card for kids portions Check this out.. this is so cool! You can print this card up and take it to restaurants so you can order off of the kids menu. There is also a list of places that already allows adults to order kids size meals. http://www.obesityhelp.com/magazine/RestaurantCard.html Basically it explains that you've had surgery that olmits your ability to eat a large amount of food, and it requests that you be premitted to order off the children's menu or to order half portions. Of course, it's up to the retaurant whether it will honor the card. One one side of the card is the name & address of the practice * the surgeon & on the other side is the request information.

Restaurant Card for kids portions Check this out.. this is so cool! You can print this card up and take it to restaurants so you can order off of the kids menu. There is also a list of places that already allows adults to order kids size meals. http://www.obesityhelp.com/magazine/RestaurantCard.html Basically it explains that you've had surgery that olmits your ability to eat a large amount of food, and it requests that you be premitted to order off the children's menu or to order half portions. Of course, it's up to the retaurant whether it will honor the card. One one side of the card is the name & address of the practice * the surgeon & on the other side is the request information.

Lilnena... surgery was today... How are you???? xo T

Check this out.. this is so cool! You can print this card up and take it to restaurants so you can order off of the kids menu. There is also a list of places that already allows adults to order kids size meals. http://www.obesityhelp.com/magazine/RestaurantCard.html Basically it explains that you've had surgery that olmits your ability to eat a large amount of food, and it requests that you be premitted to order off the children's menu or to order half portions. Of course, it's up to the retaurant whether it will honor the card. One one side of the card is the name & address of the practice * the surgeon & on the other side is the request information.

I am a huge fan of the show on the Discovery Channel Mythbusters and they totally busted the Cell phone myth.. Tired Old Man is right.. it's the static created when sliding across said seat or static created when getting in and out of the car. T

It will be ok bubbles. Hang in there, and like other said.. CRY CRY CRY.. You will be gowing through a mourning process that takes time. In the meantime LOVE YOURSELF. You can' see it right now but YOU are wonderful and you have stood up and made a decision to become healthy and to be the best person you can be. Just think, in a year you can be like "look at me you dumb beeotch.. see what you gave up???" I wish I was there to hug you but I am sending you healing energy.. this is a rough time anyway emotionally right after surgery even without other stresses so don't be hard on yourself, you are beautiful and you are worth much much more. Think of what you would do and say if one of your close freinds were to call you crying because this happened to them and what you would to and say for them. Tracy

There was an email that went around a year or so ago about different types of friends, and of course, with my memory about the size of a gnat, I don't even come close to remembering exactly what it said but it was a little poem type thing.. some people are just there for a season some people are just there for a ------- (longer period of time) and then there are the others that are there for life. It's an awesome poem and I'm sorry I can't remember it but it's so true. Not everyone is meant to be a permenant part of our lives and though it hurts like hades, we have to cut the strings and say goodbye and gleen what we can from the experience. I have had a couple of painful freind breakups in my life and some that just faded away but I do not regret any of them. I'm sorry you are going through such a rough time. Love yourself and if it's meant to be, she will come back. Tracy

I totally agree and this thread has become a really GREAT thread.

I am SO sorry. I do not know your situation or your reasons behind choosing to keep your procedure a secret but in my opinion, not knowing, I think you should let your family know you had surgery. From what I can tell, it might cause issues if you aren't able to be there, and I don't think you should push yourself TO be there. If you do go, and they don't know you had anything done, how will you explain your soreness and being tired etc? They will think something is wrong. My thoughts are with you, Just my 2 cents.. and probably not worth that much. T

Religion is MANmade. Spirituality is totally different. As far as porn, it can REALLY enhance a couple's sex life. My hubby travels and when he is on the road I encourage it. There are free sights out there and it doesn't cost us a dime. When in the mood.. I LOVE the stuff. I know plenty of other females that like it as well.. so different STROKES for different folks.. no pun intended. I don't think it should be outlawed but I don't have a problem with paying higher taxes on stuff like porn, smokes and alcohol. T Porn grosses more money that legit movies, so who is watching all the porn? Could it be that most Christians and MANY females are liars?

I agree.. like you I haven't been banded yet so I'm having to trust everyone else on this board that has already been banded. I to can't wait, yet at the same time am a little anxious... I'm a goob.

HOORAH HOORAH! What a fabu way to start the SPRING! I never had trouble drinking not even the day of... T

Isn't your banding tomorrow??? My thoughts are with you.. I know you must be excited and anxious all at once!. Kyethra, sorry you are having a rough time of it. Tracy

You hit it right on the head for me. Food, is my addiction. Whether it be phsyical/emotional or both.. addicted I am and it's a huge issue we still have to face after being banded. My husband, though he only weighs 165 soaking wet, can relate because he is an alcoholic(recovering, hasn't had a drink in 5 yrs) and said basically the only difference that he can see is that I still have to eat to survive but be able to eat and moderate it, and he doesn't have to drink to survive. We don't keep alcohol in the house or go to parties that will serve it.. it's kind of hard to avoid food. good luck, Tracy

I've been walking 30 minutes a day and I just have to say AGAIN... how nice it is to do so and not feel like I am going to DIE

I've been walking 30 minutes a day and I just have to say AGAIN... how nice it is to do so and not feel like I am going to DIE

Same here. No restriction, but I am only letting myself eat at about 60-70% of the quantity I was before. I can eat bread, in fact, I haven't had trouble with anything yet. I even had a sushi roll the other night.. ONE sushi roll, normally I could have put away 2 or 3 but I only ordered one and was fine when I was done. Today for lunch I had Apricot chicken and mashed potatoes. It comes with two chicken breast, so when she brought it out I went ahead and asked for a to go box and boxed up half the potatoes and one chicken breast then ate the rest and I am pleasently full andssssssleeeeepy. now, I COULD HAVE eaten more that one roll and I could have finished all the chicken and potatoes, but knowing that I could I tried to take preventative measures and so far it's worked. hang in there.... trust me, it will be different 1-3 fills down the road I think. T p.s. by the way.. my nick name is Gretchen... I wish it was my real name.. I lOVE it.

Amen Brother!

Hey Laura! Glad you found this site! I find this forum to be priceless. One of my things that I wonder about (since we both go to the same chiroprator) is how long I will have to wait for a REAL adjustment. Diaz does mine on the drop table with me laying on my belly and I just don't see that happening with my port site any time soon:confused: Tracy

They are referred to Sheep and the pastor the Shepherd for a reason....

My Doc has done over 1,000 procedures and has not once ever had to do an open cut one, however, he does say in your pre-op talk that the possibility for an open cut is there. I do have 7 incisions which, from what I can tell here, is one or two more than the average, I didn't have any bruising what-so-ever though and the only large incisions are the ones for my port and below my belly button. I am three weeks post op today and they look great. T