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Thanks, guys... **sniff** You're the best. As TallGuy so aptly reminds us, this site is ADDICTIVE... :knockedou

I replied to this message yesterday, but don't see my post showing up... Bright, you're ALWAYS missed when you're gone!! I hope your fill went well, and that you are tightened up/battened down... lol Gotta write you soon. Life's been great but hectic... **hugs**

Just remember, everyone, when you get one of those urges to "live on the edge", it may come back and haunt you at any time!!! lol DeLarla made me do it!! Sorry to be so incommunicado - life with BF has been a dream come true, and we've been traveling every weekend and running around during the week once I get home from work, and it seems I barely have time to turn around these days. My eating has not been so mindful these past few weeks, and I had not been in the habit of eating three full meals a day any longer, particularly not mostly in restaurants where there is always bread and potatos offered/included, so I have crept out of my 10lb "safety zone" as of Monday - +14.5 pounds from my low of 200.5. I know that once we stop eating out and I get back into my walking routine all will return to normal, but being tired anyway, I confess I'm feeling a little down. Nothing like before, of course. But I need to start asking those hard questions again before I choose what I eat, and why... Lisa G., it all makes sense now, knowing that you're just now seeing the bra pics... lol On a regular day, no, I wouldn't post the saggy boob collage. But you never know what I might do on one of those "wild hair" days!! :laugh

Congrats, Joanne, and welcome back!!

Congrats, Betty!!! Welcome to bandland, and I'm glad everything went well!

Estrogen is stored in fat, so it is very common for this type of thing to happen with weightloss.

Michelle - Keeping you and your in my loving thoughts and prayers. ((((hugs))))

Megan - I love, love, love your post. You are one of those beautiful spirits that shines like a homing beacon to others. I'm so glad to have met you - even though we only had a brief chance to talk, it truly was like I recognized you as an old friend. I am so very proud of you and how you have conducted your journey. Wishing you continued success, peace, love, and joy in your precious life.

Think of this as your chrysalis stage, dear butterfly. You will be emerging from your cocoon, gingerly testing your new body, and finding it takes you places you never dreamed of... :cool:

OUCH OUCH OUCH!!! Poor baby... After all you've been through, you deserve to take all that time off! My surgery was on a Thursday and I went back to work on a Monday (same kind of challenges you have... That pen is SO heavy!! lol). I made it through, but I would have MUCH rather been laying on the couch the first two weeks. I think you've made a smart decision, and you SHOULD take the time off. Ignore dear Patty - smile indulgently, say, "I know, but I'm NOT gonna..." lol

YAY!! She's back!! :cool: Your murals are BEAUTIFUL!!!

Lisa G - No apron pictures... I think Greg was hoping he could lure us into posting saggy boob pictures... lol Remember those games where baby pictures would be displayed of people you knew, and you had to guess who was who? We could have that same kind of game, only with anonymous saggy boobs... lol

Congrats, congrats, congrats!!!!

Hi Pam - Yes, I did indeed tear one of my port sutures while reaching too hard for something in the back of the car. The pain was unbelieveable for two weeks, and then just very uncomfortable. I could see the port bulging under the skin. What had happened is my surgeon only puts in two of the four available anchor stitches. These stitches are to the fascia of the muscle, so you know that is a very thin and delicate piece of tissue, and easily torn. Only one of the stitches pulled loose, and the port turned upside down. I believe that when it was the most painful it was actually on its side. I showed it to Dr. Lopez and he said it was fine, but I said "No it's NOT!! It HURTS!" So I had it flipped back into place and restitched. They fixed it through the orginial incision, and the recovery was much less painful than the original placement. I believe it is common for the European surgeons to NOT suture the port at all, so if you are not in any pain I would not worry about it. Your tissues should encapsulate the port and hold it in place. The only thing is if the port is encapsulated upside down, they may have to fix that if they cannot manually turn it back upside right at the time of your fill.

If you are already having PB issues, getting a fill will only make it worse. You need to learn to work with your current fill. Also, if you are losing at your current intake, there is no reason to further suppress your metabolism by dropping your intake even further. I know how tempting it is to try and go faster, but this isn't a race, and it isn't a diet - and as Michelle so aptly points out, tighter does not necessarily = faster. Better to go sanely and healthily - this is the rest of your life. Make changes gradually, and you are more likely to do better emotionally and physically.

Sending you best wishes that this can finally be taken care of. I can't help but think of you in that pool, with an open wound... Hopefully the chlorination killed anything that might have been living in the Water...

WOW - wish I looked like t-Boz as J Baker!! Avatar instructions - right click on the pic and save to your hard dirve. Go to "user cp" on the LBT menu, click "edit options" and scroll all the way down to the bottom. Click on "change avatar". Scroll down to where it says "You can upload an avatar from your computer:" and click on the Browse button. Locate your avatar, click on it and "save" (or whatever the prompt is) and voila! Avatar uploaded!

LOVE LOVE LOVE the jam!!!! Thanks so much!!!!

You are absolutely adorable...

Bobby - So so sorry you are having to go through this. I know how tempting a radical change can be when faced with a lot of adversity. I agree with Marie - you have to be able to maintain your relationship with your daughter. I wonder if there was some sort of event that triggered her advice about your wife? Perhaps there is a little more that your daughter isn't saying? If this is the only issue between you and your wife, perhaps you two can get to the bottom of it and work it out. If you were already feeling unhappy about things that cannot be changed, perhaps moving on is a good idea. Good relationships are hard to come by, and the grass is NOT always greener, so I always hope that people try to work things out with the ones they love before deciding to move on, but sometimes moving on is the only right choice. Wishing you all the best, and hoping you are able to come to a decision that brings you peace.

Of course I will let you know if any of the specks are gold, but Chris has to understand that if it IS gold, it is a very teeny tiny amount. He found some more specimens bearing the silver ore like the ones you already saw. We did not stay too much longer after you left - it was hot, and we needed to get back. Luckily, traffic was not as bad as I feared, and we arrived at 9:45pm, so all worked out perfectly!

Just now reading the requests for avatars - did Lisa G fix you all up? Let me know if anyone needs anything else! I didn't take enough pics, either, but here's a collage of what I got...

LOL! LOVE these! And just so everyone knows, any avatars I've passed on have been posted by the members themselves - I do not have (nor do I want!) access to anyone's profiles.

The boa was a gift from my gay boyfriend back in 1984 or so. I was an aspiring opera singer, and he decided I needed to work on my image - hence the boa. I have dragged that thing around with me ever since - it's lived in Montana, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Germany, Georgia and California. I have used it twice - once for my promo photos, and once for halloween in TX where I played a flapper. It is time for it to have a new and loving home, where it does not get shut up in a box for years on end. Love it well, Penni!! It holds a little piece of my heart... I will always love that gay boyfriend...

Here you go, Michelle!