Donna113

If a candidate was pro-life BUT was an Atheist who was going to ban the practice of religion, would you still vote for him if his opponent was pro-choice?

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My weight loss is slow as well. I was banded just 2 days after you and I feel like of all the July Butterflies, I've lost the least but I keep reminding myself that I need to quite comparing myself to others and focus on what I need to do. As for feeling full, I don't think you are ever going to feel full nor should that be the goal. My understanding is that you are to no longer feel hungry. Satiety is not the same as full. By the time you feel full, you have overeaten. I am scheduled for my 4th fill next week because I am not at my sweet spot but I do have some restriction so the feeling I get now isn't a feeling of fullness as it is more a feeling of discomfort in my chest. When I start to feel discomfort (not quite stuck but close) then I know it's time to stop eating.

I think that's terrible. In this situation if I were the nail tech, I'd work something out with the salon and either have the salon agree that I no longer had to service the bad tipper OR have the salon make up the difference in tip to be at least 15%. That way the salon keeps the customer but doesn't force the nail tech to basically take a drastic pay cut in bad tips and loss of customer.

Have you reached goal? Will you put the band back in later or do another type of surgery?

I don't know why people have abortions, I assume the reasons are as varied as the people. I can't imagine it's easy for anyone who goes through it just as it's difficult for people to go through with an unwanted pregnancy.

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I don't know if one is "led" or if one is simply more "receptive" because one is ready to hear the message. Either way, if one is considering the surgery, then it's definitely time to do something to make the necessary changes in your life to regain control of your health and ultimately your life.

If he doesn't care whether you are being satisfied, then trust me, he's not a keeper. This will prevail to other areas of your lives.

You can go through True Results and several doctors including Spival and Spiegel are on their list or you can choose a doctor and go through the doctor's office. I chose Dr. Spivak and True Results was one of the places he happened to perform his surgeries. Depending on the date, it could just as easily have been at another hospital based on which hospital he was scheduled for that date. Dr. Spivak has a support group that meets at his office on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month and there are several other support groups throughout the Houston area. I have been to the support group at Dr. Spivak's office a couple of times but didn't feel it was the right group for me. This site actually offers more support and info than the group I was attending.

Gadget lady, are you voting for McCain because you believe he will try to influence the Justices to overturn Roe v. Wade or that if he gets an opportunity he will appoint a Justice that will overturn Roe v. Wade? You are certainly free to vote based on whatever criteria you have, but is McCain your choice because of abortion issues? I believe I read in some other thread that you consider yourself to be a true liberterian in every sense of the word, but if that was the case, you would not want the federal government to legislate abortion.

I researched the length and number of surgeries performed and Drs. Spivak and Spiegel came to the top of the list. I was impressed that Dr. Spivak was also one of the doctors to work with the FDA to get lapband approved in USA and that he taught many of the doctors currently performing the procedure today. I was self-pay so I was free to choose any doctor. My surgery was performed at the True Results Center and I left an hour after I woke from surgery. Post op they make sure you've passed urine before you leave and that someone is driving you home.

I just wanted to enlighten people. If people are voting for McCain thinking he will spend all his efforts on overturning Roe v. Wade during his presidency, they may be in for a big surprise. I plan on voting for McCain because I believe he will stick to governing the FEDERAL government and stay out of bedroom politics.

I recovered quickly and had no complications. Dr. Spivak is very proud of the fact that he's had 0 fatalities and very low complications. He does both bypass and lap band.

I had my surgery on 7/16 and didn't have a pre-op diet requirement. I've lost a total of 17 lbs since the surgery so I guess that would be considered slow but I am hoping it will step up a bit faster after I hit my "sweet spot". At least I'm not 17 lbs heavier which could have happened since my weight was really climbing fast after quitting smoking in January.

Luluc, good luck on your run tomorrow!

Long, you are right and I misspoke (mistyped). What I meant to say is that they shouldn't vote for McCain or Obama based on their stance on abortion since neither want to overturn Roe v. Wade. Make your decision on something else.

Can we take the pro-life/pro-choice debate elsewhere? I don't believe anyone's going to vote for or against McCain based on their stance on abortion. While McCain has hmmmed and hawed around this issue recently, in the past, he's said he is personally against abortion but doesn't want to enforce his beliefs on this issue on anyone else. SO IF he gets to nominate a supreme court justice, I don't believe his final determination is going to be decided by whether that particular judge will overturn Roe v. Wade. SO, let's get this discussion back to Obama vs. McCain and not a pro-choice/pro-life debate.

I researched all the doctors in Houston (including Spiegel) and chose Dr. Spivak. My final deciding factor was Dr. Spivak's staff vs. Dr. Spiegel's staff. Dr. Spivak's staff is just that much better to deal with. I have actually spoken with a few of Dr. Spiegel patients who went through surgery fine but was very unhappy with aftercare mostly attributable to Spiegel's staff. Check out Dr. Spivak. If you are self-pay I believe they are about the same in cost but if you are going through insurance, you need to check with your insurance company.

Saundra, my husband went to WV. He's Icelandic and came to the US to go to school and picked WV because he had friends who were attending there. He still has very fond memories of Morgantown.

Saundra, what's that around your neck? I'm grateful that I found this link to remind me to be grateful. Love you all!

Janet, as usual, your explanation is right on point.

Janet, I'm going to get a bit personal here... why is such a hot, sexy babe not dating? I never hear you mention a BF so I'm making an assumption.

Janet, you hot sexy thing you!

What is Obama's voting record? Oh wait, he usually votes present... I may be just repeating what I hear about Obama's record since I didn't actually fact check it myself but where did you fact check McCain's voting record? Is there a governmental website where you can go to actually check the voting records yourself or are you just repeating what the media is reporting or "fact checking". The factcheck.com results are much like pollster results, easily skewed to the outcome desired.