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Thank you that is most appreciated. I must say it has been trying over the last few days but here is to hoping it is all calm and smooth waters from here on.

Hey Angelator I am in Van Nuys. We should meet for lunch, dinner or something.

We saw the show at 8p last night. I am on the West Coast. So we get the same time frame for voting. OH and future reference you guys on the East Coast know who wins before we do out here on the West Coast. I have to remind myself to not even visit this site till I have seen the shows. I got many a night ruined when I found out who got voted off before I saw the show. LOL!!!

Well in the area I live right now the houses go for around 450K. If you took our present home and put it in Malibu then it would sell for 1.5Mil.

I am so happy that you had a great outcome but I had do doubt about that. I bet you can guess how my day has been. HECTIC to say the least. At least I have been away from bad things to eat today. LOLOL!!!!

My first memory was when I would sit down at the kitchen table on Sunday after church and my grandmother would FILL every inch of the table, countertop, stove top, with all kinds of food. Then you were expected to get a little of everything and eat everything on your plate. God love that woman but she was killing me with love. She poured her love into her cooking for the family. So I associated food with LOVE. Then later in life I associated it with "better eat all you can now because you don't know if there will be any food later." Sad but true. That is when the gorging started. Food = LOVE = not enough = one fat lady later in life struggling to gain back her youthful body. LOL!!!!

Thank you MV: I was trying to find a way to state just what you said. I am so fried right now.

Thank you MV: I was trying to find a way to state just what you said. I am so fried right now.

Hey leener: I don't know that there are any stats or facts listing the long term damage done to our bodies after Erosion. I don't know that there is any although I am no expert by any means. All I know is if healed properly the stomach should recover without any issues. If there was other damage done like an enlarged esophagus or ulcer development then that would require more therapy. But I am not sure it could be attributed to the band and erosion. Forgive me if I am not making sense. This has been a long day for me.

OK if this gets out of hand another thread will be locked. That will make 5 or 6 I lost count in the last 24 hours. SHESH!! And you know what Lisa is right Alex, the owner, could just shut down LBT if he feels it is too troublesome due to the bickering.

OK if this gets out of hand another thread will be locked. That will make 5 or 6 I lost count in the last 24 hours. SHESH!! And you know what Lisa is right Alex, the owner, could just shut down LBT if he feels it is too troublesome due to the bickering.

LOCKED another one.

LOCKED another one.

OK people if this thread gets out of hand it will have to be locked. I am a disbanded person as well and I face some of the same issues Lisa mentions. I want to eat that order of fries so I stay away from them because I know it will just fuel my fire. There is no newbies vs veterans. In my book there are just people trying hard to win this battle of the bulge the best way we all know how. If hearing what a former banded person has gone through scares you into NOT getting the band then that is YOUR choice. We cannot and should NOT OWN what scares YOU or makes YOU do or NOT do something. Take responsibility for your own actions and I will take responsibility for mine. Why would you give anyone that kind of power over you? If you make blanket statements saying you are scared to get a specific procedure because of what someone told you then you should also blame your surgeon because he or she should have given you the same information. That is called informed consent. OK I am finished. I may have overstepped my boundaries as a moderator but I am so fed up with all the bickering and back biting over the last few days. My statements are colored by those past experiences. I just want us to all be one family of struggling women to reach a common goal. Wear that size (fill in the blank) and to look sexy in a thong!! LOL!!!

OK people if this thread gets out of hand it will have to be locked. I am a disbanded person as well and I face some of the same issues Lisa mentions. I want to eat that order of fries so I stay away from them because I know it will just fuel my fire. There is no newbies vs veterans. In my book there are just people trying hard to win this battle of the bulge the best way we all know how. If hearing what a former banded person has gone through scares you into NOT getting the band then that is YOUR choice. We cannot and should NOT OWN what scares YOU or makes YOU do or NOT do something. Take responsibility for your own actions and I will take responsibility for mine. Why would you give anyone that kind of power over you? If you make blanket statements saying you are scared to get a specific procedure because of what someone told you then you should also blame your surgeon because he or she should have given you the same information. That is called informed consent. OK I am finished. I may have overstepped my boundaries as a moderator but I am so fed up with all the bickering and back biting over the last few days. My statements are colored by those past experiences. I just want us to all be one family of struggling women to reach a common goal. Wear that size (fill in the blank) and to look sexy in a thong!! LOL!!!

This thread will also be LOCKED. See I don't play favorites. This type of posting serves NO purpose other than to make Moderators lives miserable. And yes I spoke to Delarla and told her to STOP IT.

For those of you that think the Moderators have a biased shame on you. WE do the best we can with what we have. We do not get paid we do this out of our own time away from our friends and families. It is a thankless job. I will gladly give it up as some think you can do a better job. It isn't easy having to reprimand your friends all the time. It isn't easy calling a good friend and telling her to STOP this shit. To those that keep posting comments and keep rehashing the same subject over and over what purpose does this serve? As far as a moderator contributing to the troll talk I assume that was me. I wanted to make light of the whole subject and I guess that got lost on some. I don't consider myself part of any group, troll or sunshine sister or disgruntled failure at this point. I am a struggling FAT woman trying to make her life better by dealing with more important issues than a bunch of women that can't even be civil to each other. Sorry but that had to be said. Everyone has their own opinions and you can either agree or disagree or agree to disagree. This thread is NOW LOCKED.

YUK Spits out that icky stuff. Want more junk NOW!! LOL!!!

I took Ambien for years and never had the sleep eating reported. I might be the exception to the rule. I am not taking Lunesta and it seems to be working like a dream. GET IT DREAM!! LOL!! I kill me. Seriously though I hope I never go through the sleep eating mentioned.

I am an Old Disgruntled Failure TROLL then. FEED ME!!!!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are my requirements. LOL!!! Chocolate and lots of it, CHEETOS and lots of them, Fritos and lots of them, Get the picture?

Ta DA!!!! Introducing for the first time here at LBT with her rendition of "on the good ship lollipop" here is the world renowned HEIDI HEAVENTHONG!!!! AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!

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1. I have along with the other moderators been watching all the threads that have "bashing" in them. 2. Moderators do not play favorites as was implied. 3. We take each incidence and see just where the problems lie based on the rules and guidelines we ALL agreed to when we joined. 4. After careful review of reported threads if there is not a specific person's name mentioned or singled out for attack then we can only offer a gentle reminder of the rules and guidelines. IF you can show a specific person's name mentioned where they were attacked to the moderators then we will in fact deal with it. 5. The fact we are having to use our moderator skills so much lately saddens me greatly. It means that some cannot let things just die on their own and therefore moderators must step in an do our jobs. 6. Here is a gentle reminder of the rules and guidelines we all agreed to when we all became members. LAST, All topics of bashing, mob mentality, cliques, etc should NOT be discussed in my humble opinion in a public forum. Those discussions should be taken to the PRIVATE MESSAGES which is just that PRIVATE. I hope this has helped allay some of your concerns about how moderators handle things. Forum Rules Although the administrators and moderators of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum will be held responsible for the content of any message. By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws. The owners of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason. Posting Guidelines 1. Don't report other people's experiences as truth. Share your own experiences, thoughts, opinions, theories at will. 2. Attack the idea, not the person. Basic online etiquette. 3. When posting, please show respect. We all deserve it. 4. Please take the really personal discussions to PM or e-mail. 5. Moderators will take a hands-off approach in general. The owners of LapBandTalk.com - Lap Band Talk Forum reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason. 6. If you have a concern about a post, alert the moderators by using the Report Bad Post button. It's at the top of every post (the exclamation point in the triangle) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* A note on marketing: Direct marketing or selling is forbidden on LBT. Members may include a single link in their signatures to a website of their choice, with no more than one line of explanation in addition. This signature text is not to exceed the default point size of forum posts (size=2). Recommendations or reviews of physicians, facilities, products, or services are welcome if based on the reviewer's personal experience. The reviewer must have no financial interest in the subject being reviewed. Violations will result in the posts being removed. Threads not related to banding surgery or weight loss in general should be placed in the LapBandTalk Lounge, and may be moved if necessary.

Hello Susan and TellyMelly: 1. I have along with the other moderators been watching all the threads that have "bashing" in them. 2. Moderators do not play favorites as was implied. 3. We take each incidence and see just where the problems lie based on the rules and guidelines we ALL agreed to when we joined. 4. After careful review of said "Disgruntled" thread none of the moderators saw where there was a specific person's name mentioned or singled out for attack. IF you can show this to me or another moderator then we will in fact deal with it. (Edit = since posting this I have had to lock said thread) 5. The fact that we are having to use our moderator skills saddens me greatly. It means that some cannot let things just die on their own and therefore mod must step in an do our jobs. 6. I will say that I was unaware you did not know the threads were deleted already. For that I apologize. 7. Everyone that participated on the two deleted threads were addressed and reminded of the rules when I posted them. If it will end this discussion once and for all I will post a BRAND NEW THREAD with the rules for all to view. 8. Just like I don't discuss what I speak to you about in PM's I will not discuss what I have or will discuss with other members. So, how do you know the very things you are complaining about hasn't already been addressed. Please allow the mod some commen sense and fairness. LAST, All topics of bashing, mob mentality, cliques, etc should NOT be discussed in my humble opinion in a public forum. Those discussions should be taken to the PRIVATE MESSAGES which is just that PRIVATE. Susan, you are a sweet person and have alot of good information and knowledge to share please do not let this stop you from sharing but please let it remind you of how easily it can be to get pulled into the scuffle at times. I know it has happend to me before and I lost some friends because of my own weakness. Tellymelly, I don't know you well enough so just remain true to yourself with the understanding that not everyone will agree with your comments or understand your sense of humor. And I will check out the other thread mentioned as well. I hope this has helped allay some of your concerns about how moderators handle things.

I am "OLD, DISGRUNTLED, AND A FAILURE" since I lost my band to erosion.