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Welcome!!! So glad to have you here! This is a great place to wait out the insurance approval process!

Welcome!!! Glad to see you here! I am anxiously awaiting becoming a bandster, too!

Welcome!!! Nice to meetcha! I too am waiting, waiting, waiting, so I know how you feel!

Welcome!!!! So glad you found us and I hope to "see" you often!

Wow! What a difference!!! You look great!:mad:

Wow, Donali!!! Your new porch is looking great! Dh and I are planning to build a new house next summer. You're hired!!!!!:mad:

Welcome, DebW!!! Sounds like your doing great!:mad:

Good luck, Pam!!! Hope everything goes well for you!

Wecome Katy and Litn Bug!!! So glad you both found us. You'll find loads of valuable info here along with lots of laughs and new friends. Enjoy!

Wow, that is really great that you and your wife will do this together!!! Personally, I think you will be happier and healthier with the lapband....Good luck!

Lisa, you're looking great!!!! I can REALLY see a difference in those before and after pics!

Hi, Tina! Welcome to the board!!! I'm in Denton where my dr. is charging $14,500 and it includes 18 months of followup and fills.

Hi, Lindsey! Sorry I can't help you with any info about LBS in Canada, but just wanted to welcome you to the board. I am sure you will find a way to have the surgery. Best of luck!

Hi Dana! Welcome to the board!!! I too am waiting for insurance approval. I just hate waiting, time just seems to drag. But, all this waiting has given me the time I needed to do a lot of research, and get to know all these wonderful people on this board.

WoooooooHooo!!! What a great job you've done!!! :banana :banana :banana :banana

Alex, I am so glad *that* is over with, LOL!!! I'm sorry you went through it. Like you, I am not a vomiter and have done so on only a few occassions. However, I have never once vomited without crying afterwards. Its like I can't do one without the other! Whassup with that???

Way to go, Leatha!!!! I hope you have tons of fun (& flirts!! ) I haven't danced in so many years, I'm sure I don't remember how to do it.

Well, I have every intention of being a closet bandster. However, I know there will be questions, especially at work. I intend to answer those questions by looking them square in the eye and saying: "I am not comfortable discussing my surgery with you now. When I decide I am comfortable with discussing it, I will let you know." If the person is persistent with the questioning, I will keep looking them square in the eye and repeating that same response. One of my bosses is the Director of Health Services and you can bet your boots I will have to do this with her, LOL!!! Just remember that nobody, but NOBODY!!! has the right to invade your privacy unless you allow them to. Sure they can talk and speculate behind your back, but you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that they won't know for sure what’s going on unless you tell them. Same thing goes for questions about your weight loss. IT'S YOUR PRIVACY, if you don't want people to know about it then don't tell them. Over the years I have gone on countless diets and lost countless pounds and I always got the same questions, "How much weight have you lost?" and "What are you doing to lose all that weight?" Usually, most people mean well when they ask, but it always made me feel uncomfortable and I have learned to be pretty blunt in my answers. I usually say something like, "I'm really not comfortable discussing my weightloss." And immediately change the subject. Yeah, they may think I am rude, but in reality, I am no more rude than they are for asking such personal questions. Corner, what corner?? LOL!!!

Wow!!! Lookin' good, Girl!!! I know whatcha mean about that mountain...My hubby is a hiker and I so want to be able to keep up with him. Someday......

Wow!!! I just saw a huge group on Harleys out near Lake Ray Roberts this afternoon and I thought about you and Delarla. Then I log on and there you are! Nice the see ya!!! I'm gonna have to figure out how to post a pic too.

Yikes!!!! I wouldn't even know where to begin! Hats off to you, Girlfriend, that is a huge project!!!

Thanks for the link, Zoe! I hope she does an update soon. I would love to know how she's doing now.

Congratulations!!!! So glad it all went so well, and thanks for sharing!

Welcome, Lainie!!! I'm not banded yet either, but I can promise that you will learn so much from this forum. It's just awesome!!!

Thanks for the run down and pics, Penni! Looks like you had a great time!!! Glad you got outta there before Ivan hits though!