Marimaru

Wow, reading your post kinda made me feel bad. I haven't really put that much thought into what I was going to wear for events. For my sister's wedding, I was a bridesmaid, so that was taken care of, but I needed something for the rehearsal. I went out with my mom, because she needed something for the rehearsal and the wedding day, and we just shopped until we found something we liked, I didn't really have any requirements. My mom had a few style/color requirements, but not so exact as yours. Same for my own rehearsal dinner, I just kind of picked something up that was cute (then my sister said YOU HAVE TO WEAR THAT, so, um, that was that).

All that said, I have had the same frustration in finding just a nice flowy summer dress. I don't need one for any particular reason which takes the urgency away, but I just can't find one I like. I started looking last summer before my summer wedding, for the honeymoon. Of course, I went to Kohl's a couple weeks ago and was pretty disappointed in the general styles there. I don't think it's their fault, there are just periods of time when I really don't like what's "in".

I too think I would say "this day or no day" about the walk. You already conceded to do it for them once, I wouldn't bother with the effort to reschedule, because like you said, the ceremony doesn't *really* mean anything anyway.

It's really odd. I don't have any of this anxiety about surgery that other people do and I didn't know why for the longest time. And then when I was talking to someone, I think I figured it out. When I was 3 or 4, I had tubes put in my ears because I was having ear infections all the time. I remember when they put me under, the doctor told me to count backwards from 100. I got to 98, and then I woke up. After that, my ears would drain, so there was no ear pain, so I imagine that my child mind at the time said Surgery= the pain goes away. Just a little bit of an anecdote, I guess.

The day of my surgery I went and checked in, and they had me change into the hospital gown and the cheapo slippers. I went into the preop room, they started the IV, I talked to my doctor and his assistant, and then then anesthesiologist came in and I chatted with him. He put something in my IV, and then I woke up. I don't remember having a whole other conversation with another doctor, and I don't remember handing my boyfriend (how husband) my glasses and either being rolled or walking into the OR. I was in a little bit of shock when I woke up, because my brain didn't really remember that I should be in some amount of pain. When my doctor asked how I was, I asked him for pain medication, and he said he would give me some, but that I'd have to stay in the recovery room for another 2 hours, or they could take my to my room now. I asked if I could sit up a little bit, to which he said sure, and that helped A LOT. It helped me get my bearings (sp) and sort everything together. Then the pain wasn't so bad, and they rolled me into my room where my boyfriend gave me my glasses back. I slept on and off in about 2 hour intervals for the first day. Walking that first day made me nauseas, so after the first time I just stayed in bed until the next day, at which point it was fine.

Hope this helps some.

clothing sizes are the biggest pain in the ass. It always feels like it takes forever to changes sizes. THEN, you have the fact that clothing sizes among brands have NO standardization. THEN you have the fact that when they cut fabric, they stack it really thick, meaning that the fabric on the bottom is squished thinner than the fabric on the top, so there are differences in the sizes of things within the same batch of the same brand (though those are more subtle). I have 2 pairs a pants from the same brand, one of them is a 14 and one of them is a 16 and I feel exactly the same in both pairs. It's so irritating.

OMG, I saw that video about that teen before. I honestly think that girl's parents need to be slapped, hard, and repeatedly. I mean, not really, but I do think there should be some consequences. Like was said, the girl is turning in the work as her own, and it's not.

I think that a high enough majority of the country is ready for a black and/or woman president... it's just gotta be the right person. There are the people who care about gender/race and the people who don't care about gender/race, and then there's the people who are in the gray who could be persuaded by just the right black person/woman to vote that way, even though their initial inclination might be otherwise.

Gender and Race ARE still issues, no matter how many of us think they shouldn't be (and boy do I think they shouldn't be). I am personally excited about the idea of a politician who is willing to look the race issue in the face, instead of kind of looking around it and throwing more PC laws into the lawbooks to appease people.

It sounds interesting, and I can see how analyzing the blood would tell someone certified what a person should eat more of or avoid... and the process at the end where they gradually get you to eating normally off the diet is a good idea.

But at the same time, it's also just another diet program on the list...

Sometimes though (speaking from my personal experience) another fill is no longer the solution. Sometimes it's just a matter of realizing -- maybe this is my "sweet spot," and sometimes I'm going to have way more help than I want, and sometimes I'm doing to have to step up to the plate and do it solo.

Before I accepted this as my sweet spot, I chased the perfect fill level, and bounced between no restriction and unable to swallow my own saliva with very, very tiny adjustments. You don't want to be blocked off in the morning & lunch, for the sake of getting full on 6 bites at dinner... you know?

I agree with this 100%. Until I got totally unfilled recently, I hadn't had an adjustment in about a year and a half, and it was just like Wheetsin said; sometimes I had too much help, and sometimes I had to rely on myself.

For me when I have restriction (I am currently unfilled) my birth control pills and my welbutrin xl pill have never been an issue. It's the big horse pills that get me, and I've never had a pill that size that was extended release, so I cut those in half.

I'm currently unfilled. I totally get what you mean about having to struggle against head hunger. In my experience if I know my body doesn't "need food", I try to find something else to occupy my hands and my mind. Stitchwork, or drawing, or a game, or something.

I believe that the companies can change all of those options during the open enrollment period each year.

Man... I usually try to be a pretty non-confrontational person, but if someone had the audacity to park in MY driveway and then tell ME to wait when I wanted to use it, I'd have a few choice things to say. Can't blame you for wanting to move. I had noise issues with some of my neighbors and I gotta tell you, the response time of the PD in that area was pretty impressive, lol.

ARRRGGGGHHHH.....You need a license for a dog, why not a child?

I know, that's Brave New World-ish, but whenever I see people abusing kids, it kills me.

I feel this way too. I just get stuck at the part where we decide who makes the rules and what the lines are...

If I had to choose between my religion and my child, I would, without hesitation, choose my child. Why on Earth would I follow a God who would not allow me to save my child from a disease as treatable as a bottle of antibiotics, or insulin shots (or whatever form of help she needed for her diabetes). Watching my child be ill would make me re-think my belief system, because no Creator in my mind would want me to sit by and do nothing while my child died.

I don't follow their belief system obviously, so it is impossible for me to "actually" try to see it from their point of view, because I would have to know how it felt to believe the things they believe. But what I have said above is how I would act as the person that I am.

"in fact she can eat a meal in 10 minutes and an hour later the head hunger is back and she is looking for food again"

This points to head hunger issues to me rather than actual true hunger. If she believes that she could fast better before the band, perhaps she should get it unfilled and see if that works better for her? The band can really only control the amount of solid foods we eat at a sitting. If we go back to food after an hour, chances are we'll be able to fill up our pouch again, but chances are also it's not true hunger sending us to the table.

I can kind of understand the hunger pangs after surgery. I didn't have any, but by the time I got the chicken broth and Water they gave me, I hadn't had anything for about 18 hours.

She may need to get some serious psychological help as well.

They are "stuck" to the top of the page so they never drop off the end, even if they aren't all that active.

Well, at least the guy plead guilty!

The deductible is the deductible, you'll have to pay it whether you have WLS, or have your appendix out, or as many doctors checkups it takes to get it paid.

I'm having trouble finding anything on the original case that started this whole mess. Could someone send me a link to the details of what got this family into the court system in the first place?

Thanks!

I think I would call the school district, and at least once I would go out and say something to the idiots that were parking in my drive way. After that, like someone else said, I'd start calling the cops. Every. Single. Day. until it stopped. If the cops coming by a few times didn't curb the behavior, I'd start pressing charges. When someone under 18 gets a ticket, their parents have to pay it, and that can be a motivator for some discipline.

I got a great suit at Macy's. It was a halter top underwire in 36D. They are all in separates, so she could pick whatever she wanted. It was a bit spendy, but I'm sure you'll find that to be the case almost anywhere.

I think you should seek a second opinion. They should at least be able to do a flouro, and/or an endoscope to check things out. They should be able to get some idea of what is going on from that.

I think it's a little too early for a lawyer, because you probably need another doctor to tell you that the 1st doctor did something wrong. But many lawyers do free consultations, at which point they'll tell you whether they think you have a case.

I hope you get some kind of resolution soon one way or the other!

If you have a few pieces of candy on Easter and that was it, I think I would have told him that you were having a controlled desert and you had room for it in your count for the day (if you count anything). Tell him you want to live a NORMAL life, and NORMAL people eat candy now and then!

I think it also needs to be said that while there are plenty of successful bandsters on this forum that hang out, the people who have no complications and no irritations related to the band aren't inclined to post on here like the people who are struggling, and therefore need support. I think on ANY type of support forum, you are going to find that to be true, no matter what the topic of support is.

Besides, didn't posting this thread go against your own rule?

One thing I like about the fit day program is entering recipes. There are a few recipes I make that I wanted to figure the cals on, and I can enter the whole recipe and tell fitday how many servings that is, and it'll do the math for one serving based on the ingredients. And then once it's entered it's in the database for me to use.