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Oh...I thought it was a rhetorical question....**clears throat**......What! What!!

Sounds like you are on your way! That supportive husband is a big boost. Good for him. I was not supportive of my wife when she wanted WLS. I went to a meeting with the surgeon and switched like a low-in-the-polls politician. I ended up sleeving, best choice I have made in a long time. We are here for you!

I am still laughing. No comeback, you win!

Wow! You are a snake! Great job!!!! You look great!!!

Deb, as she goes through the mail, "What did you do while I was gone, honey?" Me, "I annoyed some ladies on the forum and they plotted my demise." Deb, "That's nice."

Believe it or not Macy's, T.J. Maxx, Dillard's, etc. have sales that rival thrift store prices if you look closely at the 70% off racks. I have made some major scores of which I am proud.

In an Iowan colloquial sense a snake is an attractive woman. However, the aversion factor of the coral snake would offset any schmooze effectiveness. I am not sure what this means either.

Could be the lipstick...kind of has a coral snake ambience..

Might as well leave your teeth in the cup. Oh..wait...you might not be that far along in years.

I like how you remodeled that double post. Do you do kitchens?

Anyone at that gym with any class whatsoever will admire your effort and be behind you. The rest don't deserve any attention. When I started out I could barely walk up the stairs. Now I work all day in the Florida sun digging and pushing a wheelbarrow with 20 year olds. A lot of incremental exercise increases went between the 2 extremes. You can do it! With your attitude, you will do it!!!

Ya, I do that. Get 'em before they figure me out.

I avoided any exercise that overly involved the abdominal area. No sit-ups or full push-ups for a year. I took it real easy, didn't work against pain. Otherwise, I exercised like a madman. It made a BIG difference.

Darn! Now I feel bad for capitalizing on your girl fight.

"...getchur bariatric shakes here, Protein bars, gotchur sugar free Chocolates...."

I've lost a red-necked wallaby, (23 pounds), and Lady Gaga, (107 pounds). I really miss the wallaby.

Does anyone really ROTFLMAO? I can imagine a comedian selling his dvd's as reducing aids.

Whew! When I saw the title: I lost 5 wiener dogs! I thought it was another thread about a binge. Poor puppies! Congratulations on the 60 pounds!!!!

Garsh, I feel special!

hmmmmm...I wonder who would be third? :o

My best to you, Alan! :)

For the curious: Now when you have a wound, the wound closes by cells around the margins of the wound, proliferating, in other words, growing and they then migrate from the margins of the wound, down into the base of the wound. They actually follow the electrical gradient, a guy in Aberdeen discovered in the last 5 years or so that the inside of the wound is at a different voltage than the margin, and the cells flow down this electrical gradient, so they know where the base of the wound is. They then unite with their cellular counterparts, and stitch themselves into place. Then they start to contract, contractile filaments which pull the wound closed. So as they do that, they're eliciting a mechanical stress which the itch sensitive nerves will respond to and at the same time, there are various other factors which get released in a healing wound, chemicals which provoke healing in the wound, but also, upregulate the activity of these itch sensitive nerves. So therefore, a wound that's closing up will feel itchy for mechanical and chemical reasons which are precisely the reasons why those nerve cells get stimulated in the first place. So that's the reason. The whole article: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/questions/question/2967/

The "like" button here means more than like to me. When someone is relating a problem it means empathy not that I like that they are having a problem. When they are having a battle it means support. When they have a victory it means applause. When they make a good point I am saying, "Here,Here!" When they tell a funny I am chuckling along. I would guess that you feel and think things that I have not mentioned when you hit the button. Having a row of more specific buttons would present problems with the reputation point system. At the risk of being misunderstood, I still like the "like".

My gall bladder acted up 2 weeks before my sleeve surgery was scheduled. My doctor reluctantly took it out, he wanted to wait and do it at the same time but the gall bladder was too messed up. So I had the surgeries weeks apart. I was glad to get rid of that pesky gall bladder anyway. It messed up my second honeymoon in a beautiful cabin in the Smoky Mountains. Good riddance! You have a right to your privacy. It is up to you whether you want to put your relatives straight about things and tune up their stinkin' thinkin'. When your body changes you'll have some 'splainin' to do though.

Burn the bridge.