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O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!

I am a 911 operator and I work midnights 11pm till 7am. Soon to be changing to 12 hrs shift 7pm to 7am. But I may move to the 7am to 7pm. I love midnights and always traded my shifts when I was a cop to work them....very few bosses and BS on midnights.

Nobody told me you could resume that stuff after surgery....Geeez

The saddness of it all is that most young people today do not know what Dec.07,is the anniverasy of. I hope and pray that we never forget what happened 5 years ago, and that God continue to watch over all his people and to allow the wounds to heal. And peace to prevail. I also thank God every day I was not the President of this Great nation on that day. AS there would be a lot more uninhabitable land in this world.

Now remember this is a guy's suggestion. Give the cooking duties to your husband if he thinks he can do any better in stopping that smoke alarm. My wife is half Italian and Half Mexican....She can cook like no other person on earth. She can't reduce the amounts she makes because its against her religion to do so...lol. but she does know my portion sizes and and if I don't package up future meals she will for me and we freeze them. It works fine for me under most circumstances. My problems is just grabbing one package when I head to work.

I alway ran slow on purpose in Gym class. Some of the girls were much better looking from this point of view. Ok Ok truth be told. I was the chubbie one. But when I got to the police academy I came in third in the class in the 5 mile run to pass.( don't be cute folks there were 62 cadets in the class not 4) I was never so proud of myself. But I don't rememeber any of my teachers ridiculing me or any other students. But I'm sure I would not have liked it. Second place in my class was a female officer...re-read my first line

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I've been married for 33 years. I'm not allowed to have an opinion....although I did sneak in a vote...Phew didn't get caught...Life will be good for one more day.

I enjoyed his shows and his love for the wild life. I agree his actions were not the best involing his child...but can any of us say if the camera followed us that we won't be caught for a brief moment that others would be willing to attack us for. TOM might try any other station but CNN if you want a good sleep....lol JK Love the news station myself. I work midnights and the TV in my office only gets CNN or the weather channel. Since I can look out the window its always on CNN

Nursekathy2u It wasn't hard. Just walked up to the counter and asked the Sports Book guy to out $50.00 on Dallas for 2007 Superbowl. Mousecrazy. How much would shipping and handling be on $50.00 worh cheese dip....lol

Trisha, I second your comments. I was hungry after surgery but my Dr did tell me that would happen. They won't put anything in the band until the area where the band was placed has settled downa dn the swelling from the surgery goes away. Once you start the fill process you will feel the restrictions

Ok Mr Know-It-All. What word in the English language is singular until you ad an "s" which makes it Pural....(ok now here its the trick part)...BUT when you add a second "s" its singular again??????

Boy am I going out on the limb here: DETROIT PISTON............FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR. Accomplished DETROIT RED WINGS.......FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR Accomplished DETROIT TIGERS............ON TRACK TO BE IN FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR. DETROIT LIONS..............THEY WILL BE IN FIRST PLACE THIS YEAR. nursekathy2u....I am the worlds worse in picking teams to win anything. I place lots of bets in the Vegas sports book and what ever team I pick losses. SORRY but in June I put $50.00 on Dallas

I couldn't get on at all this morning. Keep showing www.lapbandtalk.com/hacked and then went to what I thoughtwas a German Site. I have a good (well I thought so) firewall and since I use a router that acts as additional protection...But still had this trouble. Came on this afternoon and all was normal.

Trish, Your a courage lady to get on here already. now go lay back down and let that man of yours take care of you. Get healthy.

Always a possibility...The more I lose the more tempted I am

My port tipped a little after surgey and the edge causes it to protrude. It doesn't bother me one bit. Dr says he can fix it but as long as he has no trouble getting into it I am happy. My old belly protruded much farther.

Took my kids in 97 and that when I found out Vegas isn't just for adults. Lots to do there and I din't even miss gambling. Just got back a few months ago from an extended stay there and I'm ready to go again.

I'm not really a Dr But I will play one on LBT. Just call me Dr Adam and I'm on my way to the linen closet

Good for you. Keep it up. The band will help you

John, Please let Trish know she is in my thoughts and prayers.

After reading your post I can see you not only explain your problem you know the answer. Everyone is different in how they react after banding. I had a great deal of success in the beginning and I was very happy. Now I am not losing like I want to or like I should. But Like you I know the answer. I'm not giving it my best effort. But I refuse to get down about it. The band is a tool and only that. It will work with you, not for you or against you. I find I have my best restriction when I first get up and it stays for awhile. If I don't eat I will get hungrier then I should be by the time I do eat then I pile it in. I have found that I just need to eat mushier foods when my restriction is tight but not a lot. Just enough to get something in the pouch and take away the hunger pains. I use meal drinks normally in morning hours with maybe a piece of cheese or dry rye toast. That will hold me for most of the tight period. The Dr has to take his/her time in getting you to the right fill on the band and you have to take your time in finding out how to work around all the different things that can come up. Looks like you have a handle on it since you know your not working well at it. Don't beat up on yourself. Took many years to get into this condition and it will take some time to get out of it. Love my band especially when I treat it with the respect it deserves. I find then I treat myself with respect and life is good. Best of luck in your journey

My Dr also recommends no drinking no drinking one hour before, during or one hour after meals. Well figure that out. If you sleep 8 hrs you have 16 hours wake time. three meals means 7 of those hours your can't drink (if it takes 20 mins to eat). And if your like me where I actually find it easlier to have 5 smaller meals thats 4hrs and 40 mins more time I'm not allowed to drink. SO I have 4hrs and 20 mins to get in the recommend 64 oz of Fluid. And since I stop drinking at leat three hours before going to bed so I'm not getting up a half dozen times to pee I'm left with about an hour to get in my fluids if I follow the recommendations. So I do drink closer to my meals and a little during. Like Robinem I find it helps a little with dryer foods as long as I sip. It is important to get the fluids in so normally I can't during the hours I have so I make the nite time trips.

I am sorry I was so late in reading this post. But I have just finished and so many people have needs and hopes. I do Pray everyday for everyone here that God keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy. Remember whenever your in need just a quick look up will allow you to make contact as He is always looking down at us. God Bless you all and give you peace every day

Christine, With your resolve it doesn't suprise me that you have beaten this terrible ordeal. Its good to see you back and getting healthy. Will continue to keep you in my prayers