Mariposa Bella

Don't worry, I'm a big baby, and it wasn't painful at all, believe me I know what pain is, I've given birth and had a c-section. It is uncomfortable, but not painful, I was sore in my right shoulder from the gas, but I was not in pain at all. I do understand where your coming from though, I am having a tt and some other ps prodedures and I'm not looking forward to being sliced from hip to hip. But I want it so bad that it will be worth the pain. I know I'll be crying like a baby regretting it on Monday night and probably the rest of the week, but it will be worth it. Well good luck and keep in touch. I'll be back in two weeks, talk to you soon.

I had a scary experience too, but it was my own fault. I took a bite of solid food when I was supposed to be on liquids, I got so swollen I thought I was dying. What a horrifying experience it was for me, I know how scared you probably were. I was scared I was going to die trying to be thinner. I couldn't even keep my own saliva down, and was getting so dehydrated. I have never been so thirsty in my life. I had to go to the emergency room and get an IV, get Ct scans, x rays, It cost me $12,000 for that emergency room visit. So this band really has cost me about $20,000, lots of money to pay out of pocket. It was a rough week and a half for me. This board was so helpful, they babied me through my ordeal and gave me tons of helpful advice. The great thing was I lost about 23 lbs that first month, but it was hard way to lose it. I'm so glad that you are doing well and that your boss was so good to you. And follow your instinct with your fills, stay on liquids a couple of days after a fill and then gradually move up, maybe your just really sensitive. Well good luck and I'm so happy you are well.

So this beach house, you do loan it out to friends, don't you???? Can I just borrow your clothes when I go there, so I can go hassle free too, LOL How divine, I've always dreamed of living by the ocean, but then the alarm clock rings and I wake up. Maybe I should start playing the Florida Lotto, so I too can buy my beach house..

Gorgeous hair, gorgeous couple, you guys look really good together and your hair looks fantastic.

I just posted on my grandmother and how I truly do miss her. I called my mom and cried to her for awhile, then she told me how I should go to church, so that I can someday see my grandmother again and hug her. Well, I hung up the phone and started thinking how I wish my grandma could walk in the door and give me a hug. Well, next thing you know, the office door flung open and the breeze hit my face. This is too weird. Was that my sweet grandma, or did i not shut the door right when I came in. It is soooooo weird, It frightened me at first, but then I thought, if thats my grandma, I have nothing to be afraid of.

I know what you mean, what's with all those women, that Lindsay girl is so skinny, she looks anorexic. I hadn't seen the Oprah show in a long time cause of work and yesterday I caught a show in which she got her ears pierced (think it was a re-run) anyways, she looks fabulous. I know that she works out, but there is no way that her abs look that way without help from a plastic surgeon? Is it just me, or does anyone else doubt that she has done it alone? Even her breasts look good, I know she was really big and those baby would be dragging just like mine, no matter how much she works out. Well, maybe I'm just jelouse cause she looks beautiful and she's a billionaire. I really respect all that she has accomplished, both as a human being and physically, but it just seems a bit unreal to me that excercise alone can do all that.

Sounds so much fun, I'm so jelouse that Delarla and Penni get to party together, wish I was there. Good luck at Dr. Billy's, tell him we all think he is fine. Have a safe 4th of July and stay safe lots of drunken people on the road on the Holidays. I will be getting my tt that morning, so I'll probably sleep through the fireworks.

Thank you all very much. I appreciate it. I know I'm going to be in pain and I'm not looking forward to that part, but maybe I can stay doped up... Well, I called my sister-in-law and she is taking some pictures of me tonight, so I don't get busy and forget, so as much as it will be embarssing to post them, I will cough up the courage to do it. So I'm packing tonight and getting everything ready for my trip. I'm so excited. My husband is being quite supportive, but he is a little scared for me. I pray to God that he takes care of me and lets me come out of this okay.

Thanks Penni, I really appreciate it, especially the pain free recovery part. I'm kind of scared, but as much as I'm scared I want this really bad. So here I go. I'll get my sister in law to take some picures of me, before and after.

FYI there is some Kati girl advertising on here, there are three posts from her offering free one year supply of various products

Well, have fun, I am headed to Texas (Mexico) on Thursday, to get my plastic surgery. So enjoy,as I too will be enjoying my new body after the pain subsides of course. They better medicate me pretty good, cause I'm such a cry baby. Tks for responding to such an important post for me. Have fun camping. Don't forget the toilet paper LOL

Okay, so I call everyone and tell them what has happened to me and I get some believers and some disbelievers. Anyways, last night I started looking through some of my papers, looking for my sons birth certificate since we are traveling to Mexico this week and I found the little printout from my grandma's funeral. I opened it and started to read it, she was born December 22, 1927 and date of death was, June 27, 2001. Isn't that the most incredible thing? She passed away four years ago about the time that happened to me, I knew she had been gone for four years, but didn't know the exact date. Well, I told my husband, today is the 27th right, I'm not confused and he said yes, well, right then and there I knew I didn't confuse things earlier yesterday, MY grandma did come give me my hug. This is so incredible that this should happen to me, I feel so blessed that I was able to experience this. Thanks for responding to my thread, lately I've been feeling pretty depressed about no none responding to my threads. Thanks ya'll. :bananaI got a hug from my grandma, I got a hug from my grandma...

Okay, here are mine. When my oldest daughter was two, there was this very popular song about some guys girlfriend being a bitch, I don't remember the words at all, but anyways, my two year old was singing it, and I told her that the song said witch not bitch. Well, one evening she and I left a wedding and I thought she was sleeping in the car, so the song comes on the radio and I start singing it, word for word, she sits up straight in her car seat and says " I knew it said bitch, mom, why are you trying to confruse me" That was so funny.. LMBO In an effort to teach my kids healthy eating habits, so that they don't grow up obese like myself, I often remind them that candy is a no-no and should be eaten in small quantities so that they can grow up to be healthy happy adults. Well we went to a birthday party and Kiara proceeded to ask me in front of everyone if I attended alot of birthday parties and ate alot of candy when I was a little girl and that's why I'm fat and got a big butt, oh my you should have seen me turn red with embarassment. And my son, he loves to grab my boobs in public and say "Mom, you got big chiches?" (boobs), embarasses the crap out of me.. Well those are some of mine.

That does really sound good, especially since I'm starving.

Well I spoke w/ the ps yesterday evening and I am getting my tt and lipo the first week of July. Spoke w/ my boss and she's cool about me taking the time off and all is well. My aunt is headed to Texas on the 30th, so I'll be hitching a ride w/ her and then my mom is bringing me back. I would have flown, but I don't think I can handle my three kids on the flight back on my own, and since my mom is coming back w/ me to help me out after my surgery this worked out well. Well so if you have any spare $$$$ send it my way, cause I'm fixing to spend alot of money. I'm really surprised at how supportive my husband is being with all of this, I thought he would be bitching about me taking so much money from our savings, but he's fine w/ it. He said that if I really want to do this, I should go for it. Heck, he wants them to give me a little back as well, Look out JLO here comes Bella... Well talk to you guys later, I'll keep you updated, and let the countdown begin. 10 days till tummy tuck heaven!!!!! DOING THE HAPPY DANCE!!!:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana:banana

Look at me, look at me.

Kathy, you brought tears to my eyes, I lost my grandmother about four years ago when my daughter had just been born, and I truly miss her. Your grandmother has a resemblance to her, (maybe all old sweet grandmas look alike), She was very ill with alzeimbers disease and didn't recognize to many of us when she finally passed away. My mom was living here in Florida back then and was taking care of her and I used to go visit her often, I remember she told me what sweet beautiful girls I had. Her father was a general in the Mexican army so she was reliving some war in her head, she was very afraid and thought that the bad soldiers were coming to get her and that my mom was a spy and was trying to poison her. It was really hard for us all. ONe day I was sitting at work and was thinking about her, so I called my mom's house to ask how she was doing and she told me that it was funny I should call, cause her mom was asking about me and my girls and she gave her the phone and she talked to me, told me to take care of my girls and to please help her get home, all she wanted to do was get back home. (She lived in Mexico), later that month my mom took her home and she passed away. We were notified she was back in the hospital and drove down there to see her. She was still alive the day we got there and died that afternoon. I do truly miss her sweet face. I was once in a store and saw this lady that looked just like her, I wanted to go up to her and hug her, she would have probably thought I was crazy, I followed her around the store for a little while because I wanted to tell her how much she resembled my grandmother and ask her if I could give her a hug, but I didn't, maybe I should have. Well, you have brought some good memories to me of my beautiful grandmother, thank you...I started with tears, now I'm sobbing..

My port has remained bruised since I had my surgery in Nov. Not huge, just a brownish kind of bruise. At my last fill Dr. Gomez discovered that my port is flipped and that is why it stays bruised where its sideways hitting my stomach wall. I am getting my port repaired next Monday, so hopefully it will go away. It has also started to hurt, its uncomfortable for me to lay on my stomach and if my husband throws his arm around me in bed and accidently hits that spot it really hurts. But I'm really happy that my surgeon is fiixing it Next monday. Ask your doctor to check if your port is not flipped like mine, maybe that's your problem..

Hi everyone, well three more days and I leave to Texas to get my tt, I'm really excited, but scared as well, there is so much to be done before I leave, have to leave everything done at work, my boss has no clue how to run this office, she shows up, does her meetings, and that's it, Oh well, I"ll get it done... I am so starting to freak our about this, is this the right thing?? Will I die?? Am I ready for all the pain I'm going to be dealing w/? i'm a really big baby so I pretend I'm really brave and then when it comes right down to it I cry like a two year old and want my mommy... Well wish me well, I am scheduled for July 4th... Next Monday....

Thanks, girls for the reminder, I have been kind of lack on posting about my kids and I should stop that, any ways, Janine, I have cancelled my appt w/ Dr. Gomez on the 6th, I'm leaving to get my tt on Thursday and getting my port fixed. So, maybe the next time I go get a fill we can ride together, I can never find anyone to go with me and its a long drive, so it certainly would be more enjoyable with your company. I am really looking forward to meeting all you new bandsters here in SW Fl, can't wait. I'll be gone for two weeks I'm leaving Thursday night and am scheduled for surgery on July 4th in the morning. I'll be coming back on the 15 or 16th of July, so I will check in with you guys when I come to work that following Monday. Please remember to say a prayer for me that morning, I don't want to die, just yet, and especially cause people would say, how stupid of her, she died getting her fat rolls taken off, LOL, its not really funny, but I'm trying to not be so scared, but I am. Well wish me luck girls... Where you able to get a hold of EMilio at Dr. Gomez's office? Did you make an appt. I know he was headed on vacation for two weeks starting today. Well hope you were able to get in and that everything went well. Say Hi to Dr. Gomez for me...

Where are my florida bansters, haven't heard from you all in a while???

I just saw an acquantaince of mine that lives here and she had gps with Dr. Lieberman, she said she was orignally scheduled to have it done in Dec, but somehow the wrong meds with demoral were given and she though she was dying. She had her surgery in march and has lost 80 lbs, looks wonderful She did tell me there was one other complication with her surgery, she had a huge blood blot in her chest that when it came up was really big and really scared her too death. Well she seems to be doing well and I'm so happy for her and wish her all the well in teh world. She is going through the grieving provess for food as most of us do, but I'm happy she's okay, and she looked fabulous.

I totally relate, I am the same exact way, I know that my weight has remained the same because I don't excercise anymore, but I am always so damn exhausted. I just don't do it. Sometimes I feel like I'm just making excuses for my laziness. But after getting up, getting the kids out the door, getting myself to work, and going home, picking up the kids and going home and doing EVERYTHING, who feels like working OUT??? I sure don't. And I have a three year old boy that is too active for me. I am seriously thinking of having him evaluated, I don't know if he is just being his normal boy self, or if he's ADD. My girls are not like him and somedays I feel so incompetent as a parent. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. The other night I was trying to get him in the shower and he was running around naked and threw himself on the floor and wouldn't get up, I spanked his butt once and left a red mark on his butt, that is not the kind of parent I want to be. But I am just so exhausted from the whole thing. On the other hand, he is so sweet sometimes and he's crazy about me, he comes and cuddles with me and tells me he loves me. And you should see the look on his face when I come to daycare to pick him up. He used to be so quiet and I don't know if he's just going through a stage or what, anyways I'm off subject, I just remembered that's why I'm so exhausted and don't exercise. Sorry to vent. I love him more than life itself, but I wish he was his normal self again. And he's so darn cute. Oh well. Any takers. He's potty trained. LOL

OMG, I'm so stupid, I can't make it work. I have tried and tried and nothing, it gives me a message that it a bmp file and it needs to be a jpg or something else. Yikes why am I so computer incompetent???? Thanks Kelly for setting the pictures up.. Can you do the rest of my gang and my lover boy Alejandro???

I pulled mine off and made two of my insicions bleed from where I pulled on them.. and those two insicions have keloids (sp?) so maybe you shouldn't take them off until they fall off on their own.