Mariposa Bella

Whats ROI, sorry but I'm acronym dislexic (don't know how to spell that either) I still don't know what DH means, well I know what the H is, but what about the D is it dear or dumb or I guess it could be either or. This is the first time I have ever belonged to an online anything, so I am ignorant on all the cute short abb, you all use. Guess I will learn.

I'm so so happy for you, I hope everything works out and you live happily ever after and ride into the sunset, so are we all going to be your bridesmaids??? What a bunch of good looking ones we would be. I am truly happy for you. Boy I love hearing about new, love hot steamy romances.

You guys are hilarious, almost made me pee my pants. LOL

Didn't know you had a thing for cupids. So Sarah, how much touch up, editing experience do you have???? Can you erase cellulite off my butt???? Cause if you can, your my new best friend.. Hey if Tara Banks can have her pictures touched up, why can't we... I better start working out to get this butt toned up.. Watch out UK here we come..

congratulations on your weight loss, you all are doing fabulous...

Well now since everyone like the rainboots idea, I want it back, you can't have it Delarla, that's all I'm wearing those yellow rain boots, Oh my--- I'm going to look like a porno star.....a classy, playful porno star...

Well, this is great, by then I will have all my plastic surgery, and hell I'm posing totally nude, just the yellow rainboots for this girl, do you think makeup cane hide the tt scar??? I say Christiana nows what she is talking about, we will let her handle all the nitty gritty, just tell me when and where I have to show up to pose, I will have to hire a crew to come with me, you know, a makeup artist, hair person, personal assistant to assist me while I do my photo shoot, this is fabulous!!!! Signed Miss April 2007 P.S. Since April is the diamond month, maybe we can cover my whole entire body in nothing but diamond studs, well fake diamond studs (remember Britney Spears???) It will take lots of them, but it will be worth it, okay, I like this idea better than the yellow rain boots. I'm on board. Delarla, you can do the yellow umbrella and rain boots, what month are you??? I'm doing the diamonds.

I am so excited for you, man, was it hard to get your insurance to cover this?? I am so truly excited for you, keep me posted, as I too will be getting a tt later this year, but I'll have to pay for it my self... So if anyone has any spare pennies send them my way... Love,

Theresa, I'm so sorry, but since this was originally Bubbame and my idea, I'm Miss April, I'm an April baby, can I please, please have April. I'll throw a big hissy fit, if you don't let me be Miss April? I already bought my yellow rainboots and big yellow umbrella for my pose, boy oh boy I'm really excited.... But we will have to market this oversees, so husband's friends won't see it, wouldn't that be horrible... Hey let me tell you all a funny story, My best friend and I used to tan in her back yard, and because there is a huge great big field next to her house sometimes we would lay out topless, we thought we had privacy (about 8 Years ago, before gravity took over) Well anyways, what we didn't know is that across that fields were some homes that apparently if you had binoculars you could see us quite well. Well one of hubbys friends lived in one of those homes and one day at a BBQ out there, he was one of the guests well when all the guys pulled out their binoculars to look at the girls sunning, he got excited and wanted to look at the girls those boys talked about all the time. boy oh boy ws he surprised one of those girls was me, boy was he red in the face... Well that was the last day that I ever tanned topless, Funny thing is that if that had been someone else he would have been perfectly content to keep looking.... I think that's a riot, every now and then I remind him and he doesn't like that his buddys got to see me in that special way. No but anyways, I'm Miss April, so lets set a date---what works for you all, can we crash at your house Delarla??? Let me know.

How about it girls, maybe we are on to something here, LBT Calendar girls, so what do you say, do we have any photograhers on LBT, come forward---- what about a producer, anyone out there?? Oh my, I better start looking for a rep to work out the movie deal issues for us.

Hey Nicole are you forgetting about me??? Will you buy another one and put my name on it??? Or I can go halves with Lisa, well good luck to you, if you win, don't forget about us... I will keep my fingers crossed that you win big. Meanwhile, I'll get my donation jars ready just in case you don't win... Wouldn't it be nice, If I won the lottery, first of all I would do trust funds for my kids, so that they could pay for college (a good one, of course) Buy my mom a house, buy myself a house, pay for all my plastic surgery, get a nanny ( a must) and a cook and a housekeeper and hire Oprah's trainer.... I better stop I'm depressing myself.... A girl can dream, can't she... You all are great, thanks for the laugh... A calendar, with clothes or without, cause I sure am not swimsuit material, YET Hey maybe if they see how gross I look naked, they will feel sorry and drop more in the jar... Thanks for the great idea. I'll get those photos printed right away.

The weight I lost was all lost within the first month, because I was so sick after the surgery... Then in Dec, I went on vacation for three weeks, ate a lot of junk, then on the way back go a fill, had no restriction from it, second fill, no restriction and the third fill last week, I have restriction. So hopefully I will start losing weight again, because I had even gained 5 lbs and since Wed, I have lost them, but I haven't been exercising like before so that has lots to do with.. I am starting my walking back up tonight. I am going to win this battle.

wonderful news, congratulations.... Your on your way...

Delarla, I am so sorry that you are feeling bummed out, I've been really depressed cause of the problems I had with my fill last week, I can't even begin to imagine How I could cope with what you have been through. You have to give yourself credit, you are a very strong woman and a great example for us all. You have shown so much courage through all of your problems, you are greatly admired by many of us. I pray and hope that what ever shall come, comes with ease and doesn't bring you down. If you decide to have your band removed, use what you have learned to maintain the weight off, the band is only a tool, you are the one doing the work, so keep working at it and everything will work out just fine. I am truly sorry for all your financial hardships, I know how you feel, I paid for my surgery out of pocket and had an even larger bill from the hospital visit I had after surgery from complications (I don't have health insurance), they did three MRI's and some x rays so my hospital bill for a four hour visit totaled $12,000, yep twice as much as my surgery did. I know how frustating and depressing it is. So, I have been thinking of putting donation jars at the convenience stores to finance all the plastic surgery I will need after my weightloss, so maybe you can do the same. LOL So what do you think I should put on my donation jar, besides my picture??? Lets come up with something really clever to get everyone to drop some change in the jars... So what do you say, will you help me by placing some donation jars where your at? Let me know, I'll get the pictures printed. I'll be waiting for any other clever money making ideas, let me know if you have any, maybe we can have a bake sale? Probably not a good idea, sweets are my weekness.... Cheer up and let put our heads together and come up with some great money making ideas..

I told my husband, of course and my mom (cause she had to take care of me) and a few friends, but my mom and best friends took it upon themselves to tell others and this I mind. I hate that people know because some of them are too ignorant and make stupid comments and just plain don't understand. I wish I had only told my husband and only him.

Congrats. ((((((((WOW)))))))))))

I feel bad for you, I had the same problem last week, I had a fill Wed, and couldn't keep anything down, I felt like I was going to choke on all the slime when I layed down. I was desperate to get an unfill on Friday, but since I have a three hour drive to the doctor and since he was in surgery that afternoon, I couldn't get an unfill. Well I decided to take control and relax.. I stayed on only warm liquids all Day Fri, and on Sat, and that did it, but it was rough on Friday night I thought I would choke during the night with all that sliming, but by Sat night I felt perfect, drank warm teas, and warm chicken broth, Sunday, I ate mushies and today I am doing mushies, its working... My surgeon suggested that any time one gets a fill it is necessary to treat it as if you just had surgery and do 3 days liquids 3 days mushies and then three days choppy food, and well chewed. I am feeling so much better, I thought I was dying last week, was really regreting getting the fill and even thinking if getting this band was the right thing. I am so glad I didn't get unfilled, I am doing so much better today. I wonder if being on or almost getting Aunt Flo has anything to do w/ how we react to fills, I started mine on Friday night, is'nt that just weird. On the good side I weighed myself today and I've lost 5-6 lbs since Wed., it was a heck of a way to lose them, but hey something good came out of it. I went from 1.2 cc's to 2 cc's and I now have the restriciton I needed to start losing weight again. I hope you feel better.

I am so sorry, she will be greatly missed. Love you Blossom.

I am going well this morning, I can eat, I am sticking to mushies for another day and then I'll try solids, I stayed mostly on warm liquids this weekend and i did well. I have lost 5 lbs since Wed, so that is good. I went home Fri so I haven't been online since then and didn't know what happened to Blossom. I am so devastated, she got banded a day after I did and I always felt we had such a special connection, she was so nice, I am truly going to miss her, I feel very bad right now, I am so upset. I don't understand, why these things happen. I pray that her husband finds the strength and courage to get through this time. Thanks all of you for being so caring toward me, I will talk to you later, I don't feel well now.

HI Karen, I just went through the same thing. But luckily I am fine now. I had a fill last Wed., I went from 1.2 cc's to 2 cc's and was so miserable the next day. I couldn't keep anything down, and was getting worse everytime I tried, but I discovered my mistake, from now on after every fill I will stay on warm liquids or broth for three days, then go to mushies for three days, then solids, my doctor ( that did my surgery) suggested to me that after every fill it is necessary for you to treat is as if you had just gotten your surgery, since your body has to adjust to the fill, well as of Friday morning I was desperate to get an unfill, but becasue I am three hours away from Dr. Gomez in Coral Gables, Fl, and he was in surgery all afternoon I couldn't get one. So I decided to do the next best thing and relax and follow my surgeons advice, well guess what it has worked, I am now eating mushies (and some crackers) with no problem, I am giving my body time to heal from all the pb'ing I had last week and time to get adjusted to the new fill. It all seems well now, I was prepared to drive over there to get an unfill, but I don't need one now. On the good side of all my problems, I did lose 5 lbs since Wed, so that is great, hopefully I will continue to lose weight with this new fill. And from now on every fill I get, I am following my surgeons instructions to the T. Good luck to you and hope you get to feeling better, because I know how miserable you feel. Love,

Well the doctor's office just called and they tell me that the doctor is in surgery all day today and then has a meeting so there is no way he can see me today, this realls stinks, I am having serious doubts about the decision I made to get this band, is it worth all this trouble? I better look like J Lo when this is all said and done and all the weight is gone or I'm going to be really mad...Lol Well, the nurse suggested what you all had already told me, stay on warm, clear fluids through the weekend and hopefully I will feel better by Monday, you know what's bad, that he is not in the office on Mondays either, so if worse comes to worse, I have to wait until Tuesday morning. Please pray that this restriction loosens up a bit.. And today is my little girls b day and I don't get to eat cake with her, what a bummer. Well I better head out, I have to take the cake and pizza to her school.

Thanks, Vicki, I now am wishing my doctor would have been conservative too. Maybe that's what I should start doing, just plan to stay overnight close to the doctors just in case this should happen again. Its just too bad that he only sees patients on Tues and Wed, smack in the middle of the week.

That is exactly how I feel, I think the doctor was too aggressive with this fill, he took me from 1.2 cc to 2, he should have picked a number in between, I'm probably being punished-- I so wanted to have restriction, but not this much...I went ahead and called the doctor's office (had to leave a message their not in yet) so that they know that I'm having problems. If I don't feel better by Monday, do you think I should go ahead and get an unfill??? I probably should. I hope they don't charge me to have an unfill I wasn't able to eat anything last night and I felt really crappy, I had such a bad headache, I thought my head was going to explode. What a bummer??? I've had to cancel my weekend plans to Orlando, because there is no way I could enjoy myself in this state... I would hate for my family to put up with me all weekend feeling this crappy. Maybe I'll take the kids to the beach instead? At least I can run into the bushes to pb. LOL Well thank you both for being so caring and thank you Alice for the recipe. Today is my little girls 4th birthday, she is having a birthday party at her school during lunch (I took the easy way out, don't have to do any clean up) She was so excited this morning, Those are the little things that make life worth living, I love to see smiles on my children's faces. Well talk to you all later. I have to call and make sure the cake is going to be ready on time.. Love,

Thank you Alice, hopefully I will get loose or I will have to go to Dr. Gomez to get an unfill. Did you make the lentil soup or did you buy it? Sounds really good, do they sell it at the grocery store, cause I sure don't feel like cooking, not that I would now how to cook it anyway, but I do truly appreciate your care and concern. Thanks a bunch. I will keep you posted. Thanks for the reminder of things that I should be grateful for, you are so right.. Thanks to all of you for caring, and I hope you are right about me loosening up in a couple of days. Love,

I had some gatorade, and had trouble w/ it. I had my fill and its too tight. So now I'm suffering and can't indulge in any real food.