Evilah

so glad you're doing okay pine nut! Evilah

oh yeah. later I found out from other neighbors and mgmt. that all but guy on lease were illegal and he only had a work visa and that they were getting some kind of state assistance to live there. and oh yeah. we were forced to move while I was 8 months pregnant. bastards. also I think that they all would hide when the cops would go up their and tell them to keep it down in the middle of the night, because the officers would say that he only saw the one guy and his kid and girlfriend. And they threatened to sue the mgmt. for discrimnation and hired some sort of minority lawyer to represent them. so mgmt. quit trying to kick them out and just told us to leave if we couldn't handle it and let us out of our lease, but then it took us so long to find a new place that the lease was up by the time we left anyway.

omg, i skipped down to write a message before reading the whole thread. I lived in this really great apartment for about a month. And then new people moved in upstairs. They made so much noise, vacuuming contantly stomping even building furniture, bad snoring at night. I didn't even know it was snoring, it sounded like a doom video game. Anyway, I complained and knocked on the celing and the lady uupstairs was such a B****. She would make more noise if I knocked on her door (she wouldn't answer) or the ceilng. Anyway I complained so much to the management they got an eviction notice and they wouldn't leave. They had like 10 people living there on and off and they claimed I was prejudice and wanted them to get evicted because they're mexican. I was like WTF? You guys aren't supposed to have 10 people livng there because your lease allows maximum 4 people to be living there. Anyway, I tried so hard to be nice to them even though they made so much noise and the woman was so mean and either didn't speak english or refused to speak english to me. anyway.... I used to have to take naps in my car while I was pregnant because it was so noisy up there even with earplugs you couldn't get any rest. I measured the noise at a construction site and the dB in my apartment was louder than at a construction site. Plus they ysed to throw all their burnt styrofoam barbecue plates on my patio. jerks

hey mdrai! GLAD YOU'RE HERE! Evilah omg, cheese and sauce images are bad BaD BAD! time for anothe rproteing shake or chicken broth. lol

Found out I won't be banded in june, but thought I'd stop by and see how you are doing! excited? Evilah

I am not a sweet eater, I only crave sweets if I've had an especially large or salty or carbed-out meal. Other than that, give me some fat and Protein please. I love nuts! Big nut eater. I am. I admit it. lol Evilah

yeah, i only take 1 a day claritin when things are bad. i have never thought about internal inflammation. I do have asthma and occasionally have a coughing fit. I can't wait to see how the new band works out for you! Do you know where a picture of it is? Will it have the low profile port?

oh, and prenatal vitamins > i use thorne brand.

my chi Iron. oh yeah my chi iron. give it to me! straight straight hair!

I think now that it's been properly adjusted that it's working out pretty well. Last night was night #4 that I used it! I'm so excited, I can't wait to have more energy and be less anxious! Evilah PS my husband hasn't made any jokes about me, but I think he feels sorry for me, so maybe I wish he would joke about it.

I think they're worried about hard little pieces (the kind that can be missed by the blender blade, and then be lumps or Protein or gelatinous bits that your stomach has to digest) still in the Soup after blending, that's why they want straining. What do you think? Evilah

when you get to the smiley face page, just write in your reason for editing, and press edit my post, then you'll get to a normal pagewhere you can edit the plain text of your post. Time between endoscopy and surgery varies. For me it is about 2 months.

Alexandra, I have been having chest pain since december. Last fall I had a scope done to look at my esophageal sphincter and it was normal (I had pain in chest when swallowing). Now I only get that "full" feeling if I am super full. Other than that, I always feel hungry, so I can't use that as a sign as when to eat or not eat. Sometimes I think my pregnancy damaged a nerve and made me not able to feel certain things, but I don't know Evilah

I found out after my endoscopy today (which I was awake for) that I have esophagitis, gastritis, and a hiatal hernia. Anyone else have an endoscopy? Anyone else have similar issues pre-banding? I don't know if I will be able to be banded now. Feeling lost, and confused, Evilah

so glad wenjea is doing well!! yay! evilah

tivo, magic bullet, gym membership, chi iron (changed my life. LOL! Seriously! It feels great to have sexy hair fast all the time), ultimate meal replacement, high speed internet, SKIP HOP bag, bare minerals and most recently, my orly nail polish, althogh I found a place in the mall to buy OPI! yay! Evilah PS. Did I say my chi iron? LOL!

Hi! that's awesome! I hope to get a 4.0 in law school one day

is there and LBT clothing exchange thread or forum? Evilah

yeah it will make a difference if you use your metal one. Check online for puff pastry directions using metal. Glass absorbs more heat and doesn't release it quickly the way metal does. I think the worst is that the outside (near the metal) will burn before the inside of the pastry cooks. Evilah

i have to wait until july, and i have tons of pre-op testing to do. Tomorrow I have an endoscopy! If you read the lap band Dr.'s manual online (put out by inamed) There are warnings and to evaluate the patients eligibility for the surgery, the only way to do so usually is by endoscopy. I'm on liquids today so I'm kinda groggy, but check out that lap band instruction manual for surgeons and you'll see why an endoscopy is so important. Reading that made me feel better about all this testing! Evilah (my dr.'s lap band practice is a center of excellence with asbs)

did you have an allergy to the band material? Or did you sneeze alot and think that dislodged it? Evilah

Oh yeah, go get tested for sleep apnea. If you have any neck fat at all you probably have it. Not to be a doomsdayer but I think that's the way dr.'s look at it too... outside neck fat=inside neck fat=airway occlusion Evilah

the one posted on this thread... look just northeast of her belly button, and then to the right of the ridge in the center of her stomach, it looks like a worm is under her skin! I used to have a 6 pack, and that bump and worm don't look like normal skinny anatomy to me!

I have a pannis (is that the term?) and I haven't even had surgery and started losing weight yet. I wonder if it will shrink...? I'm also wary of having plastic surgery on my torso since I plan to have more children! Evilah

i just started using my cpap successfully this week, and it's night #3 that has passed and I have love/hate sort of feeling about it. In the mornings I wake up with my husband, feeling refreshed, but part of me wants to go back to bed without it to get some more sleep? I wake up several times during the night and think about the cpap, and then go back to sleep... I don't know if it wakes me up or I'm not used to it or WHAT?!?! Evilah