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welcome to LBT Laurie.

Welcome to the Banded Gentry!

I have learned that Virgos are happiest when they can have their lists. They may not need to actually do anything with the list, but they need their lists.

Christina got her ba-and! Christina got her ba-and!

No catheter for me or my DH. Not sure what you mean by "contaminate everything." Do you mean involuntarily urinating in the OR? They had me empty my bladder before my procedure, and from what I understand, most procedures take about 45 minutes, if your surgeon is well qualified.

"making cows rich..." I imediately flashed on cows in haute cature... fabulous wraps and fabulous sparkly cow jewlery, and blue eyeshadow.... Dior bags... It is Friday?

Welcome to Bandlandia!

I can't do non-fat. It's a wolves thing. Ice cream.... mmmmmmmmm cheese..... mmmmmmmmmm But since when do we believe what commericals say? Their only purpose is to make you buy something.

I'm a full time student and I work part time too. I try to cook a large meal and freeze the leftovers so I can just grab something quickly. If my first fill is anything to gague my new life, I think cooking a regular meal and freezing it would give me 18 different meals! Yikes!

and you can't return 'em, becaue they have spit all over 'em! My DH said he knows a real easy way you could lose an extra 200 or more pounds...

Wow Jonathan, I think the only major stressor you don't have going on is a death. Please be good to your self and family. Divorce is never easy, on anybody involved. I've actually known a couple of people who've married the same person twice. Congrats for following your heart and going to divinity school. I think it is wonderful when poeple have a true calling. I know that I do. And congrats on not gaining weight during this very difficult time.

I'm a pices by 4 hours. I did NOT want to be an aquarian, which is funny because so many of my houses are in aquarius.... My mom and dad were both aquarian, as is my spudboy. Both my older sibs are Aries, both younger sibs are cancer. DH is a Virgo. My dog Astro is a Scorpio.

Christina's getting her ba-and! Christina's getting her ba-and! You know you've got good thoughts heading your way!

It's from a Steve Martin comidy sketch from "let's get small" The exact quote "I love money, I love everything about it. I'm into bread. I've bought some pretty cool stuff. $300 pair of socks, a fur sink. Oh, an electric dog polisher, a gasoline powered turtle neck sweater, and of course, I bought some dumb stuff too..."

It's official! Okay, I have not lost any weight in the last month. I beleive I gained one back too, but you know what, that's okay too. I had my first fill yesterday. I'm in for the next challenge. Ended this challenge at 250.

I understand some of this, because I hate to spend money on myself. It isn't like you went out and bought a fur lined sink or an electric dog polisher. You spent this money to save your life. To save your life. If he resents this, then you better make an apointment today honey. ((((hugs))))

Oh. My. Gawd. I am sooo sorry he said this to you! What an unmitigated jerk! You have done a kick-ass job so far. It is so very difficult when we need to be able to count on the total support of someone who is supposed to love us unconditionally. Please, please do not let this be a defeat for you! You may want to find a mariage councelor sooner rather than later, becuase of the high incidence of divorce. (okay, there is a high rate of divorce in almost every segment of the population.) Don't let this fester, I know it would eat away at me. Yeah, real men don't need jacks to change tires! And they should be able to pull nails with their teeth... Tool use is one of the characteristics that separate the higher developed beings from lower ones.

Sallykotz and I are playing phone tag right now, and when I go back to my exile, I'll be meeting up with Angle2 and Rae. (not enough time after finals and coming home)

Burping is my "stop" sign too. If I ignore the burp, I literally hear my voice say 'that's enough now. You're done." I haven't decided to push past the voice. In mid mouthful I'll spit whatever it is out. It will be interesting to see what I get after my first fill.

Amazing work! I'm really proud of you for making this huge realization about yourself. For me, this is part of the hard work of the band. Coming to terms with things in your head, and maybe more importantly, being able to 'name' them. I think if you can name your demonds you can subdue and own them. I have a love/hate relationship with my CPAP. I still have trouble sleeping with it and frequently wake in the middle of the night to find the mask flung as far as the hose will go. But I still try to use it everynight because the difference is AMAZING and ASTOUNDING.

Lastnight someone came to our door, but thankfully he had the wrong address. He was there to deliver a death notice. I'm very sorry for my new neighbors.

What??! Whao! Christina! Congrats on your band day tomorrow! Okay, Betty, no gas problems for me. I l-o-v-e broccolli! I was worried that I wouldn't be able to eat it after banding, but I can eat everything. Well, not really greasy food, but that's been a issue since my gall bladder went south. Today is my fill day. I'm quite nervous about it.

Ah-hem. Please look at your face. If you chin was any more defined I believe we would use it to carve stone with.

This is a great NSV Paula! You hav every right to be proud of yourself!

I've not tried beer yet. You might try a search on "beer" becaue I do know we've talked about it. We have some folks here that do drink the occasional beer. My DH hasn't had any trouble with Lambic, but he can drink soda without any discomfort.