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How fun! thanks

I think they might be escapees rather than being dumped.

I had one rupture that had to be repaired. The pain of it rupturing was really bad, so the repair wasn't that bad, compairitivly

I too think the only bad food is spoiled and will give you food poisoning. Food is not the villian in the drama of my life. It might help if you don't think of this as a diet of any sort, although technically any way we eat is our "diet." I think the reason diets don't work is that they do create an atmosphere of deprivation. They tend to be very negative, Can't have this, or this, or this or that. Can only have this if you combine it with that.... Getting banded is not being on yet another diet. It is a surgeically enforced lifestyle change. And changing our lifestyles is the only way to make longterm effective changes. Diets are short term, the band is designed to be forever. We have many, many successful bandsters who view their new lives this way. While weightloss is so much more complex than calories in/calories out, that is an important component. I think there is a mental component for many people, a metabolic issue for others.

Because this is not a race, I would strongly recommend waiting until you know about the insurance. The actualy banding is just the very first step of the journey. The aftercare is so critically important, and if you are baded with coverage, you will likely continute to have coverage, if something happens down the road. I'm not looking for anything bad to happen, but it's always better to be safe than sorry. Good luck in your decision. But I vote for waiting for your insureance.

Hijack!!! Darcey!!!!! Yay! miss you! /hijack

My Astro doggle got out side naked :omg: got picked up and taken to the pound. Mike called them, but they told him they only had a female lab, no males. I was pretty stressed because they lost my naked dog. (no colar or tags...) Astro was so old that he couldn't lift his leg, so he went potty like a female, that's why they thought he was a female. Mike went down and checked out the "female" and low and behold! My doggles.

oh yeah, another thing that just gets up my nose is the phrase "drive safe!" You can't drive safe. They don't have steering wheels or engines or plush leather seating. You can drive safely, but you can't drive safely. Safely is an adverb to modify drive... Oh, and I hate the way marketing changes spelling, like "kwik" (flames)....

Thanks TommyO, that's how I live my life, I expect people to give me their best, I expect people to always want to do their best, not just coast. And so I treat them accordingly. I always try to give my best to them in return, to make things easier for them. As a manager, I figure my main duty is to clear away obsticiles so my minions can do best what they do best. I also feel one of my main jobs is to always make my boss look good.

I'm with Donali! I think this is going to take some quiet time on your part. The first thing that came to me when I read your post was that you've lost quite a bit of weight in a short amount of time. *holy rice cakes, Batman!* about 10 pounds a month! You've managed to lose more in your 3 months that I've lost in 11, well done! Sorry, back on track here. (it's the pain meds...) You've lost like what, 10 pounds a month?! I suspect that there is some subconcious panic on your part. Are people starting to treat you differently? Men paying more attention to you? Less overt hostility? I don't know, but with that dramatic of loss, poeple are sure to notice, even if you are Super MO. It could be that you are eating more Cookies than you want because some part of you has noticed the extra attention and is starting to panic.

Well, you are warmer now than you were before, so that's "seeing" some result. What are you expecting? Toning? Definition? Weight loss? All of the above? Muscle does indeed weigh more than fat, so you might be converting fat weight to muscle weight, which in the long run is what you want. The more muscle you put on, the less fat you have to lose. Yay! Have your fat free mass (FFM) checked now so you know where you've been. Easier to know where you are going that way. Before you start to "see" any changes you will notice increased strenght and stamina.

Okay, cross post time! Yay! Becky and Darcy! Yay! Now if only we could coax Darcey and Hagerterssa back.

WAIT!!!! Darcy and Becky???? Woot! Party! Missed you guys!

Isn't this funny. I was just talking about her the other night. I think it is amazing how people we will never meet can touch us so deeply across time and space.

Donali, you can hijack any of my threads any time you want!

Hi Tia, some people have a difficult time with sexuality. Frequently we shut ourselves out of that part of our being. But this is the lounge, so this isn't specific band issues.

P'nut, honey, not sure why this has you frazled. I think you give great advice, and generally have a lot to offer here. Here, come sit by me, and I'll stroke your hair, and get you some nutcracker spice tea with some milk and splenda. (that always makes me feel better...) Trust me, if you were dispencing snake oil, I'd call you on it. But it's like Betty clarified for me. It is NOT okay to eat solids a few days out of surgery, and it isn't okay to tell other people that it is. It isn't okay to tell people things that could hurt them. I also think it isn't okay to get upset when someone points out the error of the way. But part of it too is a black and white thinking, black and white attitide. That there is only one way to do work the band, and if you don't do it my way, you are WRONG. But that doesn't permit any shading, doesn't permit any texture. One of the biggest things is that LBT was a very civil board. No name calling, no flame wars, no "you're a big poopy head" sorts of things. I know that other poeple get used to dealing with people on boards a certian way. They expect to be attacked, so they start on the defensive. So something that really is harmless get's taken out of context. Many of us come from a hurting place. Frequenly when we get large influxes of new people they don't understand our culture. And one of the things we have always prided ourselves here on has been our gentle and kind nature. Not "tough love" since that is a hard place. It's hard is what many of us have had too much of. Usually when we do have someone who needs some tough love, albout the harshest thing is a pix of Zoe's boot. LBT has been a refuge from the harshness of what we have to endure "outside." We want to keep it that warm and inviting place, but we have to figure out how to keep it warm and inviting. I think this is the root of the issue. Tommy, I think it sounds like reflux too. You might have to give it up for a while, or perhaps eat it earlier, or have a cuppa tea before you go to bed. It could be that it just doesn't want to leave your pouch and when you lie down it has to go one way... up. Doll, go put on your boots and jump in the mud puddle. Why would you think you can't do that? oh sure, you just have to make sure you have the right shoes on, or not care about your shoes.

I'll PM you later Donali.

I'm with Jenna, folks giving advice, hard and fast rules when they don't have the slightest clue what they are talking about. I'd write exactly what you just did. Of course, I give folks advice on their bands, but I feel like a fraud since I cannot see losing weight with the band anytime in my future. I'm considering taking a break but only because I'm so frustrated with the Cushing's. I gained another 3 pounds and I start to cry just thinking how many months that is going to be before I lose that. But everytime I try to slip away quitely, someone send me a PM asking me to come back. Now, what is currently bending my nose out of shape: People that only loot the good stuff out of chests, and don't help when you are being ganked by a bunch of mobs. Oh, and people that drive too fast in Parking lots and don't stop for pedestrians.

I don't believe I would ever even try it. Or even consider trying it. For me it's a couple of things, I don't like the thought of injecting a deadly poison into my body for cosmetic reasons. I can't get past that. But for this life I picked really good genetics for skin anyway. I got carded this week at the grocery store. But I look at my dear grandmother who will be 95 in a few months and my mother who is 72 and I marvle at their skin. I am a snob I suppose. Oh, and I just turned 44 on Sunday

Excellent Corgi! 45 pounds loss is great!

okay, I wouldn't fake a band thing... But he does have freak out from blood.... so you might have to take some people into your confidence. Start complaining about a tooth ache, nothing strong at first, just hint, then work up over a couple of weeks. You are going to need a few blood capsles. So. Go out to dinner somewhere not too nice, but not a dive, maybe a burger joint, or someplace like that. A step up from a fast food place. You need to let your waitress or waiter in on this, so they don't freak out. Wear an old shirt you won't mind ruining. Mention the tooth ache. Make sure you put the blood caps in so they have time to disolve. Take a sip of Water, but don't swallow, let the blood slowly drip out of the side of your mouth, but don't notice the tiny little dribble. Then suddenly! WHAM! a big gush of blood!

Wow. Okay, unless you hit the G-spot, women do not have vaginal orgasms because of the way we are wired for giving birth. Clitoral stimulation is really the only way to achieve orgasm, so don't thing you are weird. Some positions provide some clitoral stimulation from the penis, but not all of them do. Hmmm, yeah, sugar and honey bad news in the making, but that splenda trick.... hmmmm

Oh man Megan! I cannot believe people would just drop their dogs off like that! I don't have any pets in SE ID because I life in student housing and its against the rules. But my DH did bring me a stuffed dog that he adopted for me. *sniff sniff* if there was any way I'd take the lab mix right now, this very minute.

what have you done so far? I need a starting place so I know where you've been. What is in bounds, what is out of bounds?