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Safe driving PHYL! & Kari - I have a bottle of wine on the counter just waiting for you, Tracy & Kari.....now it's not "just a buck chuck" but I think it will do in a 'pinch'. We'll get home from the airport as quick as we can, so just remember.... Mia Casa is YOUR casa!! Janet is on her plane right now!!! Linda and Mell will be heading out soon.. :thumbup:

Hey Karla, I am sorry that your quilt week is not turning out!!! YOur cals yest. were great!! :thumbup: and skipping the snack WOW, I know how HARD that is to do sometimes... :laugh: Have a great weekend!:eek:

Crap, how did I miss that TICKER!!! You are coming down closer and closer to goal... OMG you are almost there... bet you can do it by my birthday!!!!!:thumbup:

Kari is comming from Grand Rapids, Mich. which will be great as I didn't get to meet her last year at MOA..

We'll just be flexable!

Oh that's o.k.... but if you change your mind I can always loan you one of mine weather report sucks!!! so I am planning a list of Rainy Day activities!

O.K. i THINK i GOT IT TO WORK?

can't seem to get my TICKER into my signature properly... can someone give me a clue?

I certainly don't want to offend anyone with my opinion on U.S. healthcare... after all it really isn't any of my business. But I do follow politics on both sides of the border and Kari (Michigan) asked my opinion and wanted to know about the Canadian system.. We all come from different places and different attitudes. I know we can all respect each other ideas and values... it just makes us all a little more interesting.

Linda, Phyl, Janet & Kari.... one more sleep!!! I keep checking the weather reports.... 70% chance that is WON'T RAIN ON OUR PARADE

FANTATIC on the W.Loss girl!! I am waiting to try the waffle thing too, it sounds s o good. 196 wow, phenominal, stupendous, incredulating... o.k. I'm burned out

Well, first off I just gotta clear something up regarding CANADIANS.... WE complain about everything!!! It's a National Passtime... we gripe when its too cold, when its too wet, when its too hot (ya can you beleive it after waiting all winter for warmth???) We complain about our politicians and then when there is a VOTE, there is a 54% turnout at the polls... now that is just dumb! So yes, we complain about our healthcare system. Some of that is pure ignorance because if you ever travel to other countries you soon learn that CANADIANS have it pretty damn good BUT, we have NO deductables to pay for our Doctor, hospital visits... or co=pays.. So we save a HUGE amount compaired to what Janet and Cramer discribe. SO, hold onto your hats.... I think you'll like your new system... and remember... it'll have a few kinks to iron out in the first few yeats... All that being said, ALL healthcare is paid for BY THE PEOPLE, whether its you and your emplyer or the Provincial gove.... they all get their $$$$ from one source... the TAXPAYER We in Canada pay approx. 30% of our Gross income in taxes... now I may be wrong correct me but your TAX rate % in the US is lower for state, federal taxes.??? Another good thing about UNIVERSAL healthcare for you.... ALL US residents will have to apply and have a card issued.... seems to me that would be a great opportunity to get all the ILLEGALS on the roster and then tax everyone fairly and accordingly... Employers will have to REPORT who is really working. And Workers (legal and Illegal) will have to get registered for the NEW healthcare card too. It will make things much more transparent and I think that may be a good thing over all... JMHO

Driving the speed limit, 7 hours and 45 mins. This is from MAPQUEST.ca and it takes all Interstate Hwys in the US and then the 400 series highways in Canada... But if you come cross country from Sarnia, I'd come up Hwy#402 from Sarnia to AILSA CRAIG, up highway #4, #23, #89 thru Shelbourne to AIRPORT ROAD then up to Stayner and then Wasaga Beach county Rd 7 If you want these directions email me your HOME address and I'll plug the numbers in and send you a mapquest route...

O.k. so you want to know about the Canadian Health Care system eh??? Here's what I know.... Each Province (State) administers their own health care system. But the coverage is Universal, meaning that whatever province you live in you get the same coverage.... FREE! Now, if you really want to get some good info watch the MOVIE documentary by Michael Moore called "SICKO" it was done a few years back but describes the Healthcare situation very well (IMHO) Now for example I just went to my Family Doctor for my Yearly Physical, She does all blood work, Cholesteral, diabetes screening, liver enzymes, red blood cells, white, platelets, clotting factors... gives you a RECTAL exam, Pap test, breast check and a MAMOGRAM, Bone Density screening, Bowel cancer screening.... Blood Pressure, plus because of my Bipolar illness, she also refers me to a SHRINK for those medications... ALL THIS IS FREE... I don't pay a deductable or anything for ea visit. no chg for blood tests, or any of the other tests I mentioned. If I need KNEE replacements, HIP etc... its about 1 6 wk wait for the surgery date ONCE you have seen the specialist (also N/Chg.) We DO have to pay $45 for each Ambulance ride, government picks up the rest. Hospital ward room coverage is free, up to 4 people in a room. If all they have avail is a semiprivate room or private they put you in there No charge. You have to pay for a PHONE in your room and TV yourself... all meals in the hospital are free. All medications served to yo in the hospital are free. EXCEPTIONS, elective surgery ( not life endangering) like lap band is NOT covered and I had to self-pay $16k, but I submitted that bill with my income tax and I got 2/3rds of that money back on my Federal TaX return (done ea April) Plastic surgery, mole removal, some new experimental Cancer meds you MAY have to pay for up front and then get reimbursed later. Dental, is not paid for - usually people have extended health care coverage from their emplyers who will then pay for80% of dental, or 80% of Prescriptions. Once you are 65yrs old everything changes... ALL DRUGS are free for the elderly with the exception of 6.00 co-pay, and if you are poor you don't have to pay that. SO if you are a 65+ and have some pension income you can afford to pay your $6 per Rx... Now Cancer, my Mom had a growth on her nose - I talked about this several months ago... my Mom had to wait about a month to get it taken off.... ALL FREE, and the Dr. did do P/Surgery to make it look nice... he did a fab job and it was ALL free - cause the Cancer was not considered ELECTIVE... get it??? O.k. now 10 yrs ago I had Breast Reduction Surg., Plastic surg. did the work... now it WAS Covered by my OHIP (Ont. Health Ins. Plan) because I had MEDICAL ramifications of the LARGE breasts... docuemnted back pain, shoulder pain... therefore Medically necessary and it was PAID for, and FREE to me... I had to pay the anesthesiologist $500 for his fee though (?) 3 days in hospital, pain meds, dressings... FREE. :thumbup: I know I'm kinda not giving you the READERS DIGEST version, but I think most Americans need to know what's out there and what OBAMA is probably thinking of doing. Perhaps his plan is to model the US heathcare along the lines of our Canadian coverage... I am not sure... but I AM a CNN junkie so I follow most US politics... ( and by the way I LOVE OBAMA!!!! and think he is doing a FAB job so far) this post is long hope I don't loose it:eek:

I love your new avatar!!! Awesome shots of you and your family! I love seeing everyone's pictures... Dallas/Ft. Worth airport is HUGE, the biggest I've ever seen. When I went to Mexico in Mar I had to walk from one end of the term to the other and then they changed the Gate allocation 3 times!!!! So read the overheads often... Ya, I don't know about this tightness... just seems like I PB on firm protein a lot latele... plus nighttime Acid reflux.. but then again I had eaten a bowl of cereal at 10 p.m. ...dah!! I should stick to liquids in the evenings eh??? Can't wait to see everybody todays food..... CALORIES/CARBS//FAT/PROTEIN1,243/206/21/57 Janet, no I did NOT have a blizzard.... at least not on THAT day.... Today, I had coffee, coffee, Slimfast Pro Shake, 4 blk olives... Casserole for supper, 1 fudgecycle, 10 cherres, 2 rice cakes/ff cream cheese.... The cherries were HARD to eat, almost slimmed on them, but they finally went down...

Janet, What absoluely beautiful pics! What a treasure! Doesn't hurt that the kids are georgous (and you too). Good job on the presentation, Phly. Hope you brought a copy of what you wrote up. I'm sure it was inspiring. Gonna take Cora to a li'l kids water park as soon as she wakes up from her nap. I would never have thought to do that two years ago. She really is the reason I did all of this--so I could hold her and feed her bottles and do stuff with her that I didn't do with my own kids b/c I was too self-conscious. Doesn't hurt that I'm a gma now and gma's don't need to have perfect bodies anymore, but still, I don't need to worry about what ppl think of my fat. One of the things that happened at the demo derby is that two other ladies got into a verbal fight about space. One of the ladies was a big woman, and the other one made a comment about it. When I heard that I went off at her. Why do people think it's OK to attack people because of their size? No one commented on the smoking or drinking, or the other offensive things that were going on--but somehow people think differently about commenting on someone's size. Yes, once upon a time it was 'acceptable' to discriminate agains race, colour, religion... all those are now taboo (and rightly so!) However, it seems that the last front on which we have to fight discrimination is of "Overweight People" and the "Mentally Ill".. Seems things change slowly, and that really pisses me off.. I am SO glad that you stuck up for that lady being victimized... :bored:

I went to TLBC (now Slimband) and I called yest to get a De-fill appt... now I sent a FAX, an EMAIL, and telephoned and left 2 messages... I have YET to hear from them yest or today!!! Wats up wif that???

Yeah, no kidding!!!! todays food CALORIES/CARBS/FAT/PROTEIN1,262/219/21/59

Oh Karla, I started another quilt this morning... Its a BABY quilt so it shouldn't be too daunting! A couple of pages back you quoted a web site that has FREE quilt patterns... can you put it up again for me, or EMAIL it to me... that way I won't lose it. I still havn't heard from my LAP BAND CLINIC :crying: WTF? are they on holidays or something??? I just got a GODSMACK phone call.... my Doctors Nurse just called me to tell me that my Cholesteral No.s are up! 6.9 I think normal is around 5.... I know its a different scale they use here in Canada, so I can't compare to the U.s. numbers I've read here... Just ONE more reason to be charting my FOOD!!!

that sounds good, pouched egg on Special K waffle YUM!!! I am sticking to liquids all day today, perhaps that'll make by band feel better... still no word from the LB clinic nurse!!!!$@#$!%#

Well, I HEARD you ladies, loud and clear.... I'll not touch my port. o.k.?? I called my LB doctor's office to see if I could get in there tomorrow morn. no answer, just a machine!!! argh!!!! So I faxed them and emailed them too!!! Still havne't heard anything. So I am drinking Tea and a Protien Shake today... can't get anything else in. Right after ELVIS weekend I am going to get down to BRASS TACKS... and chart all my food and be good.... I have 3 months to lose some weight for the wedding!!!

Congratulations on ONE=derland!!!

Driveing from Buffalo, 3 hours... Now don't worry about picking up anybody, I got that covered... Janet and Linda are flying in 30mins appart... So come right straight to W.B.... I'll leave the house unlocked and you can just come in and make yourself at home.. I'll have a bottle of wine waiting on the counter for you@!! Kari will be arriving some time in the morning as well so you'll both be there when I get home from the Airport... Peter may or maynot come to the Airport... so he could be home to greet you as well.

Hey does anybody know what type of Needle has to be used for injecting saline (or taking is out) ? I am feeling really tight lately and I think I may be needing to have 1/2 cc removed... I can get a Nurse girlfriend of mine to do it, but where do I get a needle? And can I just go up to any pharmacy and buy one??? Thanks Gang:lol:

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px inset; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: 1px inset" class=alt2>Originally Posted by nancy barry :sad:don't know where to add this but I'm having aproblem and could use a little help . Had a fill last week in april working great then last week felt funny taste in mouth and next day vey little restriction anyone ever had this problem? I was banded in april 2008 lost my insurance when husband lost job in june of 2008 went to fill center as soon as I could afford to do so . I'm so anxious to make this work please help Thanks </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px inset; BORDER-LEFT: 1px inset; BORDER-TOP: 1px inset; BORDER-RIGHT: 1px inset" class=alt2>Originally Posted by nancy barry :sad:don't know where to add this but I'm having aproblem and could use a little help . Had a fill last week in april working great then last week felt funny taste in mouth and next day vey little restriction anyone ever had this problem? I was banded in april 2008 lost my insurance when husband lost job in june of 2008 went to fill center as soon as I could afford to do so . I'm so anxious to make this work please help Thanks </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>It really sucks when you problems with your tubing/port and are unsure as to weather you have a leak or not? My fill nurse Peirced my tubing while trying to do a fill... I had restriction for 2 -3 days... then NOTHING.... this fill happened twice... Then I demanded to have a FLUROFILL under xray and voila, the leak could be seen. Doctor had to re-do my surgery and replaced my port and about an 1" of tubing... then he injected me with BLUE dyed Saline... so now everytime I go for a fill, the nurse will SEE the blue back wash and KNOW that she HIT the Port o.k. Dah, I know anyone can make mistakes but two surgeries is a drag!!! Now, my weight is holding.... but not the fault of the BAND... ITS me!! I am eating slider foods and not counting my calories... gotta get back on track... as I still have 25 lbs to goal. :wink2: