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I think that is a FANTABULOUS idea Jamie!!

Oh, I am so sorry to hear you got bad news. I am sending you huge cyber hugs also. :crying: Let us know how things turn out with the surgery.

:thumbup::eek::lol:As much as I think it would be totally awesome to hang out with the two of you at the same time, by the sounds of it I would need a gas mask!:wink2::lol:But I love ya both anyway!!!

Yes, it is probably best you have the wise voice of your mom to listen to instead of me being completely reckless telling you "Do it!" Thank goodness for moms!! And I also have more than my share of blonde moments on any given day!!! Remind me to tell you someday about my worst all time blonde moment!! (My mom and friends actually tell me I should never tell anyone about this one because it makes me look so stupid!)

Aww Mal...that's awesome. And kind of made me teary eyed too!! I am so proud of you and happy for you! (Love your Forrest Gump comment...I got a visual of "Run, Mal, Run!!" in a Forrest twang!)

Yep, you are right. Us Fluffy Folks can't win, can we? You are making me laugh....Dee mean and a liar???? Come on!!! Not in this lifetime!!!! I want to come to Colorado and kick that mom and that nurses butt STILL!!!

I'm proud of you Dee!! And I love the pic! Any day that I get to see a pic of my smiling Dee is a good day!

Mini, Yes, I was probably about 40 pounds heavier when I stopped taking Effexor in February, maybe a bit heavier than that. That is a good thought. I am going to try starting it today again now that I am not working and see what happens. But, I need something to calm DOWN my fight or flight (which is pretty much going constantly lately because of the neighbors), not rev it up! And yes, everyone under the sun knows I have had surgery, including my shrink! Are they missing the point that I paid lots of money to lose weight or is it just me?

I honestly don't think they were trying to be rude on purpose, they just seemed concerned. But still!! I know what you mean!! And like you said, you can't win...fat or skinny!

Oh no! There is an ER nurse who does dog rescue, and I was talking to her about my situation last night, and we discovered that for the Dept of Agriculture foster home license, they want it to be through a shelter or rescue. So it may not get approved. I am hoping that the State of Il will be as disorganized as they usually are and just put it through. (Keeping fingers crossed). Otherwise I may have to beg my friend at the Lab Rescue to let me get licensed under her. But, one of the other ER nurses who does rescue gave me the name of a local woman who does Doberman rescue, who is also an attorney, who is apparently very knowledgable about all this licensing stuff. So I am going to email her later if I get time at work. Please pray that something works out for my dogs ladies. :tt2:

Denver-wouldn't it be nice if the athletic bug IS contagious? :frown: Although I don't have any mountains to climb in Iowa. :thumbup: I will have to find a hill to climb instead. Not quite as exciting! I am glad you had fun with your daughter. It sounds like you did a lot of nice things.

Okay, I am really perplexed. I do not think I have lost weight that fast...I am right around schedule, maybe even slightly behind schedule on my weight loss. But I am starting to get a complex that people think I have an eating disorder! First, when I went to the psychiatrist to get my antidepressants the other day, he weighed me. Now I have gone to him for over 4 years and never once has he weighed me. I thought it curious but was so upset about the dog issue that I didn't ask why. So maybe I am just overreacting to that one, but I have never seen a psych doc weigh anyone except for eating disorder patients. Friday night and last night at work, almost everybody I came into contact with at the hospital made a comment about my weight loss. Then, this morning, the nursing supervisor (who is male none the less) pulled me aside when he saw me in the hall and told me he is concerned that I am losing too much weight. WTH??? I eat-honestly!!! I probably packed away a good 3000 calories on one of my emotional eating days the week before last! I just had gastroenteritis last week and wasn't particularly hungry for that reason. I had diarrhea all week and was nauseous. Who would want to eat when they have a stomach bug? I did weigh myself on the hospital scale as opposed to my scale, and according to it I did lose 6 pounds since I weighed myself on it last weekend, so I am not sure which scale to believe, because mine is only showing a two pound loss. I don't know,I am just really perplexed by this. It's not like I am a stick or anything! I am still 30+ lbs overweight according the the height/weight scale. It just bothers me, I am almost starting to dread when someone remarks about my weight!

I had about 2 cc's in mine the first time my fill doctor accessed my port. It was always my understanding that the band comes primed with a little bit of saline in it from the manufacturer.

Yes, he said it is the same as Effexor basically but taken once a day. I took Effexor for years without trouble which is why I think he put me on it.

I just put the bark collars on all my dogs before I go to work. I feel SO bad to do this to them. I hate what these people are doing to us. Now they can't even be dogs and bark to protect the house if they need to! (My mom didn't think this was necessary, but I told her my dogs only bark when someone rings the doorbell or is walking around outside the house. They are doing their job of guarding the house. But these people are so conniving I would not put it past them to stand out there and taunt my dogs to get them to bark, and then call the police and complain.) Paranoid? Maybe. But I will do anything to protect these guys.

Adork-I am sorry about the situation with your coworker. People can be so two faced, especially in a field such is yours that is so laden with politics. That was the only thing I hated about that field was the politics. You just have to learn how to play the game I guess. (Which I was admittedly never good at! I am just not like that!) Yes, the Ben & Jerrys is evil. I did try the cake batter one and thankfully, did not like it that much. But the cinnamon buns one was a different story!! As far as the inflating and deflating of the band, I hope it's not bad for it because I have lost track of how many times I have had mine inflated and deflated!! I do have to say though, that I do not understand your doctors explanation of why he wouldn't use a stopcock. I don't know why that would affect anything since it is on the outside attached to the syringe. Anyone else want to weigh in on this? Maybe I am missing the point since I have never had a fill with a stopcock? Darn it, I wish your mom would bring you with to Bettendorf! Even though it IS really boring here!!!!!

Puff Mama, I need your opinion on something since you are the neurotransmitter goddess. I started taking that Pristiq yesterday. I have had that little stomach bug all week, but I felt fine yesterday before I went to work. A few hours into work (about 3 hours after I took the Pristiq) I got clammy, had a low grade fever, almost passed out again, was nauseous, my heart rate was in the 130's, and my blood pressure was sky high. We took my blood sugar and it was 78, so a little low, but it has been down to 60 before and I have not had symptoms like that. So I am wondering if maybe it was a reaction to the Pristiq? Just curious what your thoughts were. At any rate, I think I will wait until I have my days off to try it again! I almost had to go home from work but we couldn't find anyone to relieve me!

Ok, I saw a couple people mention research, but what kind of research? I must have missed a post somewhere! Or had a blonde moment!:crying:

Aww Dee, that was so moving. Thanks!

Mini-No, it doesn't get any easier no matter how many times you go through it, and it is very hard living life always waiting for the "other shoe to drop" so to speak. But I am glad everything turned out ok. HUGS!!!!!!!

Bahot-the parents from your daughters volleyball team must be related to my lunatic neighbors. Nothing better to do than mess with other people! And you will get back on the bandwagon- you are super bandster! :crying:

I forgot to add, you ARE so much more than that!!! You are a beautiful, intelligent, caring person. And that woman should have been thanking her lucky stars she had you as a nurse to take care of her baby!

Jamie-no harm as long as it is not on your stomach! Have fun!!:crying:

Why don't you invent that Mini? You would be a gazillionaire!!!!

Dee, you never did tell us what the interview was for? Or is it top secret classified information until you find out the results? (Cue James Bond music...)