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January is always the month that those changes take place. Maybe this happened for a reason. You may really like the other Dr better. And thats a good amount of money saved that you can use to buy new clothes!! My Doctor.. I went to a seminar in February, mailed my info in within a week, and still didnt get the first Dr appointment until May or June. So my surgery was in August. Hang in there, I feel all things happen for a reason, we just might not know what the reason is. Take this time to start chewing your food better,drinking the recommended amount of water and cutting out sweets and carbs. Get a spiral notebook and you might also start writing down everything you eat and what your water intake is. The psych we went to likes to see all this to know you are serious, he will approve you faster. Good luck, it will be here before you know it.

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Saw your note about water aerobics. I joined water arthritis classes in Sept, and I love them. Our Y doesnt offer water aerobics, but I dont know that I am limbered up enough I could do those anyway. I know from past notes you are a snowbirder, I am jealous, it is 4 degrees here in KC. Hope you are warmer than that!!

I had seen this advertised in a magazine also and wondered about it. I checked drugstore.com and it is 11.99 plus s/h. I will have to check at a local drugstore to see how much it is to buy it local and save any s/h.

I had a job where I was expected to multi task. For some reason now I cant do it at all or it just blows my mind. I get extremely flustered and stressed out if it is mental multi tasking.

Is there something around the house that you have been promising to do or fix and havent? This was a cheap idea I did for my husband for Christmas. Husband had a favorite jacket that had holes all over it, so comfy he didnt want to pitch it. I had kept promising to patch it and hadnt. I patched and sewed it all up, washed it and wrapped it in a box for Christmas, he laughed when he opened it up.

I tell my husband it feels like they come from my knees. And they are l...o...n...g !

Mine got really inflamed and smelly (I know TMI) about 6wks ago. I cleaned and rinsed it really good in the shower then took a q-tip with Neosporin on it and dabbed it in there with that. It was gone in a couple days.

If someone sews, have them make a quilt then raffle that.

I think it mostly determined by your Dr, if there would be complications of course you would be kept overnight. I think the norm is outpatient. Be sure to check and see if your insurance requires an overnight for them to pay. I know one that does.

I have been at a standstill with the month of December. I have gotten WAY off track. I got my 4th fill Friday. Tomorrow I am doing my food diary again and last week I started my swim class again. I have a long way to go and dont want to stop now. Lets get this ball rolling DOWNhill again.

"Part D, what is Part D?, I dont know what you mean" he would have said Medicare and you could have said,you had no idea because YOU ARENT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICARE!!!!

The last month I am seeing it, or not seeing it rather. I am a brunette and I see my scalp easy too. The scalp was less noticeable when I had blonde highlites, so I am going back to that.

Congrats on the surgery !!! I had the claustrophobia also, they must have added something to my IV too. It must not have just been me then, good to hear.

SueSue..it must just be a KFC policy (HAHAHAHAHAHAHA) I have went with my husband (he is 58) twice locally and she rings up 2 seniors!! My husband laughs, like someone else said , I would rather pay extra than be assumed I am a senior!! But I do enjoy using hubbys senior card for 5% off on Wednesdays at the grocery store.

Georgiagirl, I have been discouraged for about 3 weeks. I have stopped losing, in fact I have gained 2lbs in Dec. The holidays,and having a daughter in law,3yr old and 1yr old in the house has completely changed my life style. The company is gone now, so I am trying to get back on track. My husband keeps asking me if I can feel when I am full. I think I can in the stomach, but my head isnt telling me full. I think I need to get all my lapband pamphlets out and re-read things. It is consoling to see I am not the only one struggling right now. Also, for some reason I am not getting any emails from the threads I am subscribed to. I have a ?? in to alex,hopefully he can help me out on that front.

I have thought about the Christmas present thing before. My birthday is one of the first of the year. One year no one did ANYTHING. No card, no acknowledgment it was even my birthday. I must have had PMS I exploded on 2 sons and a husband. I said thats fine, if thats how we are doing birthdays this year, I can do this. You can expect the same on yours unless things change in the next 24hrs. I came home from work the next night and 1 son had me a card and perfume. He got a birthday present that year, no one else did. And by the way 48hrs now and we still have heard nothing from soldier son and DIL.

I dont think they would surprise me, they would tell my husband what was going on and he would leak it. Not so mad today, but I feel sometimes like we are good enough if they need something and thats it. We give and give, and get little if nothing in return. They are too hung up on themselves.

I just read my daughter in laws myspace page. The other daughter in law states that my son is due back tomorrow from Iraq on his mid tour. THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW. We shortened our vacation and spent $250 to go get this DIL because she had a meltdown and our grandkids were in emergency childcare. She must be afraid we are going to intrude on her time. Well, pi$$ on you uppity biatch!

Mazie so sorry to hear about all your news. Your Mom is in my prayers.

This is the worst time for me too. I try to eat fruit or something with protein so it isnt junk I am eating. Right after my surgery when I was still on liquids I just went to bed!

Lovin the banana is what started all this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I dont like a big breakfast and I want something fast. I have a smoothie most mornings. I'm not familiar with the place you are referring to. What I do is take a cup of yogurt,scoop of protein powder,cup of ice,1/4 c of milk throw it all in the blender and thats breakfast. And I can drink it on the go. I vary all this with different flavors of yogurt and different flavors of protein mix.

Now I am hurt. I didnt get a card from laurend!! I have noticed that from when I first started coming here the vets from then are no longer active as well.

LindaE, get the book by Brian Wansink its called Mindless Eating. It was recommended by the Psych I had to see. Very insightful.