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So I got a new job right about the time I was scheduled for surgery. I told them about the surgery because well I needed time off and this was already scheduled before the surgery. I was supposed to work three months probation and them be hired on fulltime with benefits, vacation, sick pay, huge christmas bonus, a raise. Blah blah blah. It pays well, but it's been five months. I keep asking about it and they keep putting me off...telling me different bullshit reasons they haven't done it yet. Someone who is close with the stupid manager today told me it was because of my lapband they haven't technically hired me yet. They are scared something will happen and don't want to have the insurance premiums go up like they did when one of their employees had a brain tumor. I am pissed the fuck off. Pardon my laungauge, but I am NOT in a good mood already and I want to go up there and slap her. How ignorant is she? Calm me down, please, before I lose my job.

That we have different opinions, different ideas, but I love this support group because we always express these different ideas in such a respectful manner. That being said. I didn't have a preop diet, and because of that I always forget that people who lost 75 lbs might not have lost it since Feb. and I think. Damn it, whats wrong with MY band. But at the same time, Good for them to be able to lose ANYTHING without being banded. Jaime, Crystal, and all my other VV you are doing amazing. I might be a slower loser, but that gives me the oppurtunity to be inspired by all of you. Thank you so much for continuing to come and post, to speak. I love you guys. I gotta stop typing. I want to cry. I must be about to start my peroid. TMI? I don't care.

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Plain, My girlfriend would look at your post and turn to me all wide eyed and scream "SEE! I told you" or "Ha! The smart guy agrees with me!" We obviously have different views on the issue. At first I was for it, but from listening to her and reading, I am not sure how I feel anymore... On the other hand, I do think that insurance companies should have some sort of monitering system. My roommate (who I have known for 20 years- since kindgarton) had to fight the insurance every step for basic medical treatment when her mom was dying of cancer. Watching what she went through and knowing that her mom paid her insurance payments everyday for years and years and years...well. They need to be held accountable. Not just civilly. Fighting the insurance takes time they you don't have when your sick, and if you sue after the death you may or may not get some money, but what is money- You can now afford the procedure that your loved one needed and it's too late. I know they are a business, They want to make money, but the last thing you need when you are trying to help feed and bathe your mother is to fight with the insurance company about admitting her to the hospital when she has a bladder infection and her body is too weak to fight it off anymore or paying for the hospice she so desperately needs. I don't know how to fix this problem. I don't want the goverment to take over healthcare...they seem to mess anything they take over up. Yet, how could we force the insurance to stop making false promises and collecting your payments to deny coverage when you need it?

When people say negative thinks about homosexuality it's weird, because I can just blow it off and laugh at their ignorance. My best friends however get so mad if someone does this, and adamently defends homosexuality. It does kind of warm your heart. I have the sweetest friends, and you sound like a good one too. I mean I've been fired for being gay, I have had people find out at work (not this one another job) and suddenly become icy and cruel. We need people like you. Thanks.

It is 7 am yet I was still able to laugh at your post. I was just picturing someone doing that. Over the top wide eyed shock concept. I think I will have to try that atleast once...I might start laughing though. :thumbup:

That sounds good plain. lately I have been handling confrontation by not saying anything and bitching about them on lapbandtalk.com I am good at solving situations with people I spend more than three minutes with...but these random people that say these random disagreeable things I can't seem to bring myself to handle. I feel like I could either ignore it or jump up on my soap box and preach and yell for twenty minutes...then get fired.

I am nowhere near that point yet.

Happiness Hey Everyone! This is fun.

My dad owns a few rifles bc he hunts. Something that holds no interest to me, but to each their own. Anyway he keeps the bullets hidden in a seperate room from the guns. My grandma and granddad also hunt. Like I said. Don't really fit in with them. They are all gungho republican hunters and I am...something else. :-) Oh and my Mom doesn't have a problem with the rifles, but she always said you should never keep a loaded gun in the house if your married regardless if you have kids or not. Because there are just too many times in a marriage that if people had a gun in their hand ready to go, they might just go ahead and shot their spouses. she was joking of course....I hope. I have no problem with people who own guns. In fact I do believe that we, as Americans, have a right to own a gun. I just don't want one nor do I want one near me. Ohjuli- I couldn't agree more.

What bothers me is that they talk to me about this stuff like they just assume I share their opinion.

People flock to me wherever I go, and I don't mind. At work, where the majority of people I tend to see ,especially in the wee hours, are older white men. They walk up to my desk and start talking about random things. I don't mind. I enjoy a little random and I tend to be able to sit and look interested for a long peroid of time. Everyone has there talents- thats mine. It seems, especially lately, that no matter how they start the conversation as we sit alone in the big showroom they always lean in and say something they assume I will agree with about other races. I do not like these terms they use and it shocks and sickens me. I don't share my opinions to them on this matter for several reasons. 1. I am at work and these are customers. Not my customers as I don't sell anything, but it's a car dealership so even though I don't run around kissing their butt the way the salesmen do I am still required to be ultra polite. I also feel work is not the proper place to get in such a discussion with someone I have never met before. I don't agree with them. I usually just turn away and start doing something with my computer or luckily I am really buzy so I stop looking up after I get off the phone. 2. I have a deep respect for freedom. When people make comments against sexual preference, race, gender I will share my opinion but I don't fight against it. People have the right to their beliefs no matter how I feel that they are ignorant and wrong. I just have nothing to do with them. 3. I am usually in shock that someone I am having a pleasant conversation with five seconds before leans in and throws the n-word around when they have known me for three minutes. I am kind of struck dumb. I am not racist...It's hard for me to believe there are still proud racist out there that have all their teeth and can afford a new car. When I went to the lake this weekend. My grandmother started complaining about service she recieved at gas stations and SHE started saying racist things too. Now we have always butted heads on this issue and instead of fighting with her as I did when I was younger I walk away and take myself out of the conversation. I won't talk politics, gay rights, or anything race related with her because it starts family wars. In fact...I won't talk politics with any of my family. I'm the black sheep of the family or I guess you could call me the rainbow liberal sheep of the family. Anyway - I don't avoid confrontation...but I do think that people will become ignorant and cruel during one. I will state my beliefs and debate...but I will not fight, and I will not try to convince someone that I am right and they are wrong. I mean, I AM right and they ARE wrong, but I understand they will not admit it so I will not let that anger me. The purpose for this long winded post is mostly to ask what you guys do when someone assumes you share their beliefs but you really really really do not. What do you do when they do this at your work place. How do YOU handle confrontation?

Self pay here. Insurance considered it completely cosmetic. So officially, according to my insurance I have had cosmetic surgery...isn't that funny. Well, you guys don't know me, but it's funny - I promise. Hi Jason. I hope you get it worked out. My best friend hopes to move to New York. Do you like living up there?

Bj- Good points. The criminal has no guilt for stealing other peoples things that they have worked hard to acquire...but if someone were to try and take these things (that he stole from somone else) he would retaliate. What a mixed up world. Speaking of owning a gun. I want to tell you my own personal reason for not owning a gun. This might be too personal, but it's easy to be honest on the internet, isn't it? My aunt and uncle were going through some problems and my uncle was staying at a seedy hotel. My aunt gathered up my 12 yr old cousin and they drove the long distance to the hotel. Of course they tried to talk and ended up arguing and my aunt took off distraught. My uncle thought that she had taken my cousin with her when she left. He was actually in the bathroom. When my uncle heard someone in the bathroom he grabbed his gun and demanded that whoever it was come out of the bathroom or he would shoot. I don't know why he didn't come out of the bathroom but he didn't and my uncle shot through the bathroom door killing my cousin. It was tragic. I was ten. For safety reasons, especially when I lived alone, I thought I needed a gun..but I couldn't bring myself to get one.

cool. Thanks Ezma

Hi Jaunderwood. Congrats on the 27lbs. I get my third fill July 17th

Gibson. This is your body and you know how much you eat and the Dr. doesn't come to dinner with you so he needs to just be quiet. Kick him in his shins continously until he agrees to give you a fill. Good luck. I'm sorry you have to put up with that. Don't get depressed - get mad and find yourself another Dr. Tara

98% cafffiene free which means about 15 mg of caffiene per "on the go" serving. In each packet there are two servings.

I thought that was weird too. I know what your saying. I'm not going to make a post and put my bf or try to go around it by saying "the person I'm dating" It was too hard to come out, I'm not going back in now. That closet was cramped and I'm a big girl. Besides Rachel ray what other threads are you paving the way for gay bandsters? :-)

mmmm that looks good

Thanks Marathinner.

oh I think I have a 14cc band.

First fill 2cc- restriction lasted three weeks Second fill 4cc- Restriction lasted four weeks...unless I drink when eating. Total of 6cc- And need a little more.

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Cool. Thats all.