tomatogirl

I'm only 3 years older than you. My husband has been deployed, away at training, and just plain gone so much, that we only spent our first anniversary physically together 2 years ago (our 5th anniversary). I'm just grateful that he's here when he's here. :crying:

As always YEMV, but when I saw mine, she gave me one of those cards to let me order off the kids menu, talked about the pre and post-op diet, and talked with me about how to get Protein into my diet (I don't eat a lot of meat). She gave me a ton of literature and was just generally helpful. :thumbup: Good luck!

The band isn't a miracle, it's a tool. I'm sorry you feel this way.

Ketones smell and taste a bit sweet. however, if it is ketosis, it will clear up in a while, after everything balances out. :thumbup:

Probably iron. Are you taking an iron-fortified vitamin in addition to your diet?

WTH!? My husband isn't a nurse, but he works night shift and that doesn't make any sense to me. if you have the self control not to snack all night, you'd be fine.

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOO! Yay for you!

I'm going to call before I go to my appt on Friday and see if they have the papers. If they don't, I will be checking out my records before my appt.

I loved mine until recently, now she has just turned into a complete cow. I suppose I can't call her tmw and threaten to sit on her to get her to fax forms, can I?

Nearly a month ago, my surgeon's office faxed over 2 forms to my PCM. I know she got them because she showed them to me when she had a question for me. Today was my scheduling appt and they had still not received the forms back from my PCM. To make matters worse, they had even called her this morning and spoken with her and she said she hadn't gotten the forms, so they re-faxed them to her and she assured them that they would have the forms by my appt time this afternoon. She didn't. So they couldn't schedule my surgery (but they assure me I'll still have surgery in Oct). I go back Friday to try and schedule again and I'll be calling my PCM in the morning to make SURE she faxes in those forms.

Welcome! And War Eagle :party:

Everything littlebit said.

I am not a birthday/anniversary person. At all. I feel cards are a waste of trees (unless it's someone very far away) and cakes are calories I don't need. I don't think birthdays are a big deal once you get to be an adult. We usually go out to eat, but sometimes not. If it was an honest mistake, and birthdays are a big deal in your household, then withholding cake, etc is just a bit rash. I mean, punishing him by doing what he did is the equivilant of me biting my son for biting me. Does that teach him not to bite? No. That teaches him it's OK to retaliate against people who hurt you. Try talking to him and explaining why what he did (or, didn't do, in this case) hurt you so much.

Congrats! I get mine Weds! :thumbup:

Call and ask what they want. Make them spell it out and then get it.

slim, if you shave it regularly and use a sharp razor, you'll avoid the bumps. Using shaving cream or a heavy conditioner helps, too. That coochie stuff everyone raves about it just a heavy conditioner.

Go POAS (pee on a stick). Sounds like morning sickness to me.

Another thing to think about: Thyroid is also something that has to be "caught" the right way. if you are sick, it can appear low when it's not; if you have had a lot of caffine (or caffine-like substances), it can appear normal when it is actually low.

Coming from someone who loves surgery shows, I'd be all over that. get one! And it would be even better to show it to your kid's dates. Better than showing them your gun collection.

When you click on the double thumbs up smilie, it posts this one instead: because they both have the same code in the database. Can you rename one? I like the double one better. :biggrin:

I was on Yaz before I decided to get my IUD and it made my periods (and me) crazy. I much preferred the patch or the ring (tried those, too). My husband and I decided we didn't want any more kids for a while, so I got the IUD because it's nothing to think about for 5 years. :biggrin:

ellinda, she's 13, they all hate change. Congrats on getting a date!

why are you starting so early? being on a liquid diet isn't terribly healthy to begin with and doing it longer certainly isn't good. Did your doctor advise you start earlier?

I had that when I was pregnant. It's very, very, very hard on you, so please take it easy. Zofran didn't touch me, either. Hang in there!

Ohhhh! Don't click the link! Copy and paste it!