Yoda

eeeep!!!! :rant: sheep? together? I'm afraid to ask!

:canada: :canada: :canada: :canada: Here ye Here ye.....one and all on the Canuck Thread.....This is hereby christened the "Chronicles of Cloe" Thread!!! *smashes bottle of cyrstal light over Cloe's head (ummmm I mean thread) with one hand & cuts yellow ribbon with other*. ahhhh.....tis now open for bidness!!!! :whoo: :whoo: :whoo: :whoo: :welcome:

Hmmmmm that is usually what I say to Mr. Yoda!!! *ROTFLMAO* :omg:

Hey...I would start a thread for all of ya and make up cool titles, but it might not be what ya want....sooo....go ahead folks...start one up for yourselves.....! Argon: I will try and yammer on but it will be difficult to keep up with ya. Loriely: I'm gonna make you my personal manager; you seem to know my schedule!!! LOL. (hey, at least SHE listens to me!!)....hehehe. Re. my upcoming fill: yesiree bob...it is, in fact tomorrow at the hospital under fluro (first time for me like that). Mr. Yoda & I both took the day off to go (it will be about an hour and a half there....maybe longer cause it will be during rush hour...eep). Not sure yet what we'll do afterwards but you can rest assured we won't be eating at any fancy eateries! I'm a lil' anxious for two reasons: first because Dr. Y. will be able to see me "inside" I'm afraid he will tell me something is wrong....like my port flipped or something....for some reason I'm expecting the worst...so I'm nervous about that. Secondly, I really really really want this fill to work for me and I want to get the "right" amount of restriction so that I can get this show on the road. Finally....just for Neenagh...here is one of my many "deep thoughts": WELL....... So, I will leave u with Yoda's Yuk-Yuk of the day: What do u call a man with a green ball in each hand? Someone with perfect control over the Jolly Green Giant!!!

ya...nutritional shakes does NOT mean Ben & Jerry's cookie dough chocolate chip ice cream made into a shake... mmmmmmmmmmmmm cookie dough......................... :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry:

ummmmm....hate to break it to ya Cloe, but you are strange EVERY day!!

HOLY!!!! Are y'all livin' in TEXAS for criminey's sake????!!!! LOL....

:canada: :canada: :canada: :canada: Canada? Canada??? hmmmmm *looks at Woodys*...whaddya think??? Could it be meeee? Could it be youuuuuu???? Ironically, we aren't that far apart in this great land of ours!!! LOL..... Well, if it is me, I'll let y'all know right away....I've been checking the mail everyday....damn those bills!!!

:canada: :canada: :) Okay....I will take Argon's suggestion. This will be my yammerin' thread.... I'm too zonked right now though, so I'm off to bed.....but beware of future yammerin's.....MMMMMWWWWaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :huggie: :ban: :) :canada: :canada: :canada: :canada:

*nods* I fully concur with all Argon has said, Kim!

LOL @ Mandi... That sounds like a good plan....to see if it loosens a wee bit. Please be careful and do as Marie says (at least try to!!) and drink nutritious calories....have you tried the double chocolate Ensure? It isn't too bad...I mix benefibre and 1/2 bananna in it and it is yummy (blend it). On a good note, you'll drop a lot of lbs!!! But this can't be long term, so be careful, my friend!!!

wow, that really IS nice K@T! Well done!!! The framing job really does look maaaaaaaahvelous!!! I'm sure they will appreciate it!!

LOL, I sent mine to Texas and it ain't goin' to Sallyjo or Carlene!!! dang it tho.....the person should have it by now!!!!

LOL....yup, ramble away Jude!! Tis all yours!!!!! hehe

That is AWESOME Mandi....WAY TO GO GUUURL!!!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :scalesno:

Well, I'm getting antsy about the one I sent! I hope it gets to it's recipent this week at least!!! But she is not a frequent poster at all, so maybe I won't even know if she gets it. Maybe she even already has it and I just don't know. :cry

That is great Jude....glad ur fill went well. I hope you also had a less of a stressful day and actually enjoyed it!!! Be good to yourself....okay?

....because I'm a sucker for punishment....plus I think she is trying to ensure I get my daily intake of Omega 3 fatty acids!!!!

HEY Canada Sunshine!!! *madly waves*.....glad to hear from you again and that things are going well at your end!!!!!

Wow. Okay, so this is the perfect example of what happens when people are provided incorrect information and when it is taken “out of context”. I was going to let this go but it disturbs me that folks are jumping to conclusions and making assumptions based on erroneous info. Granted, they were given this "out of context" info in the first place so I can see why this may have happend. Therefore, I wish to clarify. I was the one who pm’d Donna with the so called “negative message”. First of all, the reason I sent her a pm instead of writing my post on this thread was because I did believe that some would think of my belief as being negative and I did not want to start a debate along those lines here on Donna's valid and important thread. However, for whatever reason, Donna decided to choose to share a few words of my post; albeit out of context….resulting in people being misled about what I had said and more importantly ....meant. To clarify, I did NOT say that I thought Donna was not ready due to the fact that she started this thread and asked questions. In no way, shape or form did I say that. For the record, I think it is fantastic that she is using all resources she can to obtain any and all info. What I DID say was that I believed if anyone had to ask the specific question, “is having kids worth it” than I believed they aren’t ready for that step. Lets face it…if someone gets pregnant (unplanned) it is a moot point at that time to ask oneself “is it worth it”?… “oops, maybe I shouldn’t have gotten pregnant because I don’t know if it will all be worth it” (too late!). In my belief (& experience, I might add….for those of you who think “I don’t know what I’m talking about”) once you are at the point of being on the verge of adoption, you KNOW it is worth it. In other words, you know deep in your heart that no matter what….(ie. even with all the downfalls that you may face along the journey of parenthood) it is sooooooo worth it to have a child and you know this in your heart of hearts….therefore….you go through all means to adopt. So, all this to say that what I actually said to Donna was that if you have to ask yourself “is it worth it”…..than perhaps you aren’t as ready as you may think. I believe that you KNOW deep inside that it IS worth it and that is why you want kids in the first place. That is what I said and I meant by my pm. But, you all received a few of my words out of context and jumped to the conclusion that I was some senseless moron who accused Donna of not being ready “in general” because she was asking all these questions in the first place….when in reality I was questioning the fact that she was asking THE paramount question … of “is it worth it”. I actually commend Donna for asking all the other questions and gathering as much info as possible. Of course it is natural to have all those other queries...my "issue" was ONLY with the "worth it" concern. Herein lies the problem: someone asks for advice and I guess I mistakenly thought that meant ALL advice…not just the popular and sugar coated “nice to hear” responses or “this is what I want to hear” advice. I won’t apologize for my honesty; especially when it was requested and not unsolicited. And….please note that my pm was not written in a mean or nasty way at all and I did wish Donna all the best in her Quest with whatever happens. Anyone that chats with me or e-mails/pms me or knows me in any way knows this about me and my character/personality and to assume otherwise on this misguided provision of info is just wrong. Finally, I still stand by my original remark. It is my belief that if one has to question whether kids are “worth it” that they are perhaps not fully ready to go down that road. What is wrong with that statement? It is not (& was not) a negative characterization of Donna or anyone. I understand that some people may not agree with me which is fine…that is why it is called an opinion (which again, I stress was asked for!) but I will wager that many do agree with me. Afterall, why would someone voluntarily choose to go ahead and adopt if they didn’t feel that it would be worth it? Anyways, I merely wanted to clarify my point so that some of you won’t be so quick to make judgements on something for which you don’t have the full story. That being said, despite any replies that may now occur to this post, I won’t see them; I won’t re-visit this thread because if past behaviour I’ve witnessed on other threads comes through and people get unjustly defensive and vindictive, this won't be a thread that will appeal to me. So…on that note….I've said my piece. Donna: as I said before: I wish you luck with this and know you will follow your heart. I hope that from this people will learn two things....1) not to give misguided info on what others have said and 2) not to always jump to conclusions knowing you don't have the full story. Have a good one! :mad:

Good luck tomorrow Jude!!!!! Will be thinkin' of ya.

congrats on your ticker Kim! Thanks for sharing Mandi!!!! I'll take note!! Cloe: another hump....you'll be okay!!!! It is prob better than pre-banding behaviour!

That is AWESOME!!! Congrats!!!

don't worry Squiggle....all those thoughts and anxietys are perfectly normal!!!!

Hey Penni....I sure don't envy you your position. Tough one and only you can make the correct decision for yourself. I know that either way,you will go into it with your eyes wide open and that is the best you can do. If it were me, I would likely chose the Lapband route again and give it another shot (of course, it is easy for me to say this not being in the position you are in). As for the insurance questions, I will plead complete ignorance since I am not American and have no idea!! All that being said, good luck on your journey of decision making!! (oh yeah, and YAY you for maintaining since Jun!!! and it is great you have options now!).