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Yeah, that wasn't the post up-and-up post that I've seen on this board, to tell you the truth. And it was SO out of character, from what I've heard of the surgeon, anyway. I mean, I've heard that he's kind of a "move 'em in, move 'em out" surgeon, but I never heard anything bad about him.

Yup, I agree with this. If YOU think you need PS, go for it. After all, you are the only one that has to live with your body full-time. You might as well be happy with it.

Gah! Posts like that piss me off, too. I mean, I was on well-chewed solids at that point, but I was following my doctor's orders. I can't imagine doing it and KNOWING that you were breaking the rules.

I've thought about getting one in either that color or in blue. I just have a hard time giving Apple any of my money, lol! But I get more and more tempted every day.

To add to my above post: I'm lucky in that I have a good memory for details, in terms of stuff like this. Usually, if I can remember the basic idea behind a concept, I can come up with a decent essay answer, mainly because I can remember more details as I start writing.

I usually tend to do best if I just do straight memorization. I get confused when I use mnemonics. I spend so much time trying to remember them that I forget what they stand for! I just hope they'll let me type on a computer instead of writing by hand. I can think faster when I'm typing, for some reason. Plus, I don't get hand cramps. :biggrin1: Luckily, I have a two week period to take my comps in, so I can spread them out a little bit and decompress between exams.

Yeah. I think that right now I'm just going to go quietly hyperventilate. Damn, I'm gonna have to beef up on my shit. I mean, most of that stuff is material that I have seen before, since I got my B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Now I just have to go read up on it again and hope that I don't freak out and forget everything when I'm actually taking the written exam. I just feel so sorry for the folks in my program that don't really have a background in wildlife or ecology, 'cause a lot of that stuff is material that you don't get a lot of (or at least, not in-depth) in general biology classes.

It's a Master's in biology.

I'm studying for my comprehensive exams right now. For those of you who might not know what those are, those are the exams a student has to pass at the end of grad school (or at least, after they've finished the course-work for their grad degree), in order to become degree candidates. At my university, every member of your thesis committee is required to give you a comprehensive exam. I just looked at the study guide that one of my members sent me. Holy shit. This is what I have to know for his comp: How does mitosis differ from meiosis Ecosystem defined & Components of ecosystems. food chains and what limits the length of food chains Primary vs secondary production Theory of Natural Selection, concept of “Fitness”, and modes of selection Group and Kin-selection Concept of “minimum viable population” Crude vs ecological density General plant and animal patterns of dispersion and movements What are the mechanisms that “regulate” a plant or animal population Mortality and survivorship curves Exponential vs logistic growth of populations Density-dependent regulation vs density-independent regulation Intraspecific competition vs interspecific competition r-selection vs K-selection Types of mating systems found in nature Competition theory: Lotka-Volterra Model and Competitive Exclusion Concept of resource partitioning Concept of the “niche”: fundamental vs realized Models of predation and postulated functional responses to predation Foraging Theory and concepts of optimal diet, foraging efficiency, and risk-sensitive foraging Parasites & Diseases: parasitism as a regulatory mechanism Mutualism: origins of mutualism and its population effects Concepts of vertical stratification, horizontal heterogeneity, “edge”, and ecotones Theory of Island Biogeography Interactions & Community structure: role of competition, predation, parasites, & diseases, Concepts of succession: primary vs secondary, climax Ecological disturbance; small-scale vs large-scale disturbances Ecological disturbance & nutrient cycling Continental drift, climatic changes & dispersal of species How is a “species” defined, and how species are maintained Methods of communication between organisms Concept of “Biological Magnification” or “Biological Amplification” How does “Conservation Biology” differ from “Biology” Concepts of endangered vs threatened species How does a species become “endangered” And that is for only one exam. For one of the others, I have to know the following chapters out of an ornithology text for the exam given by my advisor (he's an ornithologist): Diversity of birds History of birds Mates Breeding systems Populations Species Communities Conservation And I have one other member of my committee that doesn't tell anyone what they have to know for the exam. Holy fuck. :faint:

Yep, sometimes I have to force myself to eat, even if I'm hungry.

My doc allows her patients to eat it, but I prefer not to. I mean, if I'm around someone who is eating it, I might steal a few pieces (if it's the very buttery kind), but I don't make it for myself. Whenever I eat it, I invariably get bits and pieces stuck in my gums, so it's more of a pain (literally!) than it's worth, IMO. But then again, I've never been much of a snacker, to be honest. I'd much prefer to go eat a really good meal (nice steak, veggies, etc.) than waste (IMO, of course) my calories on a snack. I've always heard (from Weight Watchers, nutritionists, doctors, etc.), though, that if you are going to snack, popcorn is a good choice, as long as you choose the low fat/sodium/calorie kind.

How exactly would your ex be liable for something the police did or didn't do?

LOL! As long as the left turns don't make you sick, I guess!

Yep, it's a far, FAR cry from OtHers. It's definitely a very interesting board.

Aww, you spoil all the fun! (And Nascar isn't all that bad, at least when there are crashes, anyway. Other than that, it's a bunch of cars going around in circles. Is it bad that I watch stuff just to see people screw up?)

Ooh, I likey.

Goody! I'll have to start planning!

Yep, I'm not sure I'd have the guts to ask on a board of mostly "normals."

And slavery was LEGAL when it occured, and all that happened with it was also LEGAL. There is absolutely no comparison between slavery and an internship. First of all, interns are willing workers. They may not be getting paid in money (some are, though), but they are paid in experience and networking contacts. Secondly, forcing someone to work agains their will or be assaulted physically, sexually, or mentally in an internship is illegal. Third, an intern can leave whenever he/she wants to leave. The employer can't take out a warrant on them or call them a "runaway intern." Absolutely no comparisons between the two practices.

BTW, I figured out who you are, too!

Oh, I feel like an idiot! THAT forum didn't enter my mind until I was about to submit this message. I thought you were talking about OH! Yep, that's me.

An internship nowhere near compares to slavery, and it's an insult to pretend it does. In an internship, you can't be physically assaulted. You can't be raped. You can't be verbally abused. You don't sacrifice any and all rights to your children or your belongings to your employer. You can't be SOLD, for Pete's sake.

My first thought when I read that was that your surgeon isn't up to date on the most current statistics. The most current ones say that the lap-band and RNY have equivalent results about 5 years out from surgery. Now, RNYers will lose weight faster for the first year or two, but then their bodies adjust to the surgery. They start losing weight more slowly, in some cases start regaining, and their bodies adjust to the surgery and start absorbing more calories. Lap-band patients, though, can lose weight for however long they have their bands. They don't depend on the same "window of opportunity" that RNY patients have to. Personally, I think RNY should only be a realistic choice for people that are completely immobile or have seriously life-threatening obesity or conditions caused by obesity (in other words, are in severe danger of dying if they don't lose weight very quicky). I just think that it is too extreme for the average bariatric patient. Yes, it may take longer with banding to get to goal weight, but it is very possible to get there. There are just so many severe complications that can occur with RNY, and the procedure itself is so drastic, that I honestly never considered it for a moment when I was first looking into surgery. If I, for some reason, lost my band, the first bariatric surgery I would look at is VSG.

Can I help? :biggrin1:

Of course! All those staples dissolve!