anonemouse

One of the members (I think she's still a member, anyway) has Cushing's disease and relatively recently had a pituitary tumor removed and then had a bilateral adrenalectomy. She got the band before she was diagnosed. Her lack of weight loss actually led to her diagnosis. From what I know about this stuff (admittedly, not a lot, but docs originally thought I might have Cushing's), you should probably get the adenoma taken care of first before trying to lose weight. The hormones can play hell with weight loss.

Well, where are you posting? You may just be posting in areas that aren't high-traffic.

And I still didn't say "people should be banned," now did I? So yeah, I won't bring it up either. We'll agree to disagree.

Yeah, I'm going to have to agree there. Last time I checked, boob jobs were big business.

Where did you read that I said that you should be banned? Can you point it out to me? I can answer that for you. I didn't. I said that I could never do Alex's job, because I don't have the patience. I'm sick of the 'round and 'round and 'round, with people not being happy, even when they've been given concessions.

My god, I could kiss you! :sleep :hail:

Alex, I think I am going to have to eat my words about the site acting fine today. I just started having problems again.

Yeah, Alex, you have way more patience than I do. I would have banned some folks by now (or like Carlene said, just shut down the site entirely), just for some peace and quiet. You've made an incredible site, and you don't get nearly enough credit for it.

I've only been on for a few minutes today, but it seems to be much better, so far.

Even if we do get full-fledged ads, like the ones on OH, I would still like to donate to LBT to help manage costs. It kind of bothers me that we just sit around and talk on this site while Alex foots the bill for it (and puts up with us).

Unfortunately, Alex, people still aren't going to be happy that you are doing so much for us.

Exactly. People act like it's so freakin' difficult to ignore a thread. It isn't hard at all. You just don't click on it whenver you see it pop up. Even those poor newbies can figure it out. Heck, even I figured it out. There are lots of threads here that I am not interested in.

My god, Bubble, I want to kiss you. :sleep:dance: These veggie chips are awesome! Just eating these makes the whole order worthwhile. I wish I had gotten more, now. :Cry: They're wonderful, yet I am satisfied with just a small handful.

Hey, Bubble, I got my stuff today! I've tried some of it, but not all, yet. The plums that I got are delish! The cantaloupe is actually surprisingly good, too. I'm not super-fond of the pears, though. They're a little too sweet for me. They may grow on me though, because they have a pretty good after-taste. It's just the original texture that throws me off. I've not tried anything else yet, but I'm pretty happy so far. I bet the chocolate espresso beans will be yummy!

Yeah, I'm thinking my sarcasm went over some heads. The difference between the two is that you have an option available to remove those thread titles from what you are viewing. There isn't a way to not see the ads.

That's true, but that's not my reason for disliking the ads. While I do think they are misleading, the main reason I object to them is that I think they look horrible and they keep the site from loading quickly. What people choose to believe or disbelieve is up to them. They're adults. I just think that we should be able to give back to Alex, since he created this site and takes care of it. He's created this great place of support, and he deserves OUR support because of it. So if my donation means one or two fewer ads on this site, I'd be happy to donate.

I think it would be best for all people interested in the surgery to not be biased or disturbed by lots of ads for jumbo-capacity toilets, BO-reducing tablets, and plastic surgery ads. It's for their own good. It's protection. Don't want to drive the poor little things away, now do we? Nothing's preventing you going and looking at those sites. It would just be an added feature to prevent newbies from being disillusioned. Really, I just hate the way the ads look. I think they take advantage of the poor body image of fat people. Heck, just look at the ones over on OH. Plus, the ads increase the loading time for that site. Even with the ones we have here right now, the site takes forever to load sometimes.

How about adding a feature where people can donate to help with costs? I'd personally rather do that than have large ads all over the site.

Personally, I love this place because it isn't neutral. There are so many places out there that just shut you down if you want to discuss anything remotely off-topic, places with lots and lots of rules about what can or can't be posted and about how everything has to be posted. I am so afraid that if this change happens, there will be a slippery slope of change, and LBT will eventually turn into OH. That would be a shame, IMO.

Definitely.

Just think, the more you lose now, the less you have to lose after you're banded. I'm pretty good. Tired, though, but I think that is because I don't get enough Protein. I'm starting to think I might have sleep apnea, also, so I really wish I had gotten tested for it.

I actually somewhat agree with you, Funny. I don't think that someone should be charged with murder if they kill a non-viable fetus. I also think that assisted suicide should be legal.

Yeah, that's part of my position, also. I don't like the prospect of rules changing to make advertisers happy. To me, OH is a good (or bad, whichever way you want to look at it) example of that. To me, they are about making money, so they don't allow anything to disrupt that. They want to keep the maximum amount of people on the site, which is in turn good for their advertisers (resulting in OH making more money through ads), so they let stupid stuff happen. Take their censorship rules, for example. They let their members delete entire threads and refuse other members the right to post in "their" threads. If there is a post in a thread that the thread-starter doesn't like or agree with, the moderators have to remove it if they are asked.

In total? Since late October. But I had to change from my original surgeon in late January, after all my stuff had been submitted to insurance, because I found out that they wouldn't pay for that surgeon. I have been waiting since then with this other surgeon. There's just been a lot of problems with the offices of both surgeons losing or failing to send materials, waiting for appointments, having tests dones, etc. I've lost probably a total of a couple of months just because faxes didn't get to the right offices or the offices lost my stuff. As you can imagine, it's very frustrating, especially when you see lots of people that started the process after you getting banded before you. But the wait is almost over! Now I need to start finding good Protein sources and making reservations at a motel for the nights my nutrition classes are on (7 1/2 hour drive one way to the surgeon's office).

Yeah, it took about 5 minutes for the main page to load for me, and I use cable internet. The Google ads don't bother me. (They're easily ignored, lol!) I just don't want the type of obnoxious advertising like OH has.