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my younger sister is on heavier side, has bAD mood swings, is losing her hair in batches, has easy time losing weight, but gains it back easier, um ...she also has hair, almost like a man on her chin and neck, I know she hates this...she is only 21...is it possible she has signs of PCOS, i have tried reading about it on the internet, but don't really understan. She is very sensitive about these issues, so i'd like to print off some stuff if she indeed has it. What are the treatment things? Does it cause the hair growth to stop or go away? (I know this would make her VERY happy) Does anyone know of an informative, layman's terms website? thanks:thumbup:

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went through same thing...still am. there are times i will flip and bitch at my husband for 1/2 hour about the dumbest thing, and I will have to stop myself and apoplogize, it blows his mind. he just laughs, getting used to it. A few months ago, I turned the channel, and watched the last 5 minutes of Armaggedon and bawled my eyes out!

Sorry, but "obamamania" is the stupidest damn thing I ever heard! Like anyone that votes for him or supports him is "caught up" in this tidal wave of hype and popularity. I am getting SO sick of the damn reporters and news networks arguing and assuming over the reasons people support him. Is it some big suprise that people who are not African American or 18 - 23 years old actually believe in what Obama has to say and think he could be a fine presient? Not according to CNN, or MSNBC, or Yahoo, or etc...right? According to them, I am a foolish moron who buys $3000 purses, doesn't worry about Iraq (because it hurts my tiny brain), can't handle the thought of someone other than an old rich white man being president, and only would vote for Obama because he's popular, like Brad Pitt. Forgive me, I opened up Yahoo this morning, and there it was...Obamamania... And as far as the hype over his middle name, since when is Hussein a swear word? How many millions of people have this name? Are we to assume Americans are so prejudice that the men living here named Hussein suffer daily ridicule? I, for one, believe that Americans are far smarter and compassionate than the news and some of our national representatives give us credit for. Shame on them for for assuming that belittling Obama, his ideas, his supporters, and our hope is newsworthy.

when i went in for consult, the physician I seen asked me what weight loss techniques I tried. I had a nice long list to tell him (but not a shred of paperwork) When the clinic filed my paperwork to the insurance company, I'm figuring this is "attempted weight loss programs before surgery" (as I said I had numerous doctors tell me to lose weight). Also, I had to have pyschiatric counseling at mayo (prerequisite to all bariatric surgery there) and regular checkups for about 5-6 months with mayo, as I "prepared" for surgery (longest 6 months of my life, not what I liked, but seems so short now...)I occasionally seen the nutritionist. This I'm guessing is more likely the "supervised diet", as they asked me to keep a diary of foods eaten, and then "looked them over"...so they could chew me out or call me a liar..haha, either way, some do some don't. I called insurance way before i even seen doctor, and since pipsqueak rushed me on the phone so quick, I just asked him to mail me all insurance info regaring bariatric surgery. He did, and I showe them at mayo, and made sure before they finished with me before sending paperwork, I had completed all their requirments. I was approved in 8 days, over the holiday.

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i love shimmy too! I have a bad heel fracture, that occasionally slows me down (cannot stand on toes) At first I felt pretty reiculous, but then, GASP! I kinda felt like,"Yeah, I'm sexy, look at me shakin' my money maker", and I will tell you, even when I was thin, I never, ever felt sexy exercising. I suck at it, I'm sure, but good lord, the day I show off learned moves to my husband, he will be so flipped out! Fun exercise that makes me feel sexy and can be new and exciting for my husband? I love it!

i had this same question in a desperate moment, tried looking into it as much as I could. I heard there is a special needle too, not to mention, what if you got all infected or over-filled, whether by port or band, and they had to suck all water out of the band in the hospital, or worse, remove it?

Arghh! A good thread I think. My "not worth it" is buffalo wings. You think after trying and failing NUMEROUS times, I woul get it through my thick skull that I cannot eat these... I swear, I will get an entire box f them (20 maybe?) nuke em' al burning hot, get a ton of bleu cheese, sit down all excited like, eat 2!!! and be miserablely stuck the rest of the day. It so stupid, its a comfort-reward type thing food. Ahhh damn you delicious un-eatable buffalo wings and bleu cheese! I refuse to blend you. ~sigh~

Just as I was closing this window, I got it...:crying: My husband would say the exact same thing, I' love to get one, but all he' ever do is hassle me to...:thumbup:

Actually, i feel now like I am eating more normal than ever, except maybe not as much as people around me (but who's to say they're eating normal?) I cannot, even as a child, remember having a normal relationship with food. I don't hate or love or obsess about or dream about food anyomre, I eat cause my belly wants to. (Not everyday, mind you, I 've had years and years of unhealthy habits to overcome). "normal" before the band was half a pizza, a bag of cookies, a huge steak, a pound of cheese etc. Now that food doesn't control my every thought, it is weird, finding hobbies and such, but this is what normal people, do, right? Besides eat?

Oh, this is my song too. And I've lost 100 pounds already once and know how it was...grueling to say the least. But I have hope, with my band. I liken my journey now to, you know, when you're watching one of those reality shows and someone is doing all this crazy stuff in this obstacle race, and they're right at the end, and they lose their ball, or plate, or whatever, and then they have to go back and start over, and everyone else is almost done, and there is this split second when you see this look on their face, devastated, like, "how can I? I gave it everything the first time, I am exhausted." ...but then they turn around and try again. I go through this daily.

If you ask me, it sounds like she's insanely jealous and just being catty and hurtful to you to make herself feel better. (Of course, every woman sadly, is doing everything to lose weight, perhaps she feels you have an advantage and she's seeing green) Women like this, I used to hate, but then I caught myself oing it, (because of another woman's success)oh my! And I felt sorry for myself that I was so petty, I coul'nt be happy for her, and instead acted like a stupid highschool girl. Why do people have to hurt others to make themselves feel better? When a gal is being catty and mean to me, now, instead of being a victim, I think about her an feel pity for her, like, "what is going on in her life that she gets pleasure from someone else's unhappiness?" An then instead of being mad, i feel compassion...and, well, pity for her, then I cannot hate her. (And sometimes I have to do this alot with certain persons, as they continually find fault in everything I do.)

2 weeks! Very unexpected, but very welcome....thank God I got the band instead of the bypass! My doctor never brought up birth control, i think it was because i was a guinea pig for the band at the hospital, one of the first. When I told the nurse, they were really shocked, they said usually body is too calorie deficient to reproduce. Obviously, that is very untrue! But I couldn't be happier, I just had to pick up with my weight loss about 6 weeks after baby, I got another fill (i had fill, but no restriction through pregnancy). I only gained 10 pounds up until 9 months, then I had hypertension, and gained 30 in last month! I looked like a beach ball! But within that 6 weeks after, I was back down to weight before baby.

I was given morphine drip that I got sick and puke off of really bad (the nurse told me alot of people are allergic to it, and I went crazy with it, so i brought it on myself). I got vicodin after, and got sick on those too, but that's me, i've been in rocovery for a long time, and my body just kinda refuses it. My suggestion would be the less you need, the better, as throwing up with a brand new band is not only a really ba idea, but it hurts too. As far as the "pain" i was in, it was mainly where my port was, and it lasted a couple of weeks. More dull and annoying than anything, like, sleeping on it sucked. I hurt a bit right when i first woke up from surgery, but there was this great nurse that sat right next to me in recovery room who every 10 minutes asked how i was, and if i was hurting, she' do something about it right away. My root canals were a worse experience.