Bettina

ha ha ...just throwing another wrench in here........... no one mentioned gods and goddesses.

The thoughts of me, who's degree is Psychology....I was reading tonight ..I won't even mention the topic because after awhile they all sound alike. I just wonder about some people...do they even know how to read? Do they need a dictionary? Do they know how to use punctuation to stress how they feel while posting? Do they go back and re-read what they wrote? I don't think so! Some people just talk out their ass I think...lol, with no regard for other's feelings. I think using a dictionary should be a pre-requisite for joining any forum. Oh yeah what does forum mean: (taken from Webster's) : a public meeting place for open discussion : a medium (as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas (one would notice that there is no mention that its okay to diss others) So what is the problem here. People bashing others.....do they do this because they themselves want to be bashed?? Its the whole "Do Unto Others" idea I am putting out there. So this means that people are allowed to say what they want to someone else but god forbid that person comes back with a reply!!???Does this even make sense?? um...NO! So I wonder did these nasty people just learn to speak today and they just don't know better? Were they taught this at home (cause I know they didn't learn it at school) Does their mom know they act like this? Even little children don't act like some of the people I have seen on LBT. My favorite has to be the person who bashes someone on one thread and then two threads later they are sticking up for them like they are their long lost buddy.......can you spell Sybil???? (multiple personalities for those who don't get that) I am thinking that they need to update the list of side effects of lapbanding. "Caution, lapbanding may cut off the oxygen to your brain and make you speak out your butt with no regard for others" LOL I think I will suggest it. Ugh more drama here lately than in most 4th grade classes!! So one would say to me "why are you even here if you think that way?" I came here to get support and make a few friends. There are about a dozen really nice people on these boards!! The rest of the population..I look at as speedbumps....annoying things lying in my way that I have to gently get over and forget about them after leaving them where i found them. who was this addressed to really? The "negatives" who will read this journal entry with anger:angry . (the rest of your are truly wonderful people):clap2:

I got approved today....the doc's office even called my cell to tell me! So excited....can't sit still. A little worried about having the surgery on a Wednesday and going back to school on Monday...but I have had three c-sections...so I know what abdominal pain from surgery is like. I absolutely have to go to school on the following Monday because Nurse-Zilla messed me up (see earlier journal) Gonna start walking tomorrow. Bought slim fast the other day...just to shrink my stomach and to start to prepare myself for "hunger"..lol. I also have been watching an odd amt of surgeries on TV lately....Dr Rey from Dr. 90210 had fingers in this girls breast to stretch it out for the implant.......ugh is she gonna be sore. I see the blood and turn away...lol idiot that I am. I am not scared. But I am certain that I will be nervous the day of the surgery.

LOL it was pretty awful:omg: ! I can't believe I allowed my self to get dragged down to that level. (ugh and my ranting was not pretty either) I just really needed someone to understand why I even bothered to remark on the thread to begin with. Def not a shining moment. Better today...lol. But I am sure I can get into trouble if I am not careful....

I was taken to the hosp once in an ambulance :sick (one and only time-knock wood) I was scared out of my mind ...and all alone. A Catholic Priest came along and spoke to me (I am Methodist by parents choice...Agnostic by my own choice) I was so relieved that he came to see me and so happy that someone cared. --It turned out to be a reaction to Doxycycline...omg that was awful!!!!!!. While in Europe last year (with the girl scouts) the tour guide too us to many many churches....one girl wouldn't go in because she was atheist...which was sad because her mom wore a cross all the time and poor woman couldn't go in because of this brat (not that athiests are brats, just this girl..ugh)...anyway back on topic...it was a spiritual experience!!!! You could just feel the presence of the people in the past (i love history:biggrin1: !!!!)...it was awesome! I lit a few candles while there too. I lit a candle and asked the Saints for safe passage home...my daughter and I were where the London bombings were and missed it by a few hours...ugh talk about scary. The ancient history of these churches was amazing. I don't believe in organized religion (that doesn't mean i think its bad...it just doesn't fit in my realm of thinking. (yet I am very spiritual) My point of all this babble is that people should not be too quick to judge others based on religious beliefs. Why can't we all just get along...lol.:tired :cry

Isn't today awesome!!!!! I got my approval today too!!!!!!!!!! So excited I could vomit....(you too???...lol). Can't sit still and will prob be on these boards all night....lol!!!! Yay for us today Emily!!!!! Oh, did you get your date??? I am 9/27.

Okee dokee Kathy...you are forgiven. I totally understand getting mad...I was there this week too. (what I did was post my anger in my journal so that those who chose to read it could and it wouldn't just be "put out there for all to see") Some people are just insensitive. Like I said, I am agnostic, but you know, I believe that everyone has to believe in something, and whatever that something is ---is okay by me!!!) So don't fret.......the response to your post wasn't as bad as others....I am sure most will forgive.

Agnostic here too. (but everyone can believe what they want)..I apparently missed the mudslinging too (yay) To say you don't want to be friends with anyone, yet want support?? Sorry.....not from me. That (in my humble opinion) was mean. I'll show you support but you have to be nice. whoo-hoo not even the full moon yet (9/7) I can't imagine what it will be like then?????? LOL:devious :blah:

Okay this is my journal so I can say what I want to. I try to be a good person.....I do a random act of kindness every single day...I believe in Karma. I am not in the habit of starting shit with anyone and I am not afraid of anyone either (sounds bad-I am just giving the mental picture here...lol) I will do anything for anybody I love to help people. I do not however like people who pretend to know everything (lol...as if anyone else likes them..ha ha) And I can't stand people who don't check the facts before opening their mouths. I allowed myself to get caught up in a stupid thread about coffee....ugh so not like me! I flat out stated that I do not like Starbucks (i tried to like them, i really did, i just can't). I watched TV on 9-11 along with millions of other people -watching the towers drop...I actually got to see the live shot of the plane coming into Tower Two behind Bryant Gumble's head...not that I deserve sympathy, I wasn't there and didn't lose a loved one in the tragedy. It effects me none-the-less. I watched the news when Starbucks wouldn't give the water for free....and yes, I understand that it was one employee and not the whole starbucks co. I don't really give a rats butt, what is done is done, and when I think of 9-11....that among other things sticks out in my mind. I do not love war.....on the other hand, I do believe in an eye for an eye.....and frankly I think we should bomb them back into the ground. Do I know about War and Military???? Yes I do, I grew up in Fort Dix...my father was in the service for 24 years.....and quite a few of my family members. I was born in Germany--my german grandfather also served in the war. Everyone is allowed their own opinion.....i mean everyone. When I read an opinion that is not of mine, i think.....hmmmmm...okay. I do not leave nasty posts and tell people to get their facts straight. I can't tell you how many posts I have read lately and think WTF???? I chose not to post at all ---it is after all their opinion and not mine. So today some idiot (loosly termed) tells me to read the facts, when indeed the facts that they posted -actually reflected what I was saying...ha ha it made me laugh....then I was called "rude". Hmmmm....yeah that is calling the kettle black isn't it??? (WTF?!) I am very passionate about a lot of things, but this terrorist thing really gets my shit ruffled! I am so mad at myself for allowing myself to get caught up in some stupid arguement over coffee.....I laughed because soda was mentioned and then when I pointed out it was a starbucks thread is when I was called rude....um no, i was just pointing out a fact. Before I go on ....I dont' care who drinks Starbucks...my own sis does and I could care less, I won't do it....plain and simple. This is the real root of my feelings, and I didn't post them on the starbucks post because I didn't want to get deeper into crap with anyone. Does anyone remember the beheadings that happened in the last few years??? Well, one of them is a guy who used to live up the street. While I think its sad, he did chose to live there, so one has to be prepared when they go to unsecure places. But here is the story.....I met his nephew....I spent 4 months in school with him. He is in second grade and is 7 years old. He doesn't have a father and his mother is attending school and has 3 kids. She does have a boyfriend(s). Okay so this child lays terrified in his bed every single friggin night because he is afraid the "bad men" are going to go thru the whole family and behead them!!!!! OMG i friggin cried when I heard this. (teary now too). The boyfriend took it upon himself to re-arrange the child's bedroom and now the shadows are different at night.....he thinks its the bad men. (ugh) I asked his teacher if she spoke to the mom... no not yet...omg I would be addressing this...its not funny. This child does not sleep at night for fear of the shadows....it is affecting his grades. He is the cutest, sweetest, little thing, I just want to give him a big hug and tell him the bad men will not get him. He is 7 friggin years old and is terrified. Terrorists.....Fu*kers!!!!! So yeah when i hear about starbucks I think of terrorists.........I think of this little boy.....I think about my own daughter who was in preschool at the time and came off the bus all kids of worried....wtf...why were they telling my kid this in school???? I called the school and told the teacher, if you need to talk about it, please insure the kids that they are safe here with their parents. Shortly after 9-11 I had furniture delivered .....big white truck....no lettering whatsoever...two men, one black and one mexican...wearing camo.....I thought this child was having a stroke....screaming at the top of her lungs "mommy the bad men are here to get us" I want to know WTF were they thinking wearing cammo after 9-11! Took me weeks to calm her down. So yeah I think of my daugher and the little boy (DJ) everytime I hear starbucks....I think of terrorists, I think of my teens calling me from school asking if they are gonna die....I think of my response to my oldest daughter "I dont' know". I think about how I told her she was safer at school...I had three kids in three different schools...ugh who do i get first. I tell the high schooler that if she feels unsafe she should call me and i will get her...she answers "I think that is what I am doing now mom" ....she is telling me this as the plane goes down in PA......I am not sure what to do.....for the first time, I don't have answers. The whole world is crashing. Me, the person who has total control and is afraid of no one, has no answers and no control. I sat with the car keys in my hand watching the news and planning the route to take to get the kids. So again, i just can't bring myself to like Starbucks, I don't owe an explanation to anyone. Nobody has to agree, and I am okay with that (sincerely I am). But what I can't stand is some numb nuts so bent on telling me to "get the facts" ---FU..I don't need facts. Ugh.

Teresita thanks for understanding. Its not something I normally do (publicly rant, rave, whine...lol) but I just had to explain where i was coming from...I can't stand self rightousness...ugh...its just awful that people who don't know anything about someone else has the unmidigated gaul to to tell someone else where to get off...unless its a personal attack, yeah then its justified. If it had came from you or MoOrLess, I'd say okay...you two know me the best of anyone at LapBandTalk....you've been reading my journals from the beginning.....but i have never even spoke to this person before. Oh well, no more dwelling, I do feel better for getting it off my chest. Now to get it out of my mind...the part about DJ...I wonder if the boyfriend ever moved the room back and if he is still having nightmares?? Today I am taking my 9 yr old to the Atlantic City Air Show...they are having a real stealth bomber in it...cool!! Take care and thanks again!!!

I ditto everyone else!!

passing judgement on others???? Oh, you'd be surprised!!:cry

hmmm I would think that since she is their aunt, that she could go down to $100...afterall the time she has them is cut in half, why wouldn't the pay be? I would nicely explain about the expenses. Good Luck!!!

Okay this is my journal so I can say what I want to. I try to be a good person.....I do a random act of kindness every single day...I believe in Karma. I am not in the habit of starting shit with anyone and I am not afraid of anyone either (sounds bad-I am just giving the mental picture here...lol) I will do anything for anybody I love to help people. I do not however like people who pretend to know everything (lol...as if anyone else likes them..ha ha) And I can't stand people who don't check the facts before opening their mouths. I allowed myself to get caught up in a stupid thread about coffee....ugh so not like me! I flat out stated that I do not like Starbucks (i tried to like them, i really did, i just can't). I watched TV on 9-11 along with millions of other people -watching the towers drop...I actually got to see the live shot of the plane coming into Tower Two behind Bryant Gumble's head...not that I deserve sympathy, I wasn't there and didn't lose a loved one in the tragedy. It effects me none-the-less. I watched the news when Starbucks wouldn't give the water for free....and yes, I understand that it was one employee and not the whole starbucks co. I don't really give a rats butt, what is done is done, and when I think of 9-11....that among other things sticks out in my mind. I do not love war.....on the other hand, I do believe in an eye for an eye.....and frankly I think we should bomb them back into the ground. Do I know about War and Military???? Yes I do, I grew up in Fort Dix...my father was in the service for 24 years.....and quite a few of my family members. I was born in Germany--my german grandfather also served in the war. Everyone is allowed their own opinion.....i mean everyone. When I read an opinion that is not of mine, i think.....hmmmmm...okay. I do not leave nasty posts and tell people to get their facts straight. I can't tell you how many posts I have read lately and think WTF???? I chose not to post at all ---it is after all their opinion and not mine. So today some idiot (loosly termed) tells me to read the facts, when indeed the facts that they posted -actually reflected what I was saying...ha ha it made me laugh....then I was called "rude". Hmmmm....yeah that is calling the kettle black isn't it??? (WTF?!) I am very passionate about a lot of things, but this terrorist thing really gets my shit ruffled! I am so mad at myself for allowing myself to get caught up in some stupid arguement over coffee.....I laughed because soda was mentioned and then when I pointed out it was a starbucks thread is when I was called rude....um no, i was just pointing out a fact. Before I go on ....I dont' care who drinks Starbucks...my own sis does and I could care less, I won't do it....plain and simple. This is the real root of my feelings, and I didn't post them on the starbucks post because I didn't want to get deeper into crap with anyone. Does anyone remember the beheadings that happened in the last few years??? Well, one of them is a guy who used to live up the street. While I think its sad, he did chose to live there, so one has to be prepared when they go to unsecure places. But here is the story.....I met his nephew....I spent 4 months in school with him. He is in second grade and is 7 years old. He doesn't have a father and his mother is attending school and has 3 kids. She does have a boyfriend(s). Okay so this child lays terrified in his bed every single friggin night because he is afraid the "bad men" are going to go thru the whole family and behead them!!!!! OMG i friggin cried when I heard this. (teary now too). The boyfriend took it upon himself to re-arrange the child's bedroom and now the shadows are different at night.....he thinks its the bad men. (ugh) I asked his teacher if she spoke to the mom... no not yet...omg I would be addressing this...its not funny. This child does not sleep at night for fear of the shadows....it is affecting his grades. He is the cutest, sweetest, little thing, I just want to give him a big hug and tell him the bad men will not get him. He is 7 friggin years old and is terrified. Terrorists.....Fu*kers!!!!! So yeah when i hear about starbucks I think of terrorists.........I think of this little boy.....I think about my own daughter who was in preschool at the time and came off the bus all kids of worried....wtf...why were they telling my kid this in school???? I called the school and told the teacher, if you need to talk about it, please insure the kids that they are safe here with their parents. Shortly after 9-11 I had furniture delivered .....big white truck....no lettering whatsoever...two men, one black and one mexican...wearing camo.....I thought this child was having a stroke....screaming at the top of her lungs "mommy the bad men are here to get us" I want to know WTF were they thinking wearing cammo after 9-11! Took me weeks to calm her down. So yeah I think of my daugher and the little boy (DJ) everytime I hear starbucks....I think of terrorists, I think of my teens calling me from school asking if they are gonna die....I think of my response to my oldest daughter "I dont' know". I think about how I told her she was safer at school...I had three kids in three different schools...ugh who do i get first. I tell the high schooler that if she feels unsafe she should call me and i will get her...she answers "I think that is what I am doing now mom" ....she is telling me this as the plane goes down in PA......I am not sure what to do.....for the first time, I don't have answers. The whole world is crashing. Me, the person who has total control and is afraid of no one, has no answers and no control. I sat with the car keys in my hand watching the news and planning the route to take to get the kids. So again, i just can't bring myself to like Starbucks, I don't owe an explanation to anyone. Nobody has to agree, and I am okay with that (sincerely I am). But what I can't stand is some numb nuts so bent on telling me to "get the facts" ---FU..I don't need facts. Ugh.

I felt the exact same way!!! I didn't "land" until I spoke with the doc....lol like I was on some secret mission...lol!!!

YAY SQUIGGLE!!! Told ya you'd be okay!!! Whoo- Hoo!!!!

Ugh don't you just hate doctors who won't listen. I don't think you are crazy!!! I wish you all the best!!! Sleeping in a lawn chair--I have been sleeping on the couch lately so i can relate...stomach feels awful lately (not even banded yet...lol) Feel better soon!!!

Hi I just went to your website....what fun!!! I ordered a catalog!!!! (surprising hubby so when the old me comes back...lol) Nice to meet you! Take care!

Born to Loose, Its just standard procedure...not to worry...they just want to make sure that they can bring you back from being put under. Your not really cancelled...its prob just postponed...just that day was cancelled. My heart ultrasound came back different than the one I had last year I am still cleared for surgery...the doc thinks its from my sleep apnea. Your going to be fine...try not to worry.

I too am getting banded to stay away from taking meds to lose weight. There is no way I'd take meds before surgery...I wouldn't want to risk it with the anesthesia. Not even doctor prescribed ones! Surgery is risky enough. I wish you all the best!!

Its cool, I was just getting nervous about all the fill horror stories. My doc seems to do it different than most I've heard ...odd that no one else has my doc, i would think that with all the hundreds of members here that I would find at least one other...lol Thanks for your input.

Yeah I emailed her and asked for her to put her pics on the listing so we can see if she lost weight ...I didn't give her my personal email though...lol She neglected to tell me about the brochure though.

omg... i gotta go check that out....thats messed up!...ha ha I checked it out...i emailed him and asked for a before and after pic and also asked how many pages was the brochure. (he is sending it media mail...that's insane!!) I'll let you know if he ever emails me back!!!

I just read in the paper that hospitals are reporting an unusual amt of spider bite victims (my mom is one-last week) come to find out.....staph infections......on the rise...it used to be that you could only get it from the hospital...but now.....you can get it anywhere. (eww) Sent my mom to the allergist last week cause these spider bites (weekly) are getting rediculous....guess what????? Bed bugs are back!!!!! They like old mattresses!!! The doc gave my mom a bed bug proof sheet...hmmm never heard of that but okay! Mom's mattress is like 30 yrs old. Time for a new one!

Curious??? Do your doc's automatically give you a fill??? My doc doesn't do fills unless you are not losing. So i guess what I mean to ask is are you asking for the fills, or does your doc tell you? My doc told me that many people never have fills. All sounds pretty scary to me....lol