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Monica, You are doing good on the weightloss issue...you have lost 4.375 lbs per month and the expected weightloss for banding is 1-2 lbs per week...so your right on target! Keep up the good work!!:huggie:

Yes definitely stay in network if you can....hosp stays are a HUGE expense if they are out of network!! But check with insurance, because sometimes if the doc is covered and that is the only hospital he works out of....they may take the amt that your insurance would provide if it were in network...that actually happened to me...yay! Hospitals don't have to solicit for patients that's why they don't join networks....whereas a private doctor is competing with other doctors..so they hop on that network bandwagon as to lower the prices ---after all, lower amt of money they recieve is better than getting no money at all! Let us know how it went!!!

Yup Yup, Leila....that was exactly what the doc told me -hormones are stored in fat.....worries me thought, will I grow a mustache once the fat is a lot less and I have less hormones:confused: ??? LOL OMG my DH just shaved his beard -gotee--and now his face looks bigger --poor thing i used that notion to try to get him to grow it back and he looked at me and asked what I was gonna do to hide my chubby neck (please, that is the ONLY part of me that doesn't have fat!) I looked at him and said "i guess I'll just grow a gotee!" LOL:p

Ditto. I thought Jacqui was just expressing her feelings on how she "personally" wouldn't have bypass done. I wouldn't either, but that sure doesn't mean I knock those who have! I wanted banding, but if the doc told me I'd do better with bypass, I'd be signing right up! The definition of "Forum" according to Websters: 1 a : the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business b : a public meeting place for open discussion c : a medium (as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas

Shawn, That is awesome!!!!! Yay!! You must be so proud of yourself!

LOL Oh joy!!! Something else to look forward too!!!!:huggie:

To put my two cents in, My sis did have GP and was not successful....and is ashamed, and sad. She was ashamed and sad before GP and almost didn't do it because of embarrassment that she let herself get to that point to need GB. I am ashamed that I let myself go and now am doing surgery to correct it. I am still doing it, but I still feel like this should have never happened. I am not gonna throw myself off a bridge over it, but no harm in saying how you feel. When I went to Europe last year the doc gave me happy pills.....which i was bent on not taking, but sis insisted. I did not take them and was so proud of myself. That does not mean that I think those who take meds are weak.......it just means I was proud of a personal accomplishment. (it was my first plane ride)

Christa, funny you should ask about a period change.....I was just talking to my GP about this after talking to the gyn about it.......losing weight absolutely changes your cycle!!! Flow changes and everything! My sis was told this too and I didn't believe it so last week I asked my woman GP. And I am living proof of this because post Pfen-Pfen......was Rachel (now 9) my Gyn said "I could have told you this would happen post weight loss---but he never said why...lol. Crap, and I thought it was caused I looked hot and hubby just couldn't help himself....ROFLMAO!!!

Thank you!!! and...I am so glad you say that I will love it! --Getting down to the wire now.....all tests done and fitted for my C-Pac...just waiting to hear from doc on the date of the banding.....ugh getting jitters about it today...lol.

Hola!! This is so cool.....I am taking spanish II in college right now!!! I am gonna write these down and translate them later... (as a matter of fact I was logging into AOL to use the spanish translater to do my homework...LOL) Adios!!! :huggie:

If you have it done in Mexico....where are you going to go to have your fills done?

The barium drinks don't bother me. I didn't even have an aftertaste. Must be something wrong with me, I could drink them everyday and not be bothered...okay starting to scare myself now..LOL

No sadly...still no sleep....what is this....oh yeah day 7...AAAGGHHHH! I go to the Sleep Clinic tonight to get fitted for the hose. Maybe I will actually sleep tonight. No the dirty mind was Prophylatics....you know, condoms, rubbers.... I know it also means "preventative" but when i hear that i usually thing of preventing sperm...HA HA HA..of course i went total gutter on this...LOL It was just a juvenile moment;) oh p.s. cool website!!!

Non of my business I know,... but since it was posted for all to see.....that is one scary post!!!

Ugh......I misunderstood what you meant when you said it could be gallbladder pain.. :doh:

Hi --I was just wondering because I have a 16 yr old son (like you)(his name is Keith) and my youngest is 9 (Rachel) ...my oldest Jen is 18! I was thinking we were pregnant together all three times...lol. Twins huh? I wanted Rachel to be twins because of the age difference between her and the first two and the first two are ony 22 months apart. Now though, oh boy thank goodness she wasn't a twin!!!! Oh and to quote someone just hit the quote button on the bottom of the post window.

I have thought alot about goals! My 9 yr old tells me i am getting "skinnier" because she can wrap her arms around my waist and touch past both wrists...lol. But the goals: -to be able to use a regular towel......oh and not to have to powder my thighs!!! -to get a tatoo -to get my belly pierced. -to go to Hawaii---and wear a bathing suit without a tent over me! -to wear kick ass "come hither" shoes again! -to wear a midriff. -to not sit in my van and feel like my butt is the armrest! -to wear boots---won't now---heels look like hooves to me. -to go out with total confidence -to do aerobics again-oddly i miss it -to dye my hair bimbo blonde just once to make my sister smile. -to wonder if the underwear in the laundry is mine or my daughters...lol. -to wear cool makeup. -to be able to tell hubby when he asks if i am wearing underwear---to say no and turn quickly and know he is checking it out!!! -to lose the chubby cheeks (on face lol) -to go back to a "b" cup and burn this "c"-cleavage from "fat" is highly overrated!!! OMG the list goes on and on.

Bright Blessings to you and Erin!!! It takes a person with a strong heart to take care of children/people with special needs! I personally could never do it...I am not strong enough, I'd cry everyday! Hence the Psychology/Education/Special Education degree over the nursing degree I was contemplating! These boys are truly lucky to have you!!!!

"I'm sorry Dody. I really was not upset, but it REALLY did not come across as a joke at all. " OMG that had joke written all over it!!! And Dody I have cheated with pizza.....my husband made a big ole steak for dinner once....but i was pregnant at the time.....i needed Pizza! Ate it right in front of him...ha ha he couldn't take it anymore...he joined me!!!!!! Okay on the serious side, I am sorry to hear that people were cheated on. I believe people do what they got to. And that people definately change! I am grateful for my husband. Not for nothing, this thread has made me decide to get up early and make " The Dread Pirate Jo Bailey" (from the pirate thread) special Breakfast in the morning!!!!:bandit

Neither one of us has cheated --married 21 yrs. But, we have both been attracted to other people -once for him and once for me. I think he felt like he was cheating, but i know it wasn't......to say that you would never be attracted to another person ever is practically impossible--in less you never leave the house all day...lol. The guy I was attracted to was a co-worker...extremely intelligent, and fearless, i admired him so much i wanted to be like him!...hubby was attracted to a woman who worked with him in contruction, they shared the same job type and I am sure he admired her too. These experiences gave us a boost of confidence about ourselves and made us appreciate each other even more. (i know, that prob sounds odd--but sometimes it takes a stranger to show you what is right in front of you) Well, neither one of us acted on these feelings, because we truly love each other.........and were not willing to lose what we have. (i knew the first time I saw him that I would marry him--I was 17 )

Cindy...omg you look great! Diane---I haven't been banded yet. tomorrow night i go for my fitting of my sleep apnea princess headress (ha ha gotta be silly or I'd go mad!) Then I get my sleep apnea number and then i can schedule surgery!!!! I am so excited I can hardly wait!! Yeah-Hubby gets laid off after every job...but usually they call him to the next one before he gets home from the one he got laid off from. Timing was bad this time---taxes due, bills, daughter blew a tire on the parkway and I had to buy her new tires...ugh never a dull moment

Not to terrify you but........ Chest pain in the middle of your chest...hmmm better be safe than sorry. Last year I went to a Cardiac Specialist/Heart Surgeon.....checked out fine luckily...it was stress. However, heart disease is the leading cause of death among women......and the pain we get compared to the men...is right in the middle of our boobs!!! Doc says heart attacks can feel like heartburn. That is why so many women die, they pass it off as indigestion! (hmmmmm...gallbladder??? no, its not located in the middle of your chest...it is located under the right side of your liver...next to the stomach) Its prob just stress but check it anyway....mine was so bad, I'd start to faint while out in public.....now when it happens, i stop and think...what is it that bothers me...and tell myself its stress. Hasn't happened in a really long time!! Best Wishes to you!!! Oh...quick test, take a tums or rolaid...forgot to check to see if you are banded--if so take a liquid...if it goes away relatively fast, its stress. But please have it checked out anyway!!!!

ha ha dirty mind over here...sorry ---> lack of sleep :devious

If you don't mind my asking...how old is your oldest son?

Cabinlass Elizabeth for my full name. Shortened it was: Mad Erin. or, Sealegs Lizzie for first, middle, and last name!!!!! LOL Arrrrr Ha Ha I am married to: The Dread Pirate Jo Bailey I have three kids: son---Captain Cash daughter ---Deadeye Mary daughter----Mad Erin Man, these name hit it right on the head for them too!!!!!