Bettina

Hmmm ...It all depends on what type of dog you are getting. I have had Beagles all of my married life--they were included in the marriage certificate...lol. They usually live about 15 yrs. I also have a Jack Russell..she will live forever, she is spoiled and babied..lol. I do know that mutts live longer than pure breed dogs. Larger dogs tend to have back problems. Labs live about 10-15 , unless they get struck by a car...ugh mine did..she was lab/retriever mix...omg she was wonderful..i still miss her and its been over 20 yrs. I am with Dawg on the temperment issue. Do you have children? how many and how old are they? Large dogs require room to roam and run. Here is a site for you: http://www.petfinder.com/ Best wishes to you --I have three kids, three dogs, and two cats...they all love each other (well the pets do..lol) which is really odd.

Hi, I bought the book "Eating well after weight loss surgery" written by a woman who was lap banded...great recipes..and she gives all the stagof when to eat what. I highly recommend it!! Check it out on Amazon.com. Oh and I would buy the Magic Bullet too...I just found out I can make chicken salad...yay!

Yes, I tell everyone I am getting a belt for my stomach!!

ummm you need to get your butt to the ER...asap.

Here it's called TV Land.

or it gets the hose again.....ha ha ha. My daughter loves to quote that movie....ugh what is the lotion line again? remember he puts lotion in the basket and lowers it down to her?? Damn what does he say??

Tell your Mom I said Hello!!!

I vaguely remember Boomerang....ewww Monchichi's---nah they will never come back. Do you remember the Addams Family Cartoon!?

You forgot Liddsville!!!!! oh and the Gene London Show. Rocky and Bullwinkle. Super chicken. Grape Ape. The hair Bear Bunch. It was Yogi Bear's Laff-a-lympics. Speaking of channel 13---oh what was that "kids are people too" crap who was he ??? Penelope Pittstop. Quick Draw McGraw....hmmm i'll think of more!

Yay...that is awesomel!!!!

Bleeding like that after surgery is quite common. And if you weren't truly menapausal, weight loss will def bring you back to regular. My GP has already warned me (not menapausal-but i will not have the heavy periods anymore--yay) Oh yeah I took phen-phen 10 years ago and now have 9 yr old Rachel ---doc told me I got pregnant because of the weight loss--regulating my cycle...fun fun. Luckily my tubes are tied and burned this time...LOL.

Thanks for posting. The only problem I have with the article, is that its not completely accurate, it doesn't give the stats on the patients, what co-morbidities did they have? Age, Weight? And the ones who conducted the study were doctors but doctors of what? I am sorry to be a bummer, but this type of article is exactly the type I have studied in college --its not scholarly. Funny on the timing, I am going to print this article for my statistics professor -she is a clinical psychologist...she'll love it.

You're older than me, you must remember the cartoons....and they were regulars on Scooby-Doo...lol. The live Globetrotters used to be on talk shows too. Harlem Globetrotters...ahhh memories. Hey, they were even on the Jackson Five cartoons...omg I forgot all about that!! Somehow I even think they were on Fat Albert once...lol!!

So you are saying that he has no right to defend himself??? Or respond to posts where he was clearly accused of advising his wife what is going on in her absence?? If you notice he isn't flaming anyone. He has merely made a few simple requests and comments..no harm done. Unless you are a moderator, I don't really see where you have the right to tell him to "ignore everything else and don't even visit the controversial threads". Now I am being you---if you would scroll back-you'd have noticed that his wife was being mentioned and he was not off topic as you seem to think. By the way this was all retorical....this is not open for debate. I just wanted to make a point. Not one person on LBT is better than the other. Some just behave better that's all.

Telly your avatar cracks me up!!!

I just noticed your name--I love Patchoulli...i have some dried...and i buy the candles when ever i see them!!!!! (sorry to hear about your band!!)

yes, that is the person!!! luckily i have kept the forum up --its the only way i can respond.......where are the moderators???????

I am behind a firewall too! its the first posting on the board..under newer postings.

Oh okay, glad to see its not just me.....i am reading this and responding thru my email....its not a real hacker, and I have a real good guess as to who did this!!!!!! The moderator has to delete the thread..or lock it if they can.....pretty clever of the person who did this.

Ugh this is crazy...when i log in the first topic says "hacked" and it opens up automatically to this Russian dude...I dont think its a real hacker...i have a brand new virus protection in this computer...ugh

everytime i try to log in, it goes right to a hack site!! Someone respond to this so i can see if it just me or not...thanks

anyone else getting hacked?

OMG Sept 6th...so exciting. Ummm did you say hopefully our band procedures will work? Slap yourself woman of course it will.... , we are gonna do this and be successful!!!! 3 days for you. No more negativity on these boards --its bad karma....we don't want that now do we? I am so excited for you. Nervous yet? Did you have to do liquids this last week? I go in on 9/27..whoo hoo!! Omg i can't sit still...lol I will probably fidgit the weight off by the time the actual surgery date gets here...ha ha wouldn't that be funny!!:omg:

I went out of town to a support group meeting last night--my first. I highly suggest Mandy do the same---but only if SHE wants to! Omg it was awesome!!!!!!! I can't wait for the next one! LOL.

Gotcha on the fill, that makes sense. I think mom cut her explanation off and i missed some info. Ya know, just the fact that they both got banded makes it competitive no matter what one each says because even if they don't compare each other...friends and family members will. If I were her daughter, I prob wouldn't even tell anyone that I was banded. My sis had GB...and now I am gonna be banded...there is already tension..ugh it sucks...I have already heard "well the band wasn't avail then" ugh.