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There are some fun websites where you can throw virtual shoes at virtual Dubya. You know, give him a nice send off....

Maybe she drinks it because she has malaria.

Toronto has a huge Chinese population and a lot of Chinese restaurants, most of which are independents. The one near me is run by a family and serves pretty good food. It has quite a few spicy dishes on the menu. Toronto is a large city - 3 million - and it is a city of immigrants. Ethnic eating here is great! I and my mate can walk to Chinese restaurants, a couple of Ethiopian places, Italian, Indian, south Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Thai, Lebanese, Greek, Carribean as well as the usual chain fast food joints. There are also Portuguese restaurants in the hood but I don't like Portuguese food - too much fish and meat and not enough vegies and salads. It is because of this and the cheap books that I love big city life.

My name is Green and I am a compulsive reader. This runs in our family (along with depression). Now that I am recovering from my treatments for cancer I spend much of my time in bed. I am either reading or sleeping. I read a book in about a day and a half. I prefer novels, detective fiction, science fiction, fantasy, memoirs, and biography. I also read two newspapers and The Economist.

Nah, Green is good. The food was lukewarm, though.

I cheated pre-op. I didn't give up smoking and I didn't cut back on my food in-take.

Green is waiting for her mate to come home with Chinese food. She sent him out hours ago. She figures that he must be watching TV and drinking beer at the restaurant while she is home alone and starving. It is cold outside. Brrr........

Yah, I was trying to teach it to say: "Let me love you long time. Only 5 dollars." I used to sit there at the dining room table after diner screeching at it until I learned the ugly truth, that it would never grow up to be a true green-grrl Furby. (This was when I was following the Cartman philosophy of life, eh.)

My relatives want me to join Facebook but I am afraid to. I am old and blonde and don't know how to do much with computers.

I remember when Furbys first came out. The adverts said that you could teach them English. I wanted one in order that I could teach it how to say rude things. Then my plan was to release it back into the wilds of ToyzRus or whatever in order that it might shock and amaze some other family. Well, it turns out that you can only teach it what it is already programmed to learn. What a disappointment! I gave mine away to my French nieces. At least it spoke English.

While I was fat I always looked young for my age. As I lost weight I started looking closer and closer to my real age. People were no longer expressing shock when I told them my age. This definitely hurt and was why I had me a face lift a year after I was banded.

Ha ha. That's just what I was going to say.

Yah, I sat permanent shiva, too. I also avoided having pictures taken of me whenever possible.

Congratulations to you!

Now that really is a tragedy.

If it tastes good, it is likely to be fattening.

My thing always was about vanity. I couldn't stand not be able to wear nice clothes anymore.

Thanks, Peaches, I am feeling verrrry depressed over this set back.

The services offered by clinics can be very useful to the weight loss patient. These may involve more than just a lifetime of aftercare for the mechanical system, including fills and defills; they may also offer the services of dieticians, psychologists/psychiatrists, and mutual support groups. While I found that losing weight was very easy once I had the band and followed the bandster rules of fine dining, people can run into difficulties. Finding oneself newly thin can play with your head in the most unexpected ways and, too, many of us can do with a dietician's advice. (I did some independant study on how to eat well while I was recovering from my band op but I am sure that I would have profitted by listening to a dietician.)

Thanks, Wasa, for answering my question.

I had it done in Toronto, Canada which is where I live. It cost me $16,000 Cdn and I have unlimited aftercare with this package. Sometimes one can need quite a few fills and defills over the years and these can be expensive (especially considering that these are quickly performed) depending on your fill doc. The centre where I had mine done has good support programmes available for those who would like or feel they need a bit of additional assistance. I like the fact that the centre is in my neighbourhood; I can walk there and home again. It is called the Toronto Lap Band Centre.

It is important that your aftercare costs - the price of fills and defills for example - be included in the total cost. I was banded a couple of years ago by TLBC for $16,000 and a lifetime of aftercare was part of the package. I have since come to learn that this was a good deal and TLBC has treated me well. An added plus for me is that it is close to my house. I can walk there!

Correct me if I am wrong but I am under the impression that Mexico does not have universal health care.

One of the tragedies of living up here in Canada is that we don't get to enjoy the Black Friday shopping experience. And our Thanksgiving is on a Monday, so we are expected to work the rest of the week. And we Gave our Thanks the first Monday in October; it's always a long wait to the next big party, eh. We enjoy our Thankgiving celebrations but you folk south of the border do a much better job of this celebration. And there is BF shopping.......!

Yep, my doc likes 4 weeks to elapse between fills. I would like to remind our poster that it may take a number of fills before the sweet spot is found. It took me 4 tries.