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NJChick

By NJChick, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Dutchgrl59    2

Dutchgrl59
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Good Morning all..... its Saturday!

Eileen: Super glad surgery is over for Olivia. :confused: And that parking thing made me mad! We had to pay in Los Angeles, but not that much.

Beanie: Your posts always make me laugh, and I needed to smile this morning. Hey, don't they automaticly take OUT the calories from cheesecake when it's made? We gotta find you an alternate treat.

Darcy: I continue to post here cause YOU will take me to your cabin.... I just have to be thin enough to fit thru the door! Support coming your way as you study for that externship in dog training (and you will find time to post also).

Today is another super cleaning day..... but I have the kids and they will make the progress abit slower. I also got a surprise from my Mom, she sent me $200 for my attorney fee:) So now I just need to add postage and pray that insurance gives me my lapband approval. One day at a time.

Yesterday I woke up and my left ankle is slightly swollen. It's a sign that my body is not as healthy as I once was and time to change my lifestyle. So, I'm gonna drink lots of Water, elevate my leg, drink grapefruit juice(natural diaretic) and p p lots. I'm hoping to visit Disneyland tonight at about 6pm. They have halloween decoration up and the walking will do me some good. So thats my plan for today. Hugs all!

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mousecrazy    2

mousecrazy
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Good morning!

Thanks, Eileen, for the update on Olivia! I pray she recovers and heals completely. Good for you for doing some shopping! Another catalogue that carries "giraffe" sizes are L.L. Bean...they have talls (34" inseams). I like their jeans and khakis; I'm so glad I can wear them again. I normally wear 18s, but in their sizes, I need a 20. You can look at their stuff online.

Patty, what a blessing! Put a stamp on that sucker, and let's get started on the appeal process! Have fun in the Land! Make sure you keep that ankle up for a while, even though you are busy!

Rita, good luck with your job hunt? What kind of job are you looking for?

Eileen, you asked how many days are on the "count down to retirement"? On Monday, 52 days! I am only counting work days, not the weekends.

I've got to get DD ready to go visit my sister and the baby cousin...I'll check back later!

Hope everyone's having a great OCTOBER DAY!!!!

Oops, I just figured it out....there's probably an October thread....okay, I'll go look for it....dang, I do this every month!

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jumbojet    0

jumbojet
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hi every one im not one of the ladys but i to am a september bander the 28th i gotter done it was not to bad i on the other hand had a lot of problems with gass the first 24 hrs the doc said some is normal but lucky me i had to have it all but its over and i to can now start my jurny thanks for all the insight:clap2:

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NJChick    3

NJChick
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Hi Jumbo, and Welcome !!!! race ya to the October Thread :confused:

Congratulations on the surgery :P

Patty sorry your foot is swollen :confused: I'll go to the october thead to finish....

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Rita Ann    0

Rita Ann
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Mouse I am looking for almost anything, within 20 miles from my house. I would like a front desk receptionist/clerical, I was taught by the attorney I worked for the 18 months she was a great teacher but I basically just know her office stuff. she is winding down her practice to work for the state doing law guardian for displaced children, so the deal didnt include me OH well. I applied at Lakeland bank as a file clerk. you see life experience is great but I have no college degree and I only reentered the work force 2 years ago after being home for 11 years. also before I styed home I owned my own salon with my ex-husband. my weight and age are a factor why I am not going back to cut hair...

but now that I am in ONEderland my be things will change.

thanks for asking hope I wasnt to long winded

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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