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The last book I read was "Tread Lightly: Form, Footwear, and the Quest for Injury-Free Running"..... A history of the evolution of running shoes. Yes I am that much of a geek.

You remind me of me. I'm currently reading a book called "Just Ride" about getting he most enjoyment out of bicycling without turning into one of those Lycra nerds you see running around like they are in the Tour de France! I always read books about new hobbies and interests.

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Jane.. I did the same thing after I had Lipo 20 years ago. Took me forever to not want to wear them.

Yes me too! I had this exact experience w/ lipo 15 yrs ago.

I ended up wearing the compression for probably another couple months at least past when I was cleared to go without. For me I felt almost like my midsection was made of jello... like it was vulnerable or would fall out or something without its "mold" to hold it in place.

It was totally bizarre and very uncomfortable....

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Omg I love Wheel of time! One of my employees is very active in the forum/gathering of WoT events, organizes their conferences, has set up a charity for it, etc. She got us into it. My husband has read them all, I've read about 7 of them. Game of thrones, I have to tell you, I read the first one and started the second. Then I realized that I pretty much didn't give a crap if any of those characters lived or died so I decided it was time to read something else :) it just didn't appeal and frankly I didn't find them well written. Before I got addicted to this forum, I used to read for 3-4 hours a day, so I'd end up reading 2-3 books a week. Right now, I'm reading Allegiant, Amy Tan's new book, and good calories, bad calories. But I spend too much time in here :(

I read Good Calories Bad Calories years ago. It makes sense and I have tried to eat that way, but pre-sleeve it just triggered me to binge. I have to say that I think Gary Taubes is a fame whore and he sure acts a lot more like an expert (which he is not) than a journalist (which he is). I do think the sleeve or RNY guides us toward that way of eating anyway. Oh and that is a fuckeding huge book.

One of my favorite books I have read in the last few years is a huge biography of Winston Churchill. I did it as an audiobook and it took me like a month but I loved every minute of it and I now have such a crush on him. LOL

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GOT - the best series I have ever read. Loved Wheel of Time, but the ending was just Bleh.

That's ok because it will take me years to get through them! I would also like to finish the Discworld series before Pratchett dies. I came to it late and I'm only at book 10 so I don't have high hopes. I love his writing but I do find it a bit slow to get through.

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I have been feeling like a raging wimp because a week after my gallbladder surgery I am still having a lot of incision pain from one of the incisions (in my navel) and it actually hurts to walk because my belly jiggles around. I haven't run and I had to leave worm early Monday. Well I decided to change the dressing yesterday and it is infected. :( I swabbed it with q-tips and dettol (like a cross between bactine and Lysol lol) several times (burned like hell), let it dry, and put one of those breathable dressings on it. I guess I need to call the surgeon and he will probably put me on antibiotics. So annoyed but at the same time I feel sorry for my navel as I have had at least 6 laparoscopic procedures through it by now. I also think the surgeon might have actually sewed part of it closed. Not sure WTF that is about or if it is just stuck together with glue or something. Clearly he should have used shittedable staples.

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I have been feeling like a raging wimp because a week after my gallbladder surgery I am still having a lot of incision pain from one of the incisions (in my navel) and it actually hurts to walk because my belly jiggles around. I haven't run and I had to leave worm early Monday. Well I decided to change the dressing yesterday and it is infected. :( I swabbed it with q-tips and dettol (like a cross between bactine and Lysol lol) several times (burned like hell), let it dry, and put one of those breathable dressings on it. I guess I need to call the surgeon and he will probably put me on antibiotics. So annoyed but at the same time I feel sorry for my navel as I have had at least 6 laparoscopic procedures through it by now. I also think the surgeon might have actually sewed part of it closed. Not sure WTF that is about or if it is just stuck together with glue or something. Clearly he should have used shittedable staples.

Sorry girlie that just sounds horrible!

Give them a call before it gets out of hand :(

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I sneezed hard... twice ... this morning and was reminded THAT IS WHY I like the tight garments. It is no problem, no pain until something like THAT happens.

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I have been feeling like a raging wimp because a week after my gallbladder surgery I am still having a lot of incision pain from one of the incisions (in my navel) and it actually hurts to walk because my belly jiggles around. I haven't run and I had to leave worm early Monday. Well I decided to change the dressing yesterday and it is infected. :( I swabbed it with q-tips and dettol (like a cross between bactine and Lysol lol) several times (burned like hell), let it dry, and put one of those breathable dressings on it. I guess I need to call the surgeon and he will probably put me on antibiotics. So annoyed but at the same time I feel sorry for my navel as I have had at least 6 laparoscopic procedures through it by now. I also think the surgeon might have actually sewed part of it closed. Not sure WTF that is about or if it is just stuck together with glue or something. Clearly he should have used shittedable staples.

I'm every sorry for your misery but thanks for the laugh with the staples :)

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You remind me of me. I'm currently reading a book called "Just Ride" about getting he most enjoyment out of bicycling without turning into one of those Lycra nerds you see running around like they are in the Tour de France! I always read books about new hobbies and interests.

LOLOL....we are indeed 2 peas in a pod cause I have that book on my shelf. The author owns Rivendell Bicycle and frankly.....those are the coolest bikes ever built. It is my long time dream to own one. His website is like pure bike porn to me.

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Feeling nostalgic today...

So I Would like to propose a moment of silence in remembrance of an old friend. Our long meandering threads seem to have turned into a dimly lit road to nowhere... Our ability to easily help each other navigate our unique waters have been washed away with a tsunami of confusion. I will light a candle in hopes of your return my friend. In other words?

Alex!

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back our flipping VST!!! :P

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I sneezed hard... twice ... this morning and was reminded THAT IS WHY I like the tight garments. It is no problem, no pain until something like THAT happens.

Jane....I really thought I was going to be the same way. I thought I was going to be wearing my binder for months. Instead, I've only worn it once in the last 2 weeks and that was after the first day I went swimming. I could feel the swelling so I slept in the binder that night.....next morning, swelling gone. If I overdo it again, I'll put it back on to keep the swelling at bay. That's the best thing it can do for me right now. But other than that, I'm happy to leave it at home and wear more form fitting clothes.

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Feeling nostalgic today...

So I Would like to propose a moment of silence in remembrance of an old friend. Our long meandering threads seem to have turned into a dimly lit road to nowhere... Our ability to easily help each other navigate our unique waters have been washed away with a tsunami of confusion. I will light a candle in hopes of your return my friend. In other words?

Alex!

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back our flipping VST!!! :P

Lol Laura.... I was new to VSG but found it easier to navigate I have found. Sigh

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Butter said;

"Yeah, the merger may have been a death blow. But more likely, it's like an ice age. It will kill off all the major life forms, but gradually new ones will come along who didn't know what it was like before and it will repopulate."

To that I say shitED we are all dinosaurs!!! It's the purge!!! :P

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It's just like Facebook. Every time they make a change, everyone whines, complains and hates it. But then, after they get used to the change life is good again. Things will get better guys, Alex did not do this to make everyone miserable. Managing four websites at once was a huge chore. Now, with everything combined on one site, they will have more time to enable more features everyone has been asking for. You just have to be patient and give the team time to work through everything. Positive feedback and suggestions are helpful to them. General complaining without offering specific reasons why and suggestions are not. Can't we all just get along? LOL

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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
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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

        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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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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