I hate it when people post just to post.....

[travelgirl 3]

Yeah, I was trying to be bitchy, but it didn't come out very bitchy after I read it! LOL

Do you guys think I was bitchy enough?

I thought it had just the right mix..... How about me? I thought I was too bitchy, but she really pissed me off beyond my ability to keep my mouth shut (or my fingers still)!

[babygrl1234 6]

She's just bitter that her farts smell like a dead rats intestines.

[Turler 6]

TG: I particularly liked it when you told her to "step off' and "shove it up her darkside". WAY bitchier than what I said! You rock.

[anonemouse 1]

Now y'all know why I stay away from OH! Every so often, I let it draw me back in and I'll lurk just long enough to get really pissed off and come back here.

[plain 12]

Laurend, why do you stay away from Ohio?

Kidding.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I was going to ask which thread you are talking about. Now that I know it's on OH, never mind.....I don't even bother to read anything over there.

[anonemouse 1]

I was going to ask which thread you are talking about. Now that I know it's on OH, never mind.....I don't even bother to read anything over there.

Oh no, it's here. It's the DS thread. (At least, I think that's what everyone else is talking about.)

[plain 12]

tread carefully or somebody'll lecture you on how their DS allows them to eat "steak and candy" and still be healthy.

[losingjusme 12]

tread carefully or somebody'll lecture you on how their Duodenal switch allows them to eat "steak and candy" and still be healthy.

"healthy", but stinky...

[miztrniceguy 1]

hey...i got my band so i can eat steak and candy, cuz i luv pb soooo much

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

Oh, you must be talking about WasA's thread. That's some funny stuff.

[travelgirl 3]

Oh, don't get me started on THAT again. I am still trying to figure out why she's here AT ALL if she's no longer banded, for some time now, and has had revision surgery. Unless she's only here to discourage people from being banded, or to dog those of us who have been. I don't buy that she's here because there's a place for her here in the "life after removal" forum, because while I can see reading/posting there for a while after removal, I can't understand hanging around after a revision.

Anyone else understand that motivation?

[luluc 6]

Anyone else understand that motivation?

Nope - and she didn't answer my question why that board talks SO much about the "Choke Chain / Laff band. I saw her reply to Angelica, and slamming her for working out like crazy. I guess the DS Bariatric surgeons are the only one's in the WLS field that don't recommend Diet & Exercisce as part of Post Surgery......Amazed, she should have posted over in the Complications thread if she want's to spread her word - she entered the R&R and wanted to debate? Don't necessarily think so...

Lu~

[anonemouse 1]

As much as I think people should be educated on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the band, I also think it's pretty obvious why her band failed. Or rather, why she failed her band. After all, we go on and on and on about how the band is only a tool and only works as well as the banded person works it. If you don't get filled to the right restriction, if you don't eat the right foods, if you don't exercise, you aren't going to be very successful in the long run. The band isn't for people looking for the easy way out. You gotta put some effort into it. And to me, that's the best thing about it, because it FORCES you to make those lifestyle changes that we all found a bit too hard to make when we were unbanded, because you go into this (or at least, you SHOULD) knowing that this is on YOU. And to me, being bitter and angry about still being fat after getting the band is completely stupid, 'cause the band can't do 100% of the work for you. That's YOUR failing, not the band, in most cases. So be pissed at yourself, not at your band, and certainly not at people who ARE successful at losing weight with the band. Being pissed and bitter at a completely inanimate object - one that has done it's one and only job of restricting the amount you can eat - makes no sense whatsoever.

Edited April 1, 2008 by laurend

[losingjusme 12]

As much as I think people should be educated on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the band, I also think it's pretty obvious why her band failed. Or rather, why she failed her band. After all, we go on and on and on about how the band is only a tool and only works as well as the banded person works it. If you don't get filled to the right restriction, if you don't eat the right foods, if you don't exercise, you aren't going to be very successful in the long run. The band isn't for people looking for the easy way out. You gotta put some effort into it. And to me, that's the best thing about it, because it FORCES you to make those lifestyle changes that we all found a bit too hard to make when we were unbanded, because you go into this (or at least, you SHOULD) knowing that this is on YOU. And to me, being bitter and angry about still being fat after getting the band is completely stupid, 'cause the band can't do 100% of the work for you. That's YOUR failing, not the band, in most cases. So be pissed at yourself, not at your band, and certainly not at people who ARE successful at losing weight with the band. Being pissed and bitter at a completely inanimate object - one that has done it's one and only job of restricting the amount you can eat - makes no sense whatsoever.

quoting the entire thing cause it was that good and needed to be seen again...

that was an amazing post Lauren!