Okay, so since joining this Board a couple month ago, I have noticed some interesting things. I'd like to start with the differences in posts:

POST 1 EXAMPLE: "Oh my gosh! I just ate twelve brownies, two bagels, a piece of french bread pizza (but it was whole-wheat ), sixteen orders of french fries and topped it off with two large chocolate milk shakes and I feel sick.... what should I do?? Help me, help me now!!!"

Then there are some like this:

POST 2 EXAMPLE: "I accidently ate 5oz instead of my doctors precribed 4oz meal, what should I do?"

The reactions of some posters are equally as interesting, as "some" posters will answer the first post with:

"Oh heck...its alright, when I was 2 days out of surgery I went to a pig roast and wouldn't you know it, I ate half the pig and still had room for granny's punkin' pie - which she had made more for the rest of the family"

Then of course, to the other side of the coin, you have "some" posters in response to the second post:

"Mother of GOD!! You must call your surgeon immediately.. My band slipped all the way down to my rectum and fell out, got caught on my ankle, made me trip and they had to do sixteen hours of surgery just to disentangle my port tubing from my ass"

The bottom line is: For God's sake people use your common friggin' sense. Some on here overreact, some underreact.... Some people do dumb things... Some are way too paranoid. Then there was a post a week or so ago that the poor lady sayd she had been puking three times a day for the past six month.... Ummmm... I am not a rocket scientist and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but I can tell you that if I puked three times IN ONE DAY, let alone for six months, I would call my doctor...

Common damn sense people.

Happy Memorial Day.

.. My band slipped all the way down to my rectum and fell out, got caught on my ankle, made me trip and they had to do sixteen hours of surgery just to disentangle my port tubing from my ass".[/QUOTE]

this is probably one of the funniest postings i've read here.

please do a wkly psa..!..

Yea but it really DID happened, not to me but to my best friend's neighbor's hairdresser's uncle's boss's daughter!

Yea but it really DID happened, not to me but to my best friend's neighbor's hairdresser's uncle's boss's daughter!

Well damn it... Tell her to not eat the bones off the carnival turkey legs next time!

you know, I have been thinking to myself after being on the site for a while, there is more politically correct posturing going on here than at the democratic national convention. Almost every post has an a caveat that equates to "dont bitch slap me for this". I cant possibly be bothered to make sure I don't offend anyone. What would be the point anyway, offended people are often the most hysterical.

I welcome some down to earth common sense anytime!

This was way too funny. I think most people (myself included) worry way too much about the day to day and forget to look at our overall success. So you had a bad day. It happens........start fresh tomorrow.

As my doctor told me recently, if there was something seriously wrong with your band, you'd know it and wouldn't be on here asking for advice.

Awesome comic relief with a bit of truth thrown in to (hopefully) kick start the common sense function of the brain! I look forward to more PSA's!! I also agree with MELLIECAT about the "Political Correctness" in some posts!

Edited May 26, 200917 yr by lose2regainme

you know, I have been thinking to myself after being on the site for a while, there is more politically correct posturing going on here than at the democratic national convention. Almost every post has an a caveat that equates to "dont bitch slap me for this". I cant possibly be bothered to make sure I don't offend anyone. What would be the point anyway, offended people are often the most hysterical.

I welcome some down to earth common sense anytime!

I belong to another messageboard where I'm free to speak my mind--It's next to impossible to come here & be as kind as it looks like I'm supposed to.

I welcome Steve!!!!

LOL, Steve, great post!

"Mother of GOD!! You must call your surgeon immediately.. My band slipped all the way down to my rectum and fell out, got caught on my ankle, made me trip and they had to do sixteen hours of surgery just to disentangle my port tubing from my ass"

While reading this I snorted a mouthfull of diet green tea so violently that I am fearful the sky is falling. Should I call the surgeon?

hey steve,

you caught the essence of this board.....you made me laugh so hard i hurt my stitches.....

keep 'em comin'

josie

hey steve,

you caught the essence of this board.....you made me laugh so hard i hurt my stitches.....

keep 'em comin'

josie

well some would say "it will hurt for awhile", while others would say, "complete abdominal reconstruction surgery".... I would consult your physician....

I needed a laugh so badly, so thank you!

I just laughed so hard that my rectum hurts!! Did my band slip?!?!

I'm going to keep a link to this post handy so when people post things like that I can politely refer them to this. Emphasis on POLITELY

:wink: ROTFLMAO!!

Thank you so very much for starting this thread! Please keep them coming because we all know that you have and will have enough material to work with!

this is worth saving, so i did!

thanks for the laugh.

WOW!!! You are so right! That is one reason I have stayed away from here for some time....the way the people freak out. You are swesome for saying it.