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.

I am waiting for the next annoucement. You are so right sometimes people just don't think....lol

I think you have the start of a good stand-up routine here. If you decide to go that way, I'll buy a ticket.

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 agree. This is why I don't post much. It seemed that every time I posted and gave an opinion if I did not include "MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR" I would get slapped. I even thought about putting "MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR" in my signature so that I would not have to say it all the time.

Oh by the way "MAKE SURE YOU CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR"

well I can see that sometimes a person can over react and others underreact but for the most part one must take accountability for there own actions and a forum is for support and some sort of direction. If you are throwing up 3 times a day see your Doc!!! that is common sence. good grief. I love the post that started this thread.

"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"

ROFLMAO:lol:

too funny!

I think we need a sense of humor to deal with life! I have surgery June 8th, I'll have to watch out for the ankle slippage and port-in-the-ass entanglement! :cool:

I totally needed this today. Oh my, that was some funny reading!

Steve, you made my day!!! Ive had the same thoughts many times have a great day ( im still laughing:) )

.. 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..!..

Lmao - I agree!!! When I read that I nearly spit my Water out! The sad thing is that sounds like something that would happen to me, ha-ha :biggrin: