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I started Botox about 3 years ago when I was developing a permanent vertical line between my eyebrows from scowling. The Botox eliminated the wrinkle line and has prevented me from getting any additional lines. It costs me about $1000 per year ($350 every 4 months) to keep up with the Botox. But if it prevents the need for a forehead lift or for laser treatments, then I think it's worth it. And I also get far fewer headaches now that I'm not furrowing my brow all day long as I'm staring at my computer screen.

Ouch, ouch, ouch! I hurt just looking at those. How bad was the pain? Have you lost sensation in your breasts? I'm in desperate need of a lift, but I worry so much about losing sensation. Thanks so much for posting these.

Botox is the bomb! I get injections in my forehead and around my eyes every 4 months. If you're worried about fine lines, try laser treatment. I did that under my eyes and loved the results.

Me too. I'm just scared of the scars. I'm looking forward to the meeting in April when a plastic surgeon will be speaking.

There were about 4 men there. Jose Gonzales from the Yahoo group HoustonAreaBandsters was there and had helpful advice. You should come next time. I'm not too sure about the belly dancing either. I can't imagine that my belly will ever look good enough that I'll want to show it off. But there's nothing wrong with a man giving it a try. Did you see that episode of King of Queens when Doug pole dances for Carrie? It was hiliarous.

In what way do you define your liberalism?

"Everyone knows vegetarians are communists." Hint: It's from a current TV show, not a movie.

No, it's not about being uncomfortable. My attempt to change the topic was in fact an effort to prevent many of the liberals on this forum from taking the bait, which is so obviously and intentionally inflammatory. How anyone could take the original post seriously is beyond me. I myself am so conservative I make W look like a liberal. However, I am not Christian. As an agnostic American citizen, I find it disturbing that conservative Christians are regularly accused of hatred when their religious beliefs do not agree with those of liberals. Many Christians believe homosexuality is a sin and that is their right. Failing to condone a behavior is not the same as condemning the person. And I find it even more disturbing that thanks to our left-wing media, every member of our society is being forced into political correctness. So much for freedom of speech and freedom of religion. It is odd how liberals accuse conservative Christians of being intolerant, and yet liberals are so incredibly intolerant of conservative Christians. Another good one from Forrest Gump.

Dr. Emmett Brown to Marty McFly in Back to the Future. "That's heavy." - Marty "Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational force in the future?" - Doc Brown

"He tasks me. He tasks me, and I shall have him!" What movie and who said about whom?

How about when he wrote home to his parents that he met a girl who was going to give him a job, a blow job? That movie is full of good ones.

A sexy female rabbit perhaps?

From the same character I believe: "Well, we're not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here."

And he later cooked up Ray Liotta's brains and served them to him. Poor Clarice. I just about barfed watching that scene.

Is the "get down verbally" quote from a Val Kilmer movie? Is Jello the name that an actor and a food have in common?

The middle one about nerd persecution is easy. It's also one of my favorite movies. Since lap-band surgery and the horrible burping associated with it, my boyfriend now brags to his friends that I could beat Booger in the belching contest. I'll have to think about the other 2. They are not coming to mind immediately. This has become a much more fun thread, don't you think?

OK, I'm intentionally trying to change the topic of this thread to movie quotes. My all-time favorite movie quote is this: "Print is dead." Hint: It's from a 1984 blockbuster comedy. Can anyone out there name the movie, the character who said it, and the character to whom it was directed? In my line of work, this quote is a particularly relevant comment. The focus of my job is to get attorneys to move away from paper and conduct all discovery in an electronic manner, so you can see why I love this quote. I say it to an attorney at least once a week.

Wow, Steve Martin has been disguising himself as a bandster. I guess he has to use aliases to avoid the crazy fans. Wheetsin, wink wink, will you send me an autographed photo? By the way, people wouldn't troll unless others took the bait.

I'd love to see the photos. As long as your face isn't in the photos, I would go ahead and post them here if I were you. On a side note, how bad was it having the drainage tubes in for so long? How much time did you take off from work? I actually want to have everything done -- thighs, tummy, arms, boob lift, face and neck lift, too.

Hazel and Stephen - Don't be surprised if the gas pains don't kick in for a few days. Some people (including me) don't experience the gas pains until 3-5 days after surgery. If you do get them, try one of those Therma-Care Heat wraps for your shoulder. It worked wonders for me. Glad to hear you all are doing well.

Ditto on that damn time change. I have a 4 cc band. With a 2 cc fill, I can still eat about 2 cups of food. I'm eating my protein first and then using veggies to fill up on. I want to get to the point where I'm full on 1/2 a cup like you. I go to bed every night with my stomach growling. The past 2 nights, I woke up at 4 a.m. because the growling had progressed to an uncomfortable burning sensation. I ate 2 of those Vanilla Creme Rolaids and that soothed the burning emptiness, but I have a feeling I shouldn't be waking up from hunger.

That's great, Sunshine. You're very close to ONEderland. How on earth do you manage to do cardio 3 times a day? Did you quit your job, divorce your husband, sell your kids on the black market, and drop all of your friends just to make time for the exercise? 'Cause that's probably what I'd have to do to manage cardio 3 times in one day! I haven't even started exercising yet. Glad to hear your fill is getting tighter. It gives me hope. I'm at 2 ccs and feel nothing, yet.

Sheila, make sure you remind the nurse or doctor about all the problems you've been having, so they give you a small fill. I'd hate to see you have worse problems than you've already encountered. Take care of yourself.

"Fat" doesn't offend me, but "obese" kind of depresses me. I constantly make references about my own fat ass. Denying the obvious won't do me any good. I tend to refer to other fat people as heavyset or overweight when talking about them and hope that others are courteous enough to do the same for me. On the other hand, I've known skinny people who were offended by the term "skinny." I consider that a compliment, so I really don't understand what they're complaining about.

Dr. Spivak did my first fill under fluoro at the SurgiCenter, and the patient liaison (can't remember her name) told me that the 1st fill often is absorbed. Brenda did the 2nd fill and when she noticed that half the saline was gone, she did comment that that was a common occurrence. The fill itself doesn't hurt -- you hardly feel the needle at all. The only uncomfortable part is when they palpitate the area to locate the port. My entire left side is still tender from the surgery, so having it pushed and poked was not pleasant. Fortunately, Dr. Spivak remembered where he put the port, so he didn't have to do too much palpitating. When Brenda did the 2nd fill, I was able to tell her exactly where the port was, so she also didn't have to feel around much.