TerriDoodle

I would call around to find a doctor who would fill it with Omnipaque first, before doing anything else so drastic. If the Omnipaque doesn't do the trick, then go for a port revision (or whatever). If you need more info on fills done with Omnipaque, you can call my Dr's office (Dr. Spivak) and one of the nurses will be happy to talk with you...they're great. Dr Spivak has been doing this longer than any US doctor. He was part of the original FDA trials and has proctored many, many doctors. He's been using Omnipaque for disappearing fills with no problems whatsoever.

It's not all worked out yet....it's looking like we might need another driver in Houston if Jenn lands there, too. I may have to pick up the early AND the late San Antonio arrivals.

Can you imagine how many pages and pages and pages our threads would cover if we all used a font like this?? LOL Ghost tour, huh? If you have any extra drugs I MIGHT go on the ghost tour. Gives me the creeps!!! But it would be fun with you girls. Going to the ALAMO is a requirement for all visitors to Texas. You gotta show your ticket stub to the security officers at the airport or they won't let you on the plane. Lots of people wear T-shirts on the river, too....especially if you're prone to sunburn. Man, those arms, chest and shoulders can get dowright crispy since you're kinda stuck in one position all that time. I did have a horrifying revelation earlier. I can't drink BEER while toobin'!!!! OMG!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: That's like the ONLY time I drink beer:beer_yum:...on the river and at the beach...and i make up for lost time, lemme tell ya. OMG!!! What will i drink??? There is NO suitable substitue!!!!

I was good and now I am bad, too, Laura. I had chocolate cake. Big hunk of it. :rolleyes2: Now I feel like shit.

..... at 8:00 in the MORNING?? It's gonna be a loooooooong day for Laura!! LOL

Itinerary goes something like this....we can change it around as we wish! Friday afternoon/evening - just hang out on the porch, eat dinner in Gruene, poke around, then go to the Tavern...basically whatever we feel like doin'. We might be kinda tired from all the travelling and want to just decompress a bit. Saturday morning - go toobin' after breakfast. This can be a 2 or 4 hour float, whichever we prefer. Come in, get cleaned up, have lunch then go shopping in Gruene. Saturday night, go boot scootin' at the Gruene Hall (oldest dance hall in Texas)! Sunday morning - have breakfast, pack up, check out by 11:00. We can hang out there or mosey on over to San Antonio. In San Antonio there is so much we can do we'll have to take a vote or something...mostly touring the Alamo and other cool historical neighborhoods and buildings, walk on the River, eat Tex-Mex in the Mercado and drink! Sunday night we could go on a ghost tour!! (Anyone brave enough?) Monday morning we'll have to find a nice place on the river for breakfast and enjoy some quiet time. Then it'll be time to start saying goodbye :rolleyes2: .

Haydee will probably be taking that IAH group....might want to ask her too. How early do YOU have to get up to arrive in Houston by 9:30??? Good lawd! I'd just leave it the way it is. Michelle can browse around the airport for an hour waiting for you, I'm sure she wouldn't mind! Have breakfast, get a little coffee, go tinkle, find your gate and BAM! Here you are!! Call Haydee who's waiting for you in the cell phone lot, meet her in passenger pick up and BAM! You're on your way to Gruene!! You're on the road and in Gruene by 3:30! Perfect!

This looks like it's going to work out real well!! ----------------------------------- ARRIVALS ----------------------------------- Group I Michelle arrives IAH 9:44a Kat arrives IAH 10:51a Group II Jane arrives SAT 11;15a TracyKS arrives 11:05a Group III Pamela arrives SAT 2:20p Judy arrives SAT 3:44p ----------------------------------------- DEPARTURES ----------------------------------------- Group I Pamela dep SAT 3:10p TracyKS dep SAT 4:00p Judy dep SAT 4:15p Group II Michelle dep IAH 4:45p Kat dep IAH 5:40p (Jane drives with IAH group; departing 2 days later) So, Jennifer -- if you can work within these time frames, that'd be awesome.

Its just Perfect!

Oh, I KNOW that! I'm just messin' witcha.

OK, Kat & Jane.... Judge's Chambers it is. Good choice! I'm off to call the B&B to pull the trigger on those arrangements now! WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!! :frown::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

See, Laura?? Violets are willing to go to PRISON if it'll get you to come on this trip!!!!! How can you snub your nose at that kind of loyalty??

Houston, we have a problem. Raise your hand if you have to have a shower (rather than a tub) in order to function. So far I've got 6 people standing in line for our shower. Maybe we need to find another hotel.:frown:

GRUENIES - Please PM me with your flight arrangements....if you have them nailed down....or almost nailed down. I wanna see what this is starting to look like. You can send me a couple of different options if you can't decide between the two or want me to look at how they fit with others'.

Kat - Gruene is 3 hours from Houston, but 4 hours from where Tracy lives. Haydee and I live closest to IAH; Tracy lives closest to Hobby Airport. I just figure we'll be chatting at 100 miles an hour that those 3 hours would fly by! Especially if you'd have to connect thru IAH or Dallas anyway...the time you'd save wouldn't be that significant. Y'know? That is illegal on about 20 different levels!!! LOL!!! Go to the top of the thread and look under "Thread Tools":frown:

FLIGHTS Make sure you check for price breaks flying into Houston rather than San Antonio. If you can get to Houston by noon or so, one of us can lag behind and pick up an IAH crew. (Michelle is finding that her costs are much less flying into Houston, for example) TracyK can even pick up from Houston Hobby which is where Southwest flies into. Keep in mind that traffic on a Friday afternoon starts getting real heavy with folks trying to get out of town, etc....so getting here before noon would be extremely helpful. That would get you into Gruene by 4:00-5:00.

Judy - Whatcha gonna sing for us in Gruene? We're expecting a concert, complete with bells y'know!

Ok, sounds good to me. Don't send me anything yet! I'll tell ya when...and give you a final, final, FINAL tally!

It is most certainly my pleasure to arrange this trip for all of you!! I can practically do it in my sleep ...almost. The thrill of introducing you to my little piece of Texas paradise is so much fun for me....not to mention the HUGE thrill of meeting and spending quality time with you all!! We'll nail down details of how/when to send money later on...but I'm thinking it might be easiest if I just pay for all the rooms if ya'll can pay me in full for them before May 1st? Is that practical for everyone? The alternative is that you each pay for your own rooms at check out...BUT...they will only accept one credit card for each room...so you'd have to settle it with your roomies. What do ya'll think?

Me neither!! :Dancing_biggrin:

I can fix it! Send it to me!

RESERVATIONS ARE CLOSED AND WE'RE STARTING A NEW THREAD... JUST CALLING IT: Gruene Violets

(((((((tracyk)))))):biggrin: sorry you feel so crummy

Shannon, My doc uses Omnipaque to prevent this 'leakage' that seems to be so common. He describes the band like a balloon, and saline like air. Over time the saline will sometimes leak thru the band just like air leaks thru the surface of a balloon. Omnipaque is thicker so it doesn't present the same problems. It's unconventional, but it works and it's safe.

Judy- I have had hypoglycemia (kind of like diabetes) since I was 16. I have not had one episode since I've been banded. I'm a believer.