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Tracy, I hope that you get this if it is really what you want. I am not a fan of people switching over to the by-pass. It's my own opinion. But if you can't have success with the band what makes you think you will have success with the by-pass. Do you really think that losing the weight with the by-pass will be the end of it all. Not hardly. Once you lose it you will still have to make sure that you follow a very strict diet to make sure that you don't regain it. I personally know of several people that lost over 100 pounds to only gain most of it back because they didn't make major changes in their lives. At least with the band if you gain it back you can go in for an adjustment. With the by-pass, nothing. No adjustments. This is just my own opinion but remember that no matter what you choose, I will cheer you on.

Tracy, I hate when my thumbnails get to short to text with on my phone. Funny about dsd, my nephew is real huge about letting us know his b-day is coming up. It's kinda funny, only difference is that we actually hear from him several times a month. I'm home from work, gas station and grocery store. I went there to buy a piece of lemon pie to take to my bil in the hospital. Nope, they didn't have any yet. So I bought him a bag on mixed candy bars. Other than that, later this afternoon I'm going to get some sewing done. Where's Terri? I hope she is getting along with the Band.

Morning. Sitting here drinking my sugar free hot cocoa. Yummy. Off to work and then home to pick hubby, sis and bil up and head to the hospital to check on the other bil. He's in a regular room now. Sounds like things are going well. Not sure about swim time today. I may need to lay off for a few days. Getting water logged. Have a great day.

Tracy, so glad you had fun at the water park. Closest one here is 15 miles away. Done with the pool for the day. I have the grill going now with chicken on it. Noodles cooking on the stove and green beans also. Then I'm done for the day. Gotta work in the morning. Kat, I certainly hope someone from your family accidently left that there. Still creepy though.

Morning Girls. Tracy, I'm so glad you mentioned the prices. I was serioulsy thinking aout taking Hubby to the circus next month when it is here. But I think he would have a fit if he saw those prices. I'm still worried about our trip to Disneyland. I was thinking of bringing t-shirts back to my sister and am afraid of how much they will cost. Yesterday the next door neighbor and her daughter came over to swim. We had such a good time. She brought a bucket of margaita's and we were able to do some serious talking. Hopefully she can come back over today so we can finish our talk. I think it does us both good. I have to tell you this cute story. You know that I had surgery last month, well. Hubby and I were talking about our trip and I told him that we would be going by Camp Pendelton and that we might stop and take a tour. He wanted to know if it was a Navy base and I told him no that it wasn't. I've known for years that he would like to tour a ship. So I told him as we got closer to San Diego we would see the ships but that I didn't know if we would be able to tour them, not sure if we need to make plans for that. I also told him that he would probably have to take the tour by himself, that I didn't think I would be able to do the tour. So he proceeds to tell me that I probably couldn't go because it is very tight quarters. "Ummm, Did you just call me Fat?" I asked him. He was stunned and stumbling on his words. He said "No". I just mean that with the small hatches and doorways...Again I asked him if he just said I was fat. It was so precious. I told him that what I was saying that he would have to take the tour by himself because I didn't think I was up to climbing the ladders and stairs thru the tour. Not sure if my back would hold up to it. I've been laughing for days about this. He would never say anything to hurt my feelings and he is just stunned by this. I think I'll quit teasing him about it. Not much going on today. Trying to talk myself into going out for a 30 minute walk. The weather here today is beautiful and I want to enjoy it for the day. Just need to get my butt moving. Kat, 2 weeks from today?????? I bet you are getting excited. Jenn, so good to see you posting alot more. I love it and the updates. Have a great day and enjoy your families.

Kat, that is truly scary. I sure hope all is ok with your car. I know how you feel about it, I would hate to know someone messed with mine. Are the Police going to patrol the area? Terri, so glad to hear from you. I never had any problems sleeping except for the fact that I'm a stomach sleeper. Took me a while to get used to side sleeping but I'm back to normal now. I took gasX but only for about two days. I never really had a problem with all the gas like I hear other people do. Good luck to you. Nice quiet evening here. Hubby and I watched a movie. Now it's off to bed. I'm working a full shift tomorrow and then off ot the hospital to check on BIL. They took him off the vent today and he was able to say his name. Now they just need to finish assesing(sp?) what all is wrong. Will he have full use of everything. Have a good one and I will check in soon.

Kat, that is scary and I hope you do get new curtains. I like leaving my windows open but only on the back of the house. That is because no one can get back there. But to find evidence of maybe some one snooping, creepy. Every night before I go to sleep I always make sure that the closet doors are closed. Hubby wants to know why I do that. You never know when someone is lurking I tell him, lol. But it's just one of those little habits I have. Hubby and I just spent 1 1/2 in the pool. It was so nice. It's very hot out and the sun is shining like crazy, so I had him spray me down good with the suntan lotion. No more sunburns fo me.

Morning Ladies. I was hoping we would have heard from Terri by now. I hope all is ok with her. I have been trying for the last 3 days to follow the New Bandster rules. I start out the day with a smoothie and it goes down hill from there. Can't figure out why I don't tell myself "NO" when I start to reach for something. Need to figure out why I'm doing that. Went to the hospital yesterday to check on BIL. He was actually raised in the bed and had his eyes open. You could tell he was tired but he did acknowledge that we were there. He still has the vent in but they should be removing it soon. They say he is breathing on his own but they are reluctant to remove it. Anyway, he's very slowing improving. They are calling today "Thermal Thursday". It is supposed to get up to 110 with a lot of humidity. I'm gonna leave here in a little and go get the sis and take her to the store before it gets too hot. Then it's back here and into the pool for me. Oh, and lots of sunscreen this time. lol.

Bye Cindy, I'll be thinking of you. Good luck to your step daughter and also to you. Kat, I have never heard of Furries. I have never seen one either. Is it like those tails that you sometimes see hanging out of peoples trunks to make you think that there is a cat inside? Well, I don't have a clue as to why anyone would want to wear one out in public. Not to much going on today. I have a doctors appointment later this afternoon with the Dermatologist. If it doesn't rain I may try to get in the pool. I hope Terri is doing good.

Our old next door neighbors had 8 dogs when we moved in. We never reported it, but the city law is no more than 5 animals in a household. Tehy would let them out and they would yippie all day long. They swore they never heard them from inside their house and therefor didn't see a problem. Years later they were down to about 4 dogs and my mom was living with us then. They would leave the dogs out all day while they were at work and they would bark all the time. My mom complained to me about it so I took the phone and went out on our deck and called them. I left a real nice message on the phone about how I was sorry but the dogs were really annoying and bothering my mom. Well, in the back ground you could really hear these dogs going at it. They got the message and kept them in till they got home. The only time we have ever complained about anyone's animals was when the guy down the street let his pit bull out and it went on a killing rampage. Animal control took their time coming out but eventually got everyones side of the story and they fined the guy. To late, other animals were already dead. He has since gotten rid of the dog and has also moved out. I hope Terri's surgery went well today.

Good Luck Terri, let us know when you are home.

My little 10 year old next door neighbor is coming over soon. Next week she has been invited to go on a cruise with a friend and their parents and she called and wanted to know if I had any work that she could do so that she could get some money for her vacation. I'm getting my baseboards polished, lol. I've got about an hours worth of work for her. I ask hubby if he needed anything done and he said "I need my boots polished". OMG. We laughed but I told him that if he took the time to explain it to her that she would do it. I wonder what the other neighbors will be having her do. Too funny.

Good Luck Terri.

Good morning girls. Getting ready to head off to work.Then I'm not sure of what I'm going to do. Lots to do but just need to figure out what I want to do first. Jenn, I wonder what is going on with the blisters. I have some of that Aloe gel with pain reliever in it so it really helped out last night. Terri, I bet you must be really excited. I'm wishing you all th luck there is. You will never regret this decision. I love my band. It's just that I'm in need of a fill. Good Luck tomorrow. Kat, glad to hear you had a great weekend. Cindy, good luck with helping out your stepdaughter. I'm sure she is going to appreciate it. Sorry that you won't have internet, that does suck. Michelle, Have fun playing Bunco tonight. I love to play that and wish I can join a group around here. We play a few times at church. So many of you are seeing movies. Looks like I might have to get off my butt and go check some of them out. Only problem is the Popcorn, lol. Have a great day and stay cool where ever you are. Heat index is supposed to be 115 here, yikes.

:smile: Owww, Sunburn. :scared2:

Wal-Mart and back. Only cost me $62.00. I'm happy. But have to go back. They only had one set of blinds. But the one I got is up and window is washed and curtains are in the dryer right now. Good day so far.

Morning girls. Kat, have a greta time even if you don't flash. I would but would be afraid that I would knock someone out. LOL. Michelle, What a mess you walked into. Wasn't it bad enough for stitches? Good deal on him fixing your schedule. I still wan to go to Chuckie Cheese. However we have a wedding reception to go to tonight at the local Bass Pro store. There is a restaurant inside where they are having it. They will have food and it is a cash bar. I hope they have lots of seafood. I also have a Papmered Chef party to go to today. I really don't want to go but it's a good friend of mine and she is counting on me to show up. Urrgggg. Not sue I will have time for the pool today. Hubby and I have to go to the store to get new plantation blinds for the 2 front bedrooms. Can you believe both of them have broke. There's a little piece of plastic in the roller part that is broke(designer flaw). So I told hubby we would go to replace them. He uses one of the rooms as the computer room and needs to close the blinds at night. Have a good one.

I got in the pool this evening. OMGoodness. It was wonderful for about 20 minutes, then the clouds rolled in and it got a little too cool for me. But I enjoyed my time.

I love Chuckie Cheese. We have one about 10 miles from here. I take the kids when I can. That's not very often though, they are expensive to buy all those tickets for them.

Hi Terri, so glad that you checked in. We were getting woried about you. OMG, next tuesday is your big day. I remember that time so well. I was so ready to do this. Just remember to do what the Doc says. You may not lose weight at the beginning and that is not unusual. Once you start getting your fillings, that will be when you will start to lose the most weight. Make sure you follow the Bandsters rules, like chew, chew, chew. Lots of water. Lots of water and more water. You'll do good. Keep us posted.

Morning. I'm gonna take off here to go to my walking soon. Wanna get it done before it starts to really heat up. I do some housework after I get back, while hubby is mowing. Later around 1pm I think we are going to head to the hospital to see Randy. Last report is that things are going wonderful and he has woken up. They will monitor him for any brain problems and see how his speech is. We also want to see his brother before he heads back home. After that I'm going to decide if I'm ready for the pool. We'll see if I'm busy or not. If all is calm I may go ahead and get in for a little bit. My actual 30 days is tomorrow, not sure if one day will make that much of a difference. Not like I'm going to swim 50 laps or do aerobics. I just want to get in and float for awhile. Have great day.

Hi girls. Home from work and resting. Wasn't sure what to fix for dinner so I opened a can of tuna and we had sandwiches. Yummy. Tracy, I hope you are enjoying that pool. I still have 2 more days till I can get in ours. I may push it and get in tomorrow. It's really hot here and I'm ready.

Hey guys. Not a good day here today. This morning I got up and went in and laid down on the bed in the computer room. Hubby and I started watching a movie. I told him I would wait to see how I felt and than make a decision on if we were working at the hospital this evening. We turned on another movie and I fell asleep. All of a sudden my phone was ringing and it was my oldest nephew. He was crying and telling me that his dad was on his way to work riding his Harley and that someone hit him. They had taken him to the hospital and he was in Critical Care on a ventilator. I told him that I was on my way and that I would meet him there. He actually came over and rode with hubby and I there. I wasn't sure on what we were going to find when we got there but I braced myself for the worse. We walked in his room and they had sedated him because they had found some bleeding in the brain. He was on a respirator. Other then that you couldn't tell that he had been in an accident. So they said that they were going to do another a CT scan at 3pm to see if the bleeding had changed any. We stayed until they took him. But up to that point all 3 doctors that had come in had told us that all was good. They said that he was responding well and that they would wait 24 hours and then decide to take the respirator out and start taking him off the sedatives. All looked good and we were talking to the 3 kids and telling them that the hard part was coming up. Their dad being off work for about 2 months recuperating was going to be torture on everyone. We had been home about 30 minutes when my nephew called really upset. Seems when they were bringing Randy back from the scan that he suffered a set back. His blood pressure dropped to like 60/40, one of his eyes is fixed and dilated and his heart rate was down to almost nothing. Right now I have 2 five year olds in my living room and I might end up having them all night. My younger sis and her hubby have headed back to the hospital. Luke called and said they were taking Randy in for surgery. They were going to drill some holes in his skull to help relieve the pressure and see if that will help. His brother is flying in from New Orleans and will be at the hospital around midnight. All 3 kids are there and lots of their friends. I had to come home because my back was starting to hurt me. Besides I can watch the kids till they all come home. So if you can, can you keep Randy in your thoughts and prayers and say an extra one for the kids. Thanks. As soon as I know more I will post.

Hey, I'm home from work and feeling pretty good. For some reason I'm having a real good day. Just hope I don't pay for it tomorrow. We are going to wait till the afternoon to decide if we will work at the hospital tomorrow evening. I told hubby I will let him know how I feel. I also told him that we won't make any trips to the Birthing Center, that way we won't have to bring back a C-Section cart. They are big and bulky to push. Other than that it's a real easy job to do. Have a great evening.

Tracy, I read your post and had to step back and think for a little bit. There was so much I wanted to say to you but I needed to make sure I said it right. First, I think you need to go back to your regular Doctor and have a good talk to him about your anti-depressant. It may be that you need to change meds. Find something else that will help you with out you questioning your thoughts and motives. Second, if you take the time to go around this web site and read some of the entries you will see that you are not the only one in the boat. It's a fact of life and a daily battle for not only you and me but for a lot of people. Maybe reading what they have gone thru you will find solice. I know I do. I know that knowing that someone else is walking this path with me makes it easier for me to keep going. I used to think that know one else understood what I was going thru and that I walked this road alone. Now when I go walking and I run thoughts thru my head I remember some of the stuff i have read from everyone and it gives me that extra push and warms my heart that I am not alone. I know that is sad and I never wish this on anyone one but know I'm not alone does help. I have looked at before and after pictures and after they regain pictures. I have looked at pics of people that we used to be friends with and see that they are still struggling. I look at myself in the mirror and see the long road ahead of me. I also see that I'm a strong person and that what I have regained will come off again. I will do it and I know that I have been down this road so many times and I'm gonna keep going down it till my dying day. I'm determined. You are a strong person and you need to take this time to get your priorities right. If you need to exercise than do it. If you need to find a job, then do it. Don't look back and say I wished I had. Get up and do it. Do what is going to keep you going and what is best for you. Because being the best you can be will show Macy that she can also tackle anything in life and meet it head on. You are a hero to me. I cherish every word you type. They are words of wisdom. I take them with me on my walks and when I'm even out just running around. You are not the only one. I absolutely adore everyone that comes here and post. That is why I keep coming here 2 or 3 times or more a day. I find strength in your daily struggle to help me get thru my daily struggle. Kat, Jenn, Cindy Angela, Michelle, Bethany, Irene, Laura, Kelly and eveyone that just pops in to read. You all keep me going and I adore you for it. You all are my heroes. Keep a stiff upper lip, shoes laced and a bottle of water in your hand. Every morning Thank God for a new day and at night Thank God for making it thru another day. Know that you are not alone and that even though we can not drop by your house and have a good talking, that we are just a key stroke away. Just a text away from you. All of us here are here for you and each other. Hang in there girl.