Vera

Loving life

Glacier Point

on top of the world

near the top of Vernal with Jenny, Bill's neice

base of Vernal falls

on the trail

I'm laughing so hard at the hail pic! Thanks

Happy Birthday Leatha

Nurse on! Just want to say I'm proud of all the mothers! Bless the children

Congratulations I love these posts I wish more insur. co. would step up and relize the better we are/fit/thinner/happy the less money it will cost them happy for you

Lisa has about 3 steps...at the most I don't know if I can do the Vegas bash either See about booking with another bandster, pm them, look at motels.com..that excalibur deal...the sooner the better just suggestions I have kids too If I were to come, I'd be bringing them book now

I did the same thing to my son cause he loves to run around nude.

Oh yes! stress I was in a deposition a few months ago, we broke for lunch...it did not stay down.

Also relieves my backpain

I feel so loved! group hug

In my prayers also. Please keep us informed

Very nice Kel Thanks Paul

Paula That's alot like me, I can't eat after 7pm or I'll suffer at night. Try alittle fill, you could always get unfilled. As long as you don't eat before bedtime, you should be fine, my 2 cents.

Hi Alice, It's been awhile...how do you feel? Look? Bumping this thread cause I'm doing research. I'm very serious about having Dr. Cardenas do a TT, chin and eyes. Are you still planning on going down to Monterrey in December? Any pics you want to share?

I'm so happy for you, I can't wait to see your pic's I just cancelled a surgery for my chin and eyes planned for next week due to the cost, 13K. I'm looking in depth for Mexico options, can you give us more details, who? how much? where? So far Monterrey Mx has the best deals and results. Editing cause I just read your doc was Ernesto Castellanos, how did you become aware of him? does he have a websight? Thanks Vera

Happy for all of you! MOM too!

I don't have a fill either (9.75 Inamed band) Dr McKeenn prescribed Prevacid supension, 30 mg packets mix with 2 tlbs water I love these, take heart burn away....I only use them 3 times a week.

Dr. Horgan?? not sure of the spelling... everything iv'e read on this doc is great!

I lost in Yosemite 5,000/7,000 feet, didn't even think about food. 11K too cool At work all I do is test in Azimuth and Elevation, antenna test terms.

scheduled for July 8. Just 3 days short of my 46th birthday. Over a year ago I went to my GYN complaining that my menstrual cycles were very heavy and painful. She suggested a Mirenna IUD. The Mirena IUD has a small amount of progesterone that will virtually make your period go away completely and in 5 years you'll have to replace it, by that time I should be in menopause….Great! sign me up. So last Oct I'm on the table, feet in stirrups when the good old doc tells me that I have a fibroid in the way, that there's no way she can insert it. Months go by, periods get heavier and at about January I'm getting bursts of blood about a week after my period that lasts about a day or two then by May I'm bleeding almost every day. My doc orders an ultrasound which doesn't reveal much but some very small fibroids, she believes I have Adenomyosis, a non-cancerous condition of the uterus that can mimic many signs and symptoms of fibroids. This condition results from the lining cells of the uterus growing directly into the muscle wall of the uterus. When the lining cells of the uterus bleed at the same time as the period, these misplaced cells causes pain. As the blood accumulates, the surrounding muscle swells and forms fibrous tissue in response to the irritation. The only way of diagnosing it is by examining the uterus after it is removed. She tells me of a treatment of cauterizing the inner lining of the uterus but that this technique doesn't always work. So I opted for the Hysterectomy. I'm not going to live like this any more. At all cost I will NOT let them take my ovaries! My doc knows all about my band/rebanding and is very pro-band. Also since I don't have a colon and had intense rectum reconstruction she has decided to perform the surgery abdominal at the risk of surrounding scar tissue and the fact that I've had 2 C-sections, she'll just go in the same scar. I handle surgery fairly well, but I still have to stay in the hospital 2 nights. Good news.We just bought a newer boat, a 22' stingray 2001 and if I want to achieve my NSV goal of Water skiing, I'll have to do it by July 5th due to the 6 week recovery time. Next week we're off to Yosemite, there's 10 of going as a group. The last time I was in Yosemite was in May 03. I looked at the pictures of myself and said I've got to do something about my weight. That was the turning point in my life that started my lapband journey. Thanks for your all of the support. I haven't been as active here lately but I want to thank all of you for such a wonderful board!!