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That's is Vera... I'm putting you in my Will. :confused:

I got to keep ALL of my blood...YAY! They are starting me on a medication that will hopefully bring the thyroid levels down ... we'll try that for six months and if that doesn't work we'll discuss other options. :confused: I won't discuss my weight... that was very depressing. I'm not sorry that I was banded but really... with all of the complications and the total cost... I certainly would not be considered a success story! I still can't imagine having a bypass... so... it was worth a try! Eileen...WOWZA... 15 viles!!!! Jeepers! Mmmm... that ice cream was YUM E. Dianne... I bet you are going to be glad you went once it is over! I am going to drag myslef in tomorrow as I have been slacking for over a week now! Patty... Hope the the cut and color leave you feeling like a new woman! I know I always feel so much better after a little one on one with the beautician! I should go more often but always wait until I look like a total rag-o-muffin before I make an appointment! Cindy... I think that's a great idea in regards to the packing. I had my daughter's things pretty well ready to go a week ago. Sometimes a girl just has to reach that "I'm totally ready for a fill" place before making the plunge! Me... I don't think I can muster up the courage to put more in... the problems from before are still too fresh in my mind. Good Luck! Well... I have really got to get back on track as far as life goes. I don't know what my problem is but I have zero ambition. TIme to get back to working out and maybe that will help? You guys really are awesome! Pat... Anne... where the heck are ya?

Thanks Everyone! One more year in my 30's I better make it count!

Dianne... THey'll probably suck my blood today too so I'll be thinging about you and feeling lucky when they only take two vials of mine! Good Luck!

Whoops... Jan... I missed your post somehow! WOW girl.. look at how well you have worked with your band! I bet you look and feel terrific! TTFN

Morning All.. Thanks for all of the Birthday wishes... you guys rock! Well... hubby came home with an ice cream cake and took me out for Mexican food. When they found out it was my birthday they brought me huge fried ice cream. Oh... did I mention the ginormous margartita? Hmmm... I'm pretty sure I consumed a couple weeks worth of calories in one night! Oh well! We didn't go see Capt. Jack but imagine we will this week. DD shipped off without a hitch... I miss her already! Have to go to the endocrinologist to discuss Sybil (My goiter) this morning... hopefully they will tell me it's okay to wait until January to treat because we are pretty maxed out financially right now. Dianne... Boy I tell ya... when it rains it pours. I am really glad that it was just the car that was hurt and only your DD's feelings were damaged. It really is weird how they can seem mature and together one minute and 2 year olds the next...lol. Hope you met up with the girls and had a great time! Kat... I didn't really clean but I did work out in the garden which I actually love doing... it was all good! Cindy... I actually like being alone too... I was single for a lot of years in between the divorce and this marriage and I learned to be quite content with my own company. It help that I have several personalities to keep me company...lol. J/K Sherry... You and your hubby sound like such a wonderful couple... both of you are really out there enjoying life! You guys are going to have a blast no matter what you wear on your trip! Donna... I'm glad your hubby is home with you now... there is nothing like the love of your family to get you through the rough spots in lfe. (((Hugs))) Well... Off to jump in the shower!

Wow... I am just now seeing this thread... Christina... you will certainly be in my prayers and sending wishes for a speedy recovery! It seems I have been hearing of more and more women having stokes in their 30's and 40's... it's certainly making me sit up and take notice! I am especially glad that I quit smoking in January and this certainly gives me an additional reason to stay smoke free! Get Well Soon!

Hey guys... THanks for the B-Day wishes! NO CAKE *pout* Actually... NO BODY...lol... everyone left me today! Oh but sure... they left the dogs...lol! One more year in my 30's... I guess I had better live it up! Betty... Glad to hear you are going to go see what's up with your foot and really glad to hear the your DB is home! Yay! LOL on you hubby not rowing. I was in a canoe alone so not rowing was not an option...lol. I did cry at one point when I was stuck AGAIN... just after being tossed out of the canoe and suddenly I realized my sunglass clips went out with everything else! I was frustrated more than anything... and ready to sit my arse down in the middle of the river... cross my arms and refuse to go any further...lol. Oh well... it is definitely a trip to remember! Patty... I think it is high time that the adventures around your home start having more to do with trips and less to do with hospitals! I think I will go see Johnny this evening... that kiss sounds too good to pass up! Eileen... I hope you got to do more swimming than cleaning today! I have been analyzing my lack of urge to splurge on purses OR shoes and here is my best explanation. Ahem... Purses are carried at belly or butt level and I never want to draw attention to those area of my body AND... I have skis for feet... no need to draw attention there either! Now... quilts... I can wrap those suckers around my entire body... perfect. :peep: Oh... hope your back side has recovered from last night...hehehe. Alone and 39... Dang... bartender... bring me my whine!

Thanks! I needed to get back on track with family recipes!

Hey All... Sherry... I just hear ya! There is nothing like a shopping trip to leave you feeling funky... and I hate how Fashion Bugs sizes vary... drives me nuts! I do most of my shopping at Walmart in the size I am in no just because I don't want to spend money on big sizes... I keep thinking that it isn't permanent! Find something that is loose and comfy and remember... you obviously have a fella that is going to love you and think you look great no matter what! Donna... I am sooooooooooooo sorry!!!! I had wanted to keep my house as a rental when married my hubby and he wouldn't hear of it... boy amd I glad we didn't! I hope you are able to get it back without any further damage being done! I feel for her kids... I'm not sure why our system is so hot to keep kids with their parents? Parents get far too many chances to get it together and by the time the courts take them away legally they are too old for many to consider adopting them. My sister has adopted three... the girls were older and are going to be a big challenge. Anyhooo.... sorry this has happened to your home! Patty... I want to go see that movie!!! Hmmmm....maybe I'll drag the hubby today! You have such a great outlook in regards to the whole banding approval issue and I know it will all work out in the end as it should! Kat... Hope your yard gotta good soaking! I remember the long dry summers in California and I love how everything stays green here all season... or white...lol. Boy... if I'd of had a fish... I would have thrown it for sure! AND... half of the tubers were smoking... so here I was was a frustrated... fatigued... soaking wet ex-smoker... and I wanted cigarette in the worst way! Thank goodness we were too busy dodging rocks! Eileen... I must not be a woman... cause I have had the same purse for ages...lol. NOW... that being said... I probably have a DOZEN or more quilted totes...lol. I know what you mean about the clutzy thang... I trip all over myself in public... wait... who am I kidding... I do it all of the time! Cindy... Ohhh... Nashville sounds like fun! I love seeing new places so I would meet nearly anywhere that I can drive to. Okay... have to go wake the girl up so that she can get ready for her exciting camp retreat! The pal she is going with keeps telling her how much she hates the camp... that is sucks...that it's boring... etc... dang kid! We took her with us on our family trip last year and she is just not the biggest ray of sunshine ever! She reminds me of Eyeore. Emily will have to be positive enough for them both I guess! Have a good weekend all...

Oh Wow Amy... I am so sorry this has happened to you! I think 20 years of life together certainly warrants a more respectful and caring goodbye but I'm sure it would be devastating in any form. I'm so glad you are seeing a counselor and I hope you will lean on friends and family while going through this. I pray that you will find the strength you need to get through this so that you can move forward and find the wonderful things that I know life has in store. THe best advice I can give after going through an unexpected separation and divorce is to stay busy... get out... take a class... go to the park... meet up with friends... invite one of them to take that trip with you... take long walks... get your hair done... go shopping... stay busy. (((Hugs)))

LOLOLOL... Ohhh Miss Eileen... if you could only have seen the folks lazily floating down the river on their tubes that were laughing their butts off as I was flipped into the Water (For the second time)... then my struggle to just get up as the canoe went on down the river without me! It was torture I tell ya... repeat after me girls... CANOE TRIPS SUCK...lol. OH... and step AWAY from the lazyboy!!!! :scared: Dianne... I have met so many wonderful people since being banded... shoot... even if I never get back under 200 again... it was worth it just for the friends that I've made! Life is bound to throw everyone a curve ball now and then and it sure is good to be able to turn to a great group of friends for support isn't it? I hope that one day I will be able to meet some of you... if you all put together a plan I'll do my best to attend if finances will allow. Cindy... Make that two on the cotton candy request. I am apparently on a mission to see exactly how much food I can shove down my pie hole in one day. Hope you have fun at the waterpark and good luck with the sleepover! Rene... I'm hereby handing you the biggest Gold Starever for that! OMIGOSH... there is not a chance in the world I could have walked away from a hot fudge sundae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW! Mary... Sorry you didn't get to wear that great dress... BUT... on the bright side... you can still take a picture of yourself all decked out and share it with us! Okay... back to laundry... ohhhhh the fun never ends!

Betty... you must have been posting while I was typing! I'm sorry about your foot!!! I think you are going to have to get back to that doctor pronto! Are you wrapping your foot during the day? Sometimes having that support from a wrap can make things tolerable? I think you better to stop wearing those spike heals for your hubby. *wink* Seriously... I don't want to see you cry and it must be hard to concentrate at work with that pain anyway so get that appointment made girl!

Dianne... Sending big hugs and a big prayer for you and your hubby! I have moved so much in my life and I have hated it almost every single time. I can't imagine how hard it would be to move after being in one spot for a long period of time... but I'm thinking it would be pretty tough! THere are always people in the world that have it tougher... but that doesn't make your worries, fears or pain less valid or important. It's a support group you are supposed to sit and share some whine with all of us once in awhile!

Hey Guys... Yes Cindy... it is vacation week but we are just heading back and forth to the cabin and doing fun things in and around home and up north. We are back for a couple of days but I am flying around trying to get everything ready for my Miss Em to go to camp. We have been having fun for the most part if you don't count the four hour (what the hell were we thinking) canoe trip. LOL THe river was really low ... rocks... many rocks... many flips... lost gear... never again...lol. I am so sore I can hardly move! I have been trying to catch up on reading... but holy cats how easy it is to get behind! Patty... What a bummer but kudos to you for keeping your chin up! I's be pouting and stomping around like a big ole 2 year old. Betty... I'm alive. Sounds like you are running your buns off as usual! Is your foot continuing to improve???? Cindy... I hear you on the food struggle. (((Hugs))) I don't think I would be much help with the DD issue. I am the queen of making a delicate subject into dinner conversation. I've always talked freely about the facts of life with my DD... and while she will say EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW... she is rarely embarassed when we descuss delicate matters. Kat... Sounds like you and the hubby are finding fun ways to make the wait for surgery go by quickly! Eileen... Bad Girls...Bad Girls... whatcha gonna do... whatcha gonna do when they come for you! :confused: We sat so close to the fireworks launching site that we could hear and watch the guys yelling and loading. Yikes... I think I may need to learn to sign! Dianne... Girl... I have to tell you... the site isn't letting me review the posts on page one and I am experiencing a complete brain fart at the moment and can't remember what your post said. Soooorrryyy...forgive me? Hope you had a great 4th though! Sherry... You are so loved by your hubby and it sounds like you deserve every minute of it! It sounds like you had a wonderful anniversary...congrats! Donna... So sorry about the sad news. (((hugs))) Glad you got to talk with your son and that he is still hanging in there! To anyone I left out... forgive me... *refer to the brain fart issue mentioned above* TTFN

She comes across as cold and superior to me... heavy or thin... the lady within seems to lack the warmth to make a connection with anyone.

I quit smoking before my surgery as I knew that I was increasing my risks for post-op complications. Being under anesthesia holds its own risks and compromising lung function ads more risks to the ones that already exist. If you can... follow-through and quit before surgery. I started back up after surgery which was so dumb... and continued the quit/start/quit/start game for quite awhile. I quit again the end of January and I know this time it will stick. I feel and smell so much better! It was one of the hardest things I have ever done but well worth the effort! Oh... combining the nicotine patches with Zyban (wellbutrin) apparently takes a lot of the horror out of quitting... you could ask your doctor about that. :success1:

Oh Betty... I am so glad that there has been improvement for in your brothers and your aunts conditions! We'll keep those prayers and positive thoughts headed your way! I hope you are trying to take care of yourself as well... your family needs you to be healthy! Well... Something I haven't shared with anyone except my hubby and my DD... I'm not sure why but I'll save that analysis for later...lol I have been studying for the last year to become a certified dog trainer. I just started the internship portion of the program last night and had a ball. I'm not expecting this to turn into gainful employment but I do hope that I can use the certification to help out my local shelter and possibly use it for fostering shelter dogs. It has been great for my daughter that I stay at home now as most of her life I worked shift work... nights... weekends... holidays... BUT... I need to work in some way even if there is no pay check involved! Soooo.... there you have it... the dogs outta the bag... so if I fail... all of you will have to console me...lol. Sherry... I think dogs should come in pairs... they love us but I think it is a much more natural state to have one of their own kind to interact with. I'm not saying a dog can't be happy alone with a human... just happier with a buddy. :success1: Kat... It is going to be so wonderful when your hubby's surgery is behind you... it has to be tough doing the waiting game! Hope the party goes off without a hitch and that everyone has a great time! I will do a rain dance for you. (In private as it is not pretty when I dance) :party: I'll try not to do it on the day of your party...lol. Sorry I didn't get to everyone else... I'll have to try and come back later to catch up! TTFN!

Morning all... Bad nights sleep... eyes are feeling a bit like sand paper with extra sand! Well... DD has to go to the dentist this morning...she really needs braces but she lets her baby teeth hand loose in her mouth until they literally fall out unassisted. They won't do the braces until her baby teeth are all out. Anyhoo... she's been yanking on them to beat the band as she is afraid the dentist will pull them out... hmmm... wonder where she got that idea.:noidea: Wishes for everyone to have a good day and Betty... my thoughts and prayers are still with you and your brother. (((Hugs)))

Way too cute Sherry... looks like your pups are going to be good pals!

Betty... all my prayers are for you and your brother right now... I still remember what it was like to sit by my brothers bed hoping he would just open up his eyes and be okay. ((((Hugs))))

Morning All... Betty... Glad you and your hubby got out for a ride... there's nothing like the wind through ones hair to help clear the mind and refresh the spirit! Donna... WOWZA... that's a beaut of a necklace! Happy Anniversary and let us know what the other surprise turns out to be! If the necklace is any indication is should be awesome! Cindy... Girls are developing earlier and earlier... my niece started developing at age 8 but she still hasn't "started" and she is turning 13. My DD is petrified at the idea of having a period... and has already told me she is never having children...lol. Hope she changes her mind! PattiU... COngrats on your surgery date! We are all here for you! I think everyone has a varied recovery. I would say that the first 3 days post-op were the most uncomfortable for me. After that I didn't have a lot of pain (Other than my port site) I was just easily fatigued. Six days post-op we went to the MIlwaukee Zoo and walked and walked... I underestimated how good I was feeling and was darned near ready to cry by the time we left...lol. SOme people feel great right away and go shopping after surgery... I wasn't one of them. Chris... I met my hubby on Match. :confused: When I was dating on Match I set my rules and I stuck to them. My rule was that I didn't want to date anyone in a high testosterone job such as an EMT... Police officer... Firefighter... etc... I had the macho man with the first marriage and wanted a cerebral kind of guy the second time around. I firgured if I never dated a macho guy... I wouldn't fall in love with one. If you don't like smoking... I guess I would avoid dating a guy that smokes cause you just might fall head over heels and be smelling smoke and emptying ashtrays for the rest of your life....lol. Good luck with whatever you decide! Guess I had better get moving... trying to talk myself out of going to work out... but after a weekend of binging on ice cream I really need to go! TTFN

OMIGOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at that face!!!!!! SOmebody sing an ode to puppy breath! :confused:

Hey All... Hope everyone is staying busy and having a little fun this weekend. I went up to the cabin for the day yesterday all by my lonesome (Hubby is away at a fishing tournament). It was great until a storm started through so I packed everything up and came home! As far as the toxic nudule on my goiter... I guess they either so radioactive iodine to kill the little booger or surgically remove it. I'm actually relieved that it's my thyroid and not my heart. :Banane48: Eileen... My hubby is like that too... I personally would rather have a little less perfection and a lot more action! :Banane41: Hope you have fun with the DD and the birthday and the play. Sooooooooo glad your fill is working out for you... wish I could get the courage together to try another fill! Pat... Did your hubby get lucky? Chris... Welcome! ANy friend of Sherry's is a friend of ours! :coolB: Betty... Oy... you really do have so much to deal with right now. I think you need to teach your hubby to cook and head out for a nice long ride on your Harley and recharge your batteries. You are in my thoughts and prayers. (((Hugs))) Sherry... Congrats on yournew family member... PICTURES are required of the new pup AND we are still waiting on the before and after. Come on... the eyelids closed/ drugged look will only make your after picture look that much more fantastic! No pressure though...lol. Donna... Sorry about all of the rain! I'm always happy to see it here as then I am spared the watering of the garden! :woot: Cute turtle! Do you get to see the little babies making a run for it after they hatch???? Patty... Hope you all had fun at DL! I know... a really gross sounding diagnosis... I think I'll call it Enlarged Multi-faceted Eminating Pearl Syndrome. :drum: Hope you catch up on your zzzzzz's soon! Cindy... My daughter feels the same way about kissing and all of the other things that were taught in her Health class and she is 12... hmmmm... so you think she is just saying it to put me at ease??? lol. She asked me if Chuck and I have sex... I said... "Well of course not! " (Said in a joking voice) She said... "WHEW.. I mean... what would be the point...you can't have babies anymore!" She is completely grossed out if she catches us kissing so we really lay it on thick with big smootching sounds. I hope your friend does decide to get treatment... from what I am reading... there can be complications from untreaded hyperthyroidism such as osteoporosis. I plan on doing whatever they suggest as the palpatations are still hanging around even on the beta-blocker. THey are better... but still there. ANyhoo... I am going to get the house back in shape today even if it kills me! While the husband is away... the wife will throw away all of the clutter...lol. (((Hugs)))

Hey All... Just a quickie :eek: Well... you know... I thought multi-nodular goiter sounded gross enough but now that the Ultrasound results are back I have TOXIC mutli-nodular goiter... sheesh... makes me feel like I need a scull and cross-bones on my neck! My Doc is sending me back to the endocrinologist and he said the palpatations are most definitely due to my nodules. Anyhoo... I dare them to get near my neck with a nodule sucking needle...lol. Betty.... More ((((HUGS)))) I'll have to catch up with everyone later... have a good weekend!