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Incidentally, I shared a pitcher of beer with my Mom at our local dive bar. Talk about bonding. :nervous I don't really care how anyone loses weight. Star Jones just ticked me off to no end for denying she'd had WLS. By denying it and using the "I've used diet and exercise" routine that we've ALL heard over and over again, it feeds into the fairytale that all overweight folk need to do is find the right diet. If it was that easy, we wouln't be here. I didin't mean to offended anyone with the "easy way out" comment. I wasn't trying to imply it's easy. It is however a reasonable end to years of yo-yo dieting and banging your head against the same brick wall of fad diets and infomercial exercise machines. Frankly, I think it should be done more often and with less shame. What's the glory in dieting and dieting and dieting with no or limited success?

Fact is, Oprah has never been skinny, just like so many of us here. However.....chick has more money than GOD. Get lapband, get a sleeve, get a DS, get a RNY, who gives a shit if it's the so called "easy way". Isn't life hard enough without INSITING you make it harder? How many personal chefs, personal trainers, personal motivators do you have to go through before you figure out that this ISN'T going to happen with the same old drone diet/exercise/watchwhatyoueat/workoutmore mentality? And as for aging...Pbbt. If you've got the money to afford a plastic surgeon who'll keep you looking under 45 till you're 105...GO FOR IT. Why not? Then again, I am drunk posting...soooo, I could be way outta line. Oh. And PS....Star Jones can suck me. She's the biggest fake that ever walked the earth. Diet and excersise my ASS. Just admit you had WLS, we'll respect you more for it. It's better than feeding us this bullshit about a pilates, Water and yoga. PUH-LEEZE!

I don't mean to sound cynical.....but..... HAHAHAHAH!! Word. Nail-Head-Got it. Took the words from my mouth. For that matter, if Oprah hasn't had surgery with all of her disposable income....the broad is just plain stupid IMHO.

I dont even want to let them know I'm having surgery. I'm going under the guise of visiting a family member. If I told people I was having surgery the rumors would range from a breast aug to abortion or sex change.

I'm self pay to Mexico, so I'm not discussing the who/what/where/when/why of my time off with any of my coworkers. ....Because they are big ol'blabber mouths.

Damnit! Thanks to my job (bastards) I can't take the time off for my surgery till after the New Year! POO SANDWHICH! Does this mean I'm excommunicated and banished to the January thread? And here I was so proud of coming up with the "Merry Losers" name....

It's the best BC in the world. I got on it about a month after the FDA approved it, so around 6 years. I'll never go on any other form of birth control again. No side effects, no forgetting pills, no break through bleeding (a v. big problem for me) and I didn't gain weight on it. I can't say enough good things about it.

I'm planning on having it done in MX, yes. How much was the surgery at Abington, if you don't mind me asking?

Does the Doctor at Abington use Fluro to fill? I'm a bit leery of FillCenters USA in general, and I heard a horror story on LBT about that FillCenter location not really doing a fill on a girl. A "phantom fill", if you will.

Bumping this, I too am looking for Phills in Philly. Haha, little City of Brotherly Love humor there.

*DEAD* That, my dear, was frickin halarious.

FWIW, I'm into BodyMods, specifically piercings and in that realm titanium is regarded as the best materia to place in a fresh piercing as it so rarely causes an allergic reaction. It's almost entirely hypo allergenic.

My Mum was one of the evacuee's from the Lake Arrowhead area. They've already lost over 200 homes in that area, and the winds are blowing towards her neck of the woods. It's been very stressful, but thankfully she's safe and sound. She said it was very surreal driving down the mountian with the flames and smoke lighting up the skyline.

Very, very informative post. I think it deserves a sticky.