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Karen, I have started to use a Theramcare heat wrap. Stores generally keep them in the same area as the Pads, so they should be easy to find. Regular heating pads are nice, but they aren't very convienint, since you gotta plug 'em in. When I don't use these heat wraps, I have to take 1/2 a hydrocodone because the pain is so bad. Hope this helps!

The water! Doh! Of coarse! And here I was thinking it was the massive ammounts of steroids I have to take ever so often...

Fresh tuna is the best. You can get frozen tuna steaks from Trader Joes (if you have a Trader Joes nearby) but I've also found it at more traditional grocery store. Canned tuna is never the same after

I'm not on a pre-op diet. I probably should but, but I'm not on one. I will still be in exile until Friday... I also don't have to be on clear liquid, he's changed that requirement too. Just liquids... But I picked up some Protein drinks to try, Natural Balance 230 calories and 15 G protein.

I have very sensitive skin, so the creams burn my skin. My mother doesn't have the chin hair problem, but neither does her mother. (native american about 4 generations ago) Unfortunately, my Dad's sisters are a different story... I also have PCOS, and my mother doesn't, but only one of my neices has it. I don't think it is a new phenominun...

that's very sad. I hope she finds her way back here eventually.

<dark laughter> Pat, why do you think I went out and bought one of those tests???

I actually went out and got a pregnancy test. I mean, I NEVER miss a period, and here I am, 3 months without one. Turns out I'm not pregnant, just old.

thank you Zoe, I think you don't give yourself enough credit. This was a very powerful post. Moderators, could we make this sticky please?

Penni, I was going to ask the same thing..... Hope you are feeling better Vera!

Oh Nana!!! LMAO!!!! Of course, I was picturing my DH trying to use one! Thanks for the laugh!

and here I thought I was the only one who thought of her relationship as Fiona and Sherk! Way tooo funny! I guess it just goes to show that while we feel isolated, we really are not! And yup, this summer, more laser treatments for this Fiona...

First off, Alex B, I want to thank you very much for providing us with the band width for Lap Band Talk. I for one really appreciate your time and effort, and I know that I’m not alone in my gratitude. The moderators have my thanks as well. Moderators have a difficult job. As the moderator on a small camping list, I cannot even imaging their task on something as large and active as LBT. <o =""></o> I have belonged to other boards that were not moderated, and they were total chaos. I do not want to see LBT unmoderated. I did not weigh in on the censorship thread because I have been trying to figure out what I wanted to say. Moderators are charged with being the editors of this board. Sometimes they are heavy handed, but usually they are not. Editors are not censors, but when they are presented with a post full of hate and vitriol, it is entirely within their duties as moderators to edit those posts. I am specifically referring to the entire mess from that person from Belighter. Not only did she post a terrible attack that I found hurtful and offensive personally, she posted multiple copies on just about every single thread on every topic. The Moderators did their job by removing all but one of these posts. They did their job by editing the hurtful things out of the post. This is not censorship, it is good stewardship.<o =""> </o> I think that if people are truly receiving threatening PM, then we need a policy where those PMs should be forwarded to Moderators. The sender of those threatening PMs should be banded from the site based on their IP. Please don’t think that I am discounting anyone, that is not my intention. My only other suggestion to this situation is the creation of a privacy policy that clearly states what expectant people have for privacy from this site. Alex B, I would be happy to help craft one if you like, or we could use a simple boilerplate policy.<o =""> </o> I will be banded soon, and the support and information I have received here has been so very important. There are so many insightful people here, and I have been able to take in their words of wisdom and words of silliness to help me spark my own journey into the unknown. I know that my posts tend to be a little wordy, but, well, that is par for my course.<o =""> </o> I am totally clueless. I mean, totally clueless. I don’t read several of the discussion boards, because I don’t really have anything to add to some of topics, so I can only guess that the brouhaha happened on one of those threads. Yes, I read some of the postings from the fall-out from part of the ruckus and I know that some tempers were hot and things were said that cannot be un-said. I have read many, many threads, and I haven’t read anything that I could personally construe as an attack, but others reacted to what I didn’t perceive. <o =""></o> I suspect that because people are used to being attacked on so many levels in their lives, bullied about their weight, and hurt people tend to react to things that are not there. I also know that some people are apt to read things into threads that are not there. I know that I have been asked by others if I read anything that felt like an attack, an I honestly couldn’t find what this person was perceiving. But like I said, I am clueless. <o =""></o> Just as there is no expectation of privacy in a public place, there is no expectation of privacy on the internet. We have seen it time and time again where someone sends a sensitive and potentially embarrassing e-mail to a lover, only to have that letter made public to a billion people. Everything we say on the net needs to be thought of as a postcard, especially in a public forum.<o =""> </o> I know that I haven’t been active in the last week or so, but I’ve had several large projects and assignments due in class that take precedence over anything fun.

My other favorite movie is "Ice Pirates" which will soon be re-released to DVD! WOOT Here is a list of what "Perfect Tommy" Lewis Smith has been doing/has done Buckaroo Banzai http://imdb.com/name/nm0809095/ I'm twisted, I think Jeff Goldblum is sexy, look at he brain on him! I also love Curt Russel, Mel Gibson, and I used to really dig George Clooney. That is, until someone thought a pix of my Dad was George. Eww. Haha.

No, I had to put him down. The final staw was waking up with my chin in his jaws and him growling at me. It wasn't an easy decsion, but one that had to be made.

Don't worry Jamie, I'll go first and scout the way. Of course, that way has already been scouted by those better and wise than I...

But has anyone else felt PANIC at the thought? Or is this simply my hoarding issue?

5,000 fingers of Dr. T (very first live action Dr. Seuss movie, filmed in the 1950’s. Favorite line: “Is it…. Atomic???” Better Off Dead Paint Your Wagons Sean of the Dead (it’s a love story, with zombies!) Edward Scissorhands Mystery Men Buckaroo Bonsai and His Adventures In The 8th Dimension Galaxy Quest Overboard Dodge Ball And this is just the movies off the top of my head…

I've caught it a couple of times and found it very intriguing. Unfortunately, playing “Jr. Accountant” and “My Little Mathematician” require concentration….

I accedently stabbed myself with a pencil once... I don't have a tattoo because I get bored easily. Designs and symbols I loved 10 years ago is not what I love 10 years before that, and I expect that what I love now I will have out grown by then. I figure I'll get one when I'm 80, that way I'll only have about 20 years to get bored with it.

Hippo Birdies, two ewes!

I'm a food hoarder, but to get ready for my band and the new life after that, I've started to empty out my pantry and my freezer. It is rather stressful to open the cupbards and see then bare. But, I think to work through some of the pain I've accumulated, I need to permit myself to empty out my shelves of food. To not only let the food go, but also what it represents in my past life and my current life.

Don't let Dylan's Mom see that!!!! And Penni, you are surely goin' ta heck for that.

oh sure Nana, rub it in, RUB IT IN!!! Just flaunt all your free time at me! <sniff, sniff> WAAAAAA! I've gotta go play Jr. Accountant now...

I'm a full time student & work part time. I love video games, currently I'm playing the Sims 2 & Evil Genius