LauraD

After a year of researching both band and sleeve, and different surgeons, I finally have a date to get my sleeve! September 25, not too far away!! I'm really excited, and looking forward to the changes in my life.

As more people become active in this forum, it will become more informative. I also really get a lot of info at OH, but agree with MacMadame about the software issues. I am also worn out on the Mexico doc wars.

So spit, then rinse your mouth out.

Aliciaj, are you getting treatment for your bulimia? If so, you and your therapist need to discuss whether or not WLS is a safe option for you right now. I'm not trying to be a "mom" or a downer, but I think it might be better/safer for you to try and address some of the issues you have with food before getting a band or having other WLS. When I was in my late teens and early 20s, I was bulimic, and I'm very sorry you are struggling with it. Take care of yourself.

Amazing......in less than an hour, this joker has spammed the board with over 40 posts. Everywhere!

Erikalyn, the Weekly World News got into politics? I thought Batboy retired? BJean, you are amazingly articulate and wise. I wish I could express my thoughts on racism against black Americans half as well as you have. I look forward to casting my vote in November!

I'm going through the same dilemma. Plus, throw in the fact that insurance will pay for a band, but not for me to have a VSG. Right now, I am about ready to toss a coin......

Unless Headhunter is willing to discuss his complications in a factual manner, I'd also like to request that this thread be locked. He is doing nothing but stirring up trouble and fearmongering. If not locked, at this point shouldn't it be moved to Rants and Raves?

Misspoke. What does that mean? Oh yeah, that's politician for L I E D!!!

Jennie, we are going to have to agree to disagree on....a lot. (I was going to put a wink here to indicate tone, but it seemed so inappropriate for this topic.) Respectfully, could you indicate to me which of your posts was the one about the laws in Texas? The only one I thought relevant was the age of consent, and that covered a lot of states. In retrospect, of course everyone looks at the tank and the guns and says "oh!the children!". Well, here in Texas well look at a walled up religious sect and think- Waco. Personally, I think the FBI made the biggest fustercluck in history, and are responsible for the death of every individual that died, including their own men. But this is a state where the gun ranges have ladies' nights. Do I want them to take the pregnant girls away? Yes. I see the forced statuatory rape, with parental permission or not, as systemic child sex abuse on a community scale. None of the marriages these girls are entering into are legalling binding, so none of the men or the parents are protected by law. Of course, it's not feasible, so it's better for them all to stay together, where they can at least not feel like freaks in the world. I can honor a lot of things, and I can find faith in a lot of different religions. I cannot find honor, faith, or any kind of god in a religion that requires women to submit en masse to bullies who basically use them for baby and f'ing factories. Who run off any young men because they know if those young girls have any choice, they won't look twice at their daddy's friends. To me, that "church" is nothing but a pedophile's utopia. They breed their own.

Uh, y'all? Who said sex with minors was legal in Texas? Statuatory rape is just as illegal here as it is anywhere else. Our legal age of consent is 17. Regarding my earlier question those little girls aren't given a choice about whether or not they get married, or who they marry. I don't know what religion the folks across the street from me are, but if I found out they were forcing their little girl to "marry" a middle aged man who already had other "wives", I'd damn sure call the police and report it as child abuse. The court hearings on this whole mess start tomorrow, I think. I'm sure that in the end, almost-if not all-of those kids, will end up going back into the compound with their mothers. The gate will get locked up tight. But now, they know it's not so far to town, and if any of them want to get there, they know which way to go.