NukeChik

HELP!! I no longer get instant notifications when someone posts to a thread I'm subscribed to. I also no longer get emails for private messages or friend requests. Nada, zip, zilch, I haven't gotten an email from LapBandTalk.com for about a week and a half. I've looked under my options and such and cannot find anything amiss. I emailed technical support about 3 days ago and still haven't heard a peep.

My highest was 273 pounds which was right before they took me into surgery. I would have to say my lowest weight would be 164 when I was about 16, my normal low was 173 pounds up until I was about 18. After the age of 18 my lowest was 190. I put my goal at 160, I'm sure its probably not attainable, but what the hell. (I'm 6 feet tall, so thats pretty slim)

I've mostly had problems with crackers and french fries. I will have some issues with dry chicken every now and again, but french fries are the worst for me (which is awesome!)

Isn't it sufficient to tell your boss you've got a doc appt?? I have no problems working after the appt.

Yay to Boo!!!! Love the pic, not crazy about the shadowing they did behind her though.

Thanks for the tip, but no dice.... I have a "screened" mailbox and it is empty.

PB- productive burp, preceded by sliming other things you'll see NSV non scale victory DH, DD, DS- Dear Husband, Dear Daughter, Dear Son, etc...

No cath for me. Ice chips as soon as I asked for them in recovery. Water and apple juice when I was taken to step down recovery. I was at a surgical center, outpatient so I had surgery at 9 am and was headed home by 12 (by my choice)

Yes, Nuclear plants cause waste I guess I would see the difference as we responsibly handle our OWN waste. We store our spent fuel rods in a safe manner. Everything we do as humans produces waste, this is a fact of life. Take with the give. I personally worry more about hormones in my water, but I'm a freak :sad_smile:. I truly, truly wish that everyone could be more responsible with energy usage, recycling, etc... I wish we didn't need any more nuclear plants, but I see it as the only solution to the looming energy crisis. Its economical, the waste that is produced is safely contained. I live 4 miles from the plant that I work at. I can actually see the cooling towers from my driveway in the winter (when the leaves are down). I know everyone that operates the reactor. I especially know the level of knowledge and mental acuity that is required to operate a plant. The training is extensive both initially and continuing. I have no problems sleeping at night, or drinking my tap water, or breathing the fresh air!

Jack, I truly am sorry that your family was exposed to Hanford, let me say that first. Hanford was basically a dept of defense site. DOD sites do not follow the same rules or any rules for that manner that a power producing nuclear site does. Basically they can do what they want because they say that it is for the greater good, its actually a totally separate operating space. Unfortunately the operating nuclear power plants of today are plagued by DOD sites and the Chernobyl's and TMI's.

Nuclear plants are a "short term" solution, they are actually THE solution. What is boils down to with a fossil plant is power output and capacity. 1 nuclear reactor puts out the equivalent of 4 fossil plants in terms of megawatts produced. Every year power demand goes up and the supply has remained basically the same. Somethings gotta give, unless of course you want to have scheduled blocks of time a day when you get to have power. I guess we could ration it so we don't pollute anymore, I'm sure we could get the american people to buy into that (I type that in a joking, yet thought provoking tone, not a combative smart a@@ one, BTW). What do you think nuclear plants need to do to evolve? We've done about all that we can do in that area. When nuclear plants were originally constructed the DOE (Dept of Energy) had the promises of a place for nuclear plants to store their fuel, you've possibly heard of it Yucca Mountain. Well that has gone to He^^ in a handbasket so to speak and nuclear plants have evolved to containing their surplus spent fuel onsite. Its quite a feat actually. Nuclear plants continually strive to be safer and to instill public's confidence.

I would also try sea bass and grouper (there are limits to how much grouper you can consume though, so check into that)

luluc, I think its awesome that you use a windmill/solar for your farm usage, that rocks!! It just doesn't work when we promote it for national usage. I actually try to live as "green" as possible, I recycle, limit Water usage, wash most clothes in cold water, etc.... But I do love my gas-guzzler of an SUV:tt2: (I know, I know). Anyways, there are actually 2 nuclear plant sites in Texas, each is a 2 unit plant (meaning there are 2 reactors). Comanche Peak- Glen Rose, TX South Texas Project- Bay City, TX As for the breast cancer issues you spoke of, I can't say. My best guess, if there was a problem because of it would be nucleotide releases in water. Nuclear plants are limited to the amount of liquid and gaseous material that they release to the atomosphere. I don't know what the regs were then, but now they are very conservative. A lot of plants (I don't have numbers) are zero emissions plants, they don't release any radioactive waste. Basically you're more likely to get sick from eating non-organic foods filled with pesticides and getting xrays at the doctor. Hope that wasn't too awful technical.

Yes, I do believe there should be more nuclear plants in the US. No, I cannot fathom that with the rules, specifications and regulations that are followed by US nuclear plants that Chernobyl could EVER be a reality (I can only give my opinion of US plants, for I do not know how foreign plants are regulated).

Another example of short sighted greening are the compact flourescent (sp?) low wattage bulbs everyone touts. Sure they reduce energy consumption, but they also contain mercury. Now we are using less energy, but we are contaminating the earth with heavy metals because most people don't know they have to be properly disposed of. I work in a Nuclear power plant so go ahead and jump on me. Most people are ignorant to the ways of nuclear power and therefore are afraid of what they don't understand. Bottom line is we make CHEAP power. So you can put up all the windmills and solar panels you want, but it drives the cost of what we in America have come to accept as a basic need, electricity. So what does that mean? More people freeze to death in the winter because they can't afford to heat there houses.

My port is actually about an inch below the incision line and my incision line is about an inch below my braline. Make sense??

Or if you're a southern gurrll like me, you just use the excuse "It Needed Killin":tt2:

This is my experience Right now with the stock market like it is, I think it is a good idea (at my company). You need to look into the fees associated with it. Where I work they only charge a 4 dollar quarterly fee. You pay 7% interest, but you pay it to yourself. Basically the money you borrow will have a higher return than that which is in your 401K right now (with the stock market the way it is). Right now my year to date interest is negative 10%. So thats where I stand on the issue.

I just have to say Tara, that post is hilarious! I too am having the same problem. (Hope you don't mind me being an outsider)

Jtag, Great seeing your post about deleting el losers number... Good to see that much confidence!!! So often we find ourselves putting up with more than what we should because we have low self-esteem (IMHO), so I'm glad to read your post!!

My newest NSV's I had 3 different guys tell me how nice I looked yesterday, 2 of which I don't associate with all the time. Today I'm wearing a pair of misses 16 sized pants. I bought them about a week and a half ago and they were tight. Now they are just right... but the scale hasn't moved. So weird??

If I haven't gone in more than 2 days, I'll use the Milk of Magnesia. Otherwise everytime I have a protein shake (my normal breakfast) I mix some Benefiber in.

My fave is Passionate Peach, A spicy Black Tea for Savoring Life's Sweet Nuances.:biggrin2: The Gypsy King Chai is really good too and the Sense of Peace, oh my its endless.....