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Yee-Haw!! I'm typing naked!!! It's a little awkward, because I'm at work. I wish my prudish patients would quit whining....If I'm ok working naked, then who the hell are they to complain, right?

Somehow I would like to see pics of Mac freaking out. They, in no way, could match the mental pics I have of that. Seriously, why the freak out? Everything will play out fabulously. You know this.

Googling pictures of trains? Seriously? Although I know lots of people like trains, models of trains, etc.....spending any significant amount of time googling pics of trains sounds vaguely fetish-like.

I should have listened to DJ Froggi Frog.....

Ok, so I went to OH R&R section. It stank.

Well, to be honest, I've seen a lot of "skin-a-max" movies, but I only usually watch for 5 minutes or so <----- gratuitous masturbation joke.

All puns purely unintentional..... I think I read you are going to give the sleeve a shot, Mac? Or am I confused?

Be sure and loudly proclaim "Oh, I accidentally dropped my stapler", then bend over slowly and pick it up. That's my best move....it drives the ladies wild at work* *By ladies, I mean my imaginary friends.....hey, screw you for judging me!!

SNT, say what you want, but every "after-hours" Cinemax movie has this in the script at some point.

Don't threaten me, Missy! Haven't you heard? I'm a bad ass!

Ron - that's why we're here dude! Accountability to your fellow band-mates will help you out when you hit a misstep. 30 lbs lost still means you are doing great....but we all know you'll improve upon that. Fenton - I was wondering where in the hell you've been hiding yourself...

Almost every forum (even job-related ones) that I belong to has a rule like this. No big deal, man. Stay and chitchat!

Yeah....the men's room is boring.

Hi Juli, I'm Plain......a guy.....and I'm a butt-inski that frequently puts my nose into the powder room where it doesn't belong. It seems to me that there are 2 very seperate issues at play here. The whole "I love him but I'm not in love with him" thing can be very misleading. I think sometimes the feeling of being "in love" is confused with the "newness" feeling of a relationship. Tricky to navigate. The issue of abuse (verbal or otherwise) is a totally different issue. Nobody should have to live with abuse, especially not impressionable children. I'm a Christian too...but I don't think I could recommend faith-based counciling exclusively (just my opinion). Have you asked him how he feels about all this? I would deduce that he probably loves you to stay with you post-infidelity (uh, assuming he knew, I guess). Men , as I'm sure you are well aware, tend to be extremely reluctant to relate their feelings / emotions. I don't really have any practical advice for ya, but I'm pulling for you! Good luck.

I did NOT know that OH had a R&R section!! I'm gonna "fly on the wall" it tonight!!

There are almost too many comorbidities that could possibly have come into play here. The obvious first thoughts are cardiac, pulmonary, and / or immune system co-morbidities. I can totally understand how the family wouldn't want to put out a specific medical history.....but it's true that there almost certainly was something else going on with the guy. Kinda sad, still.

All? I think I see pretty clearly, Nanook. I have never, ever belittled somebody for choosing something other than the band, nor do I believe that the band is the only sensible solution. I type out to newbs all the time (in the intro section and general question section) that the band won't work for everybody. In Mac's terms, I don't think I've drank the Kool-Aide....but.....can I find humor in some of the DS poop stories? Yup. Do I think there are some looney tunes in that DS forum on OH? Yup. So, I'm here (specifically in the R&R section) for entertainment, some debate / arguement, and to just shoot the shit with some folks because I work nights. I don't see the need to get all serious here and proclaim that we're all hypocrits. Lighten up, man.

Yeah, I'm sure there are lots of laid-back DS-ers. More power to them. We're all in the WLS Soup together. All my jabs were directed at the crazies (kool-aide drinkers, to use the excellent terminology of Mac....although I suspect few people remember Jim Jones nowadays) who militantly defend the DS as the come-all be-all of WLS. To be honest, Mac, I haven't seen very many banders here that are quite that aggressively pro-band (or.....maybe I am one of those and that's why I don't see it? That'd be ironic).

Did somebody say "Kool Aide"?!? *bursts through wall* Oh Yeah......

My puggle is SMO. Do they do gastric banding for dogs?

I caught the reference Fanny. Roses always cracked me up when it came on the radio. Roses really smell like poo-poo poo Outcast really put some thought into those lyrics?!?

I didn't see this particular episode....In fact, I don't watch Oprah, but my wife does, so I've seen some of her shows. It seems to me that Oprah tends to agree whole-heartedly with whatever guest she has on the show at the time, no matter how looney or "out there" they are. I guess my point is that if the doctor on her show wasn't really into WLS, then I can see how Oprah wouldn't be into WLS either....until a new "authority" comes on later that supports WLS. Then Oprah'll probably do a 180 degree turn.

Not so misleading, Mac, IMO. I think most people realize that "easy removal" is a subjective term when talking about a surgery. I mean, truly easy removal would be if the docs installed a zipper up the abdominal wall. But compared to rerouting or removal of digestive organs, the band IS easily reversed. Having said that, I do think there is a huge instructional gap in the information that different surgeons give. I personally know that "safer" does not equal "zero risk", but I can see how the general public could confuse the two if the doc didn't explicitly spell things out

Ladies, this OP was clearly all about me, and my stalker-y habit of peeking into the powder room. Carry on....

I wanna talk about my favorite toys: Action figures. The best ones - what's that? Oh! Sorry, wrong type of toy.