Gracey

Technically you could; what do we know different??? ha LJM - the notion of purging on a donut and then hurling on the boss was HYSTERICAL!!!

Mac- I'm of the opinion that whatever WLS one chooses is their choice and that we should be supportive of each other. However, being ugly about the choices others' have made is wrong. The DSers that say only their surgery is "the one" are tacky. What do they care what surgery someone else has/had??? My friend had GP but is totally supportive of me getting the band. I personally don't want to keep a bedpan in my car but hey, that's just me. PLUS I really need my job so I don't want to get fired for sewering up the joint! :cool2: But what do I know....

How lovely, thank you. :cool2: I was actually specifically ASKED about your posting, tyvm.

And it was MY decision to castigate for trying to pick up some business on a WL website.

Why, why, WHY do I keep falling for y'all's doggone DS links? Must...step...away. Anyway, from that post: Total loss to date: 32 lbs I My DS! If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit next to me! OMG DISGUSTING! (Tho I can think of one co-worker I could sic her on!) And can someone please explain to me why James G doesn't have on a shirt? Mr. "DS is the PLATINUM STANDARD OF WLS" is gross - why would we want to see him shirtless? GAK

Oh my. Miz, you may have all of the best intentions but it is inappropriate to post this on LBT. Why doesn't PHughes have a BofA email address? Applying for a home loan requires a LOT of personal information that someone could use for identity theft. I realize that there are numerous folks in major binds with their Bank, S&L, etc but again, I strongly feel that this is inappropriate and hope that no one goes this route. I reiterate - you may have the best intentions but it's just too risky of a situation for folks on here to go with a stranger over email IMO.

Please, God, let me get so small that my brother tells me that I've lost enough weight!!!

Oh, Gloucester - you must feel like a......wait for it......DOG! <hanging head> I just couldn't help myself. :embaressed_smile: OK now seriously - I'm sure you really do feel major guilt. I don't have animals but I know I would really feel badly as well. Did you have that liquid stuff to put on the bleeding? Froggi - did you post that nasty meat pic? I'm not even banded yet and that pic PLUS the notion of burger shakes are really grossing me out! Maybe that'll be my pre-band diet!

Thanks, BBK and Ninja! I saw his nerdy ass yesterday and just looked right through him; always fun! I just so hope he tries to sniff around once I start losing weight. "Uh and you are?" Plain - I didn't mean your pocket pool self. It's uh "cute" when you do it; yea that's it! Clearly this guy has nothing to play pocket pool with! And Jen - finally a Vols fan on here! Yea!!!

Ancient!?! 3 months' old is "ancient"? I kind of figured that "goofball" was appropriate but what child doesn't think their parents are "goofballs"? :embaressed_smile: I just hope I live long enough to see my damn brother have a poochy tummy! He has alwaysssss been very slender; it's so unfair!!! Thank goodness I, at least, got the "good" teeth! haha

Whew!!! I can't wait until my clothes are falling off! :confused_smile:

So were the customers and your co-workers singing "Blue Moooooooon"?

I wonder if a dog comes along with the DS to have someone to blame the stink bombs on? I also wonder if the unconditional love of a pet is even tested with DS'ers? Dog/Cat's like "Oh HELL naw, that shit was nasty!!!" all the while clawing on the door to get OUT.

And eat yogurt for the good bacteria. When I was proned to YI, I began using Ivory since it has no perfumes; I won't use any other kind of soap now.

We are SO missing out on a niche market here. You know there has to be a market for charcoal teddies! :party:

SDSusan - GREAT post; so well-written and thoughtful!! It's scary to me that people either a) aren't listening to their doctors or :party: aren't being told anything by their docs. I've only heard good things about my doctor but I am doing as much reading as I can (meaning, of course, means reading the DS poop blog)!

WASa - girl, you need to behave!!!!!!! rofl

I did last weekend during a sickness and rain storm....I can't believe I admitted that! :party:

Hey heartfire! Well there was a storm in Atlanta so my 1.5 hr flight from Chicago turned into 6 hours on the plane. My butt was numb with a capital B!! ha I agree about dingbat. I just don't get why he can't leave me alone! <banging head> How has your weekend been? It's pouring here right now; we definitely need it!

Yellow poo!?! OMG WTH? Ewwwww Crazeru: "I found that Protein bars with malitol as the 3rd or 4th item on the list, was bad, gas and explosive diarrhea." Again, eww...I can't imagine doing that at work!! "I had a little orange slick from the mayo from my tuna salad, but didn't bother me." <thunk> I just fainted.

Plain - you are such a goofball!!! To me, the BMI calc is only my justification to get the band! I've had one appointment with the surgeon where he proceeded to look up my "ideal" weight. I'm 5'4" so my ideal weight is 124. Now if I got down to 124, people in my life would be worried that I was going to die! The smallest I've been as an adult was 135 but I was working out more so some was muscle. At this point, I just want to see a "1" as the first digit of my weight. Second surgeon story - I was saying how weight is so odd b/c I'm so dumpy and my brother is 6'5" and 170ish. (Couldn't you just kill him, Plain?) So my surgeon proceeds to say that he clearly needs to eat more. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? :biggrin: If any of you saw him, you'd think he was just fine. (Tho he does describe himself as the most out of shape skinny guy around.) He absolutely got my uncle's metabolism where I got the fat, thyroid disease (5th generation). So I didn't mean to threadjack but I think BMI is crap. I think you said you wanted to get down to a 34 waist? When you do, I say screw the BMI!!! :mad:

I'm tearing up thinking about our men and women (and their families) having to deal with everything they/you all deal with. I've been traveling for work lately and seeing all of the soldiers in the Atlanta airport just breaks my heart. I so want to hug them all but why don't I - b/c I am a big girl. Stupid, huh? A co-worker's hubby is career Army - she has suggested that I offer my cell phone if it looks like someone's coming home since they prob won't have a phone with them. So if anyone else if traveling, that might be an idea for you as well. :-) God bless all of our troops around the world serving our great country and our friends' countries/troops!

What I don't get is why anyone cares what WLS someone else is having. One of my gf's had RNY years ago but is completely supportive of my decision to get LB. Of course, she might not be as supportive if I was going to have continual green paint peelers!!! I'm showing my newbie-ness. That was my first email so I wasn't sure if it was delivered to your personal email like notifications for new posts.

WTH is she still so big? If DS is so faboo, shouldn't she be a twig? Your doggy, btw, is so cute! Did you get an LBT email from me??