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I believe the prizes were 1st---handmade one of a kind jewelry courtesy of Terry----and 2nd prize was hair goodies courtesy of Jane. Such special people we have here!!! I forgot to tell you I did not get my flowers delivered today---I was feeling kinda let down. Rick has sent me pink flowers every May Day for many, many years. But he brought them to me, when he come home!!! Finally he made me look closer at them, and tied in the ribbon, he bought me a new gold band to wear! I mentioned wanting a gold band someday, then almost lost my rings the other day-----so I now have a nice little gold band with a row of diamonds inlaid across the top. It feels so small in comparison to my other, it is like wearing nothing!!! It is a 7---down from a size 10!!! Yeah he gets to stay another day or so!!! Son & DIL come by, she was very aloof----ate, did not say thanks for dinner, nothing! Snotty damn kids!!! LOL Will respond to everyone in the morning, I am off to bed! Huggles! Kat

Just checking in----so I get notices (sometimes) for the right thread. If you missed it, I updated one section of good news for Manda, on the April thread---my mind was numb to the thought of starting a new one----thanks Sherry! Kat Oh yeah---my DH bought me a beautiful new ring! My old one was too big...it was just a cheapie I was wearing in the interim. He felt safe buying this band---it is gold with inlaid diamonds across the top. My rings are mostly white gold, one is platinum---I said not long ago, I would like to someday have a gold band to wear......now I have it! It feels so small compared to what I have been wearing!! He always sends me pink flowers for May Day----today they never come! He brought them home----and finally made me look at the ribbon, and it was tied on to the ribbon! I think I will keep him! Night!

I agree jpg---I am one who finds the best route for me is to simply try to make healthy choices. I do not count calories, I do my best to make wise choices. I have found that over time, the band makes those decisions much easier. Healthy food continues to taste good when you chew it completely----highly processed foods, the common snack items for instance, begin to taste totally different when you chew them to oblivion!! I have learned to replace quantity with quality----and my weight responds. I make the biggest part of my meal from my Protein source, and then follow with veggies....and only occasionally do I indulge in the starchy sides. I fill up so quickly it is not hard to do. Acknowledging that there is a much smaller space to fill, and that all our nutrients have to come from what fits in there---makes you look at your food intake differently. It is something you do have to wrap your mind around. But I found personally that eventually food just no longer occupies the space in your mind or your life that it used to. YOU are back in control, not the food------I found it to be such a relief. Kat

Yep in my case, it would be rudders, rudders everywhere!!!! My tube would go in circles!!!! Kat

I know today is May---not sure if we have a May thread------------wanted to check in! I have good news! Manda saw the gyno today, and the mass is cyst formation, not tumor formation!!!! Her CA 125 is normal! No cancer! The RA test looked to be positive he said....which is not wonderful, but it is something we can deal with, since forced to. He said she is a mess female wise, and reproductively. He told her if she could get a cardio clearance he would suggest she work to have another child within 2 years----because in no more than 4 maybe 5 years she is looking at a total hysterectomy, before she ends up in my shoes. She had to use clomid to have Kinsey--a fertility drug. So he said if she wanted, they would work on that after getting a cardio clearance. As I type she is once again at her PCP's trying to get an echocardiogram scheduled so she can see a cardiologist specializing in the dilation of the ascending aorta. He said he hears no leaks today--that is good!!! So I am breathing a bit easier. No cancer. The RA saddens me, but hopefully hers will not be any worse through the years than mine. Now we work solely on getting cardiac clearance, find out what is going on there.....one step behind us, another biggie to go---but all in all wonderful news on the ovary issue. OK---gotta go cook some noodles. Will check back with everyone----just wanted to let you know the newest with Manda! Thanks for all the support!!! I do love you guys!!! Kat

Terry-------under normal circumstances, this thing with my DIL would have blown over like nothing, and nothing would have been said. But they have been insinuating themselves into her private life, and judging her------when neither she nor my son has room to do that. If she was well, and feeling her usual spirited self, I would back off, and let them be siblings. BUT....she is not well, she is not feeling good, and they needed to leave her alone all along, let her live her life. So I was unhappy with them to start with. I was massively stressed, and then my DIL wants to whine that I was Mean......as Pamela would say-----that was my "last nerve" and she jumped up and down on it!!! I do not normally act like that, nor act like that without justification------I am a normally nonconfrontational person!! But yeah, I may stay like this, so y'all be careful, and don't nobody push my buttons!!! LOL!!!!! I will be meek and mild, I promise!!! OK-----I have good news! Manda saw the gyno today, and the mass is cyst formation, not tumor formation!!!! Her CA125 is normal! No cancer! The RA test looked to be positive he said....which is not wonderful, but it is something we can deal with, if forced to. He said she is a mess female wise, and reproductively. He told her if she could get a cardio clearance he would suggest she work to have another child within 2 years----because in no more than 4 maybe 5 years she is looking at a total hysterectomy, before she ends up in my shoes. She had to use clomid to have Kinsey--a fertility drug. So he said if she wanted, they would work on that after getting a cardio clearance. As I type she is once again at her PCP's trying to get an echocardiogram scheduled so she can see a cardiologist specializing in the dilation of the ascending aorta. He said he hears no leaks today--that is good!!! So I am breathing a bit easier. No cancer. The RA saddens me, but hopefully hers will not be any worse through the years than mine. Now we work solely on getting cardiac clearance, find out what is going on there.....one step behind us, another biggie to go---but all in all wonderful news on the ovary issue. OK---gotta go cook some noodles. Will check back with everyone----just wanted to let you know the newest with Manda! Thanks for all the support!!! Kat

When I have a craving for something----I try to decide first if it is boredom---or really wanting the item. I begin by first drinking a glass of ice water----sometimes my own thirst disguises itself as hunger, or cravings of things. If I am still wanting it.....I either take a walk, or hit the elliptical....oftentimes that boosts my "I can do this" attitude. If not.....then I have whatever it is I was craving. I keep a bag of chocolate---good chocolate---and allow myself a couple of pieces, and I am good. If it is chips I want, I eat a few. It doesn't take the entire bag anymore to satisfy the craving. But a lot of the time, knowing my next step is to have to get on the elliptical----I am able to avoid it altogether!!!! I call it the ellipticHELL!!!! But there are days the chocolate is worth it.....no doubt about it! Kat

My band will hold they say 4cc. It is a 9.75ml. band. My first fill was 1.25cc's with it, I felt very little restriction, if I ate too fast, I felt it, otherwise, it was business as usual. So 4 weeks later, I went for my 2nd fill. He only gives very conservative fills from there on out, and only gave me .50cc. a mere half a cc!!!! I was so dissapointed!!! I thought it would do nothing! WRONG!!! That little bit give me major restriction for about a week or 2....then it has slowly lessened. I still have restriction, although not a tight restriction. I prefer it that way. My band has eliminated my hunger----so I can deal with the lesser restriction. That second fill was 1 year and 10 months ago!!! I have never had another. I am being unfilled completely in a few days for my TT---will approach refilling in a very, very slow, conservative manner. I do not want to mess up a good thing!!! Yep little bitty second fills can make all the difference in the world!!!!! Good Luck with yours! Kat

Laura.....I cannot say what my beginning weight was---I put it in a post....back then, but I DO know I am not losing tons, I would imagine it was about the same as what I am now, what my ticker shows.....no drastic drops here, I KNOW I have not lost more than others, so it is not a big deal. It was not me that forwarded the weights to you---so I have no idea!!!! Don't stress over mine.....I did not win.....:cool2: I have dinner in the crockpot---one of my "mean" things to do today. I figured with the bike coming in late, someone would mention going out to eat....NOT in the mood, so dinner is done! Sounds so petty to admit it! LOL~~ Haydee, the island is beautiful, I love the unique design of the legs, on it, as well as your table. My Mom and Dad have a dining table that is inlaid wood across the top, and the legs---rather than being set under the edge of the table come up in corner pieces, and the top of them is part of the table. That is not explained very well----but they are very different, and I love it!!! Ours is oak----house being small and bordering public land, quite dusty so we went with light wood! Anyway it has rolling, padded chairs---it is not gorgeous, but it is functional to us, and we have really enjoyed it a lot! When we make our next move.....I will change again I think---and go middle of the road!! Maybe some sort of pine.....LOL! DIL just called, wanting to come and "hang out". I was not MEAN!!!! I told her that was fine, they were always welcome, I would be leaving about 2:30. That way I can go get Rick's check put in the bank, and not feel forced to sit and make conversation with her in the mood I am in right now! Bike should be here anytime. He bought a classic chopper....over 9 feet long, so it had to have special transport---and they live out of town, so that is why it is coming here. Wish it would just show up, so I could up and leave! Talked to the dentists office, and if there is time, they are going to see about putting the sealant on Kinseys last 2 molars. She loves going to the dentist!!! Of course they have never done anything remotely painful to her----looked at her teeth, and showed her how to brush them, and applied sealant!!! She does think she is hot stuff afterwards though, smiling a big toothy smile at everyone!!! LOL Well I am rambling.....this day has me really bummed out. I know I am getting flowers later though--maybe that will help! Rick always buys me May Day flowers.....I kinda like him, maybe he can stick around! Kat

I was advised by one of the older bandsters who used to be here, when I flew out to be banded---how to get the extender with less emabarassment. She said as you board, when they are greeting you, ask for it. They are always stored in the bins right there at the front. When you ask, she will reach over and hand it to you. The people already on board will be busy settling in, stowing luggage etc. Those waiting to board are in a line behind you and can see nothing but the person in front of them. If you wait until you are seated, she has to walk all the way to the front of the plane, get it, dodge anyone stowing things last minute, walk back down holding it, and hand it to you in front of everyone just watching her, preparing to take off. I was still to embarassed on my flight out, and managed to squeeze barely into it! But I knew with the fresh incisions,and swelling coming home I would need it----so I ask as was instructed....she reached right over her shoulder handed it to me, without blinking an eye, it was rolled up, unrecognizable to someone who did not hear the exchange, I walked back sat down, buckled up comfortably to fly home and just left it on the seatbelt when I got off. Ask in line!!! It does work with minimal embarassment!!!! Way to go on the NSV of not needing the extender though---that is a great difference---6 inches!!! Wooo hoooo!!!! Kat

Would love to join you for your support meeting, but I am in the Farmington area, and there is no way to run to ABQ this weekend, my DD is going through some health issues. A couple of months ago, I was ill with a virus, and thought I was going to have to have an emergency unfill. My surgeon in is Canon City Colorado, and happened to be out of town over Spring Break. I spoke with the Fill Centers USA in ABQ, and almost went down for an unfill----but by the time I could have got there, they too would have been closed. For me to drive to Canon City is a 6 hour drive...ABQ is 3.5----closer! So can any of you tell me if you have ever used the Fill Center USA there personally? I would love to hear some experiences, before making a choice to change. I am having a TT on the 20th, and am going for a total unfill for it, was considering the change when the time to refill hits. If you use them, could you let me know what you think? Enjoy your meeting, I would love to have been able to join you!! Kat

Well, I forgot to weigh this morning--I usually do it nekkid first thing in the morning....but I forgot! So dressed and breakfast later, I weigh 185.....thinking that is about where I started!!! LOL! But even if I take a pound or 2 off for the clothes difference, I have not lost significantly! I also have not gained, and have been eating at will----so I am not complaining in any way, shape or form!!!! The only thing I am complaining about it water retention.....I am going to have to take a water pill------should have done that a couple days ago, they are always good for a couple of pounds off!! LOL We are ALL going to be winners!!! Has been a crappy morning. I had a dentist appointment, to adjust the bite on my torture device. Well my son bought a chopper (the motorcycle kind, not the teeth kind) and it is to be delivered today---shipped in from Indiana I think.) The transport driver called and said between 10 and noon this morning---so I called to cancel my dentist appointment---but they just rescheduled me for 3 this afternoon. No problem....then the transport driver called, and one of the mountain passes is closed due to snow----so he won't be making it until after 2. I called my DIL to get sons new cell #---I always return the call from my cell, and it was dead, and she got all pissy, and called him and told him I was being mean to her, and did not trust her in my house! I wanted to call my son, because if it is going to be that late in the day, there is a good chance he would be off, and he would LOVE to be here when his bike gets delivered! Secondary to that, yes, I do not enjoy the thought of her alone in my house, ignoring my grandson as he pushes buttons on the TV and computer, and she reads a magazine, or watches TV. I love them both, but she has shown us repeatedly how she watches him! Last week I drove them home, she let him pull the ashtray out of the car door, and break the top off---not fixable. Her response? Sorry. So it is not a "trust" issue in whether my belongings would be stolen or anything like that......which is how it was played off. It is trusting her to make him behave in our house. They put everything up, my in laws put everything up----we do not, but we have to watch him when he comes here. And she does not do that well. Instead then my son calls Rick and tells him I was mean to DIL---I was NOT! Rick calls to ask what the heck is going on. I told him "Fine------I can live without a frickin' TV -- can you? I will close the armoire with my computers inside and turned off." He told me to calm down he knew better, he was just calling to see what the hell set her off. I had had it! I called my son, and chewed his ass awhile! LOL Ya know, I have a DD going today to get results on a scary issue--I am stressed enough, I do not have the spare nerves for a drama queen outburst! Or a drama KING outburst for that matter. So why doesn't he call the transport guy and make his own arrangements---he was tripping all over his tongue trying to apologize.....nope, I have had enough! I am staying here until 2:30----then I am leaving, bike or no bike. Someone here or not. Now DIL calls, she wants to say she is sorry and come hang out......and I wonder why I feel like I am losing my mind??? Sorry I needed to get that out, to someone who would not take it upon themselves to read between the lines at what they assume I meant instead of what I actually said. I do not make a habit of doing that, I say what I mean....but today everyone knew what I meant better than me!!! I am taking Kinsey to the dentist with me....then meeting Manda after the gyno appointment. Hoping she gets relieving news there. Figured it better for Kinsey to see me with my mouth open, than her Mommy in stirrups!! Well congrats to whoever won the wonderful jewelry, and hair supplies.....way to go----maybe someday I will get there!! Kat

I'm so glad your DH was so proactive in the situation!!! Seeing a Dr. next week is definitely preferable. That is what I am preaching at my DD-----get on it! Do it yourself!!! I hope she does as well as your DH---otherwise her Mama is gonna have to step in!!! Hang in there, let us know!!!!! Kat

If possible ask your "main support" to attend a seminar with you at the very least, then I would tell them, that if they still were against the surgery following that, I would respect their wishes to remain out of the loop, if they would respect mine to do what was necessary for my health. In other words---if the seminar did not sway their opinion, then just simply agree to disagree. And look around for some serious support. You might find a support group through your surgeon. There might be someone at work willing to drive you to and from surgery. Many do this on their own, and quite honestly, this is YOUR body, YOUR health, and YOUR decision. While you can respect the other persons right to an opinion, they ultimately should not dictate to you what you do for yourself. Those without weight issues, seldom understand. And many with weight issues that they themselves are not ready to face, choose to belittle our choices. Stand your ground, research the band, decide if it is for YOU---not whether if fits someone elses idea of how to lose weight. If they support doing it another way....let them do it that way. To each their own. Let your main support lose weight without the aid of the band.....I wish them luck maintaining. Go to your seminar, and make the choice for YOU! Kat

When I was banded I was taking 2 meds for high blood pressure, a diuretic, and a Calcium channel blocker, I was also taking Metformin for a prediabetic situation, Celebrax for joint pain, and another for a short time for high cholesterol (could not remain on it, it raised my liver enzymes---so cholesterol remained 200+.) Within a very short time, I was taking zero prescription meds! 2 years out, I still take absolutely nothing. My blood pressure is normal---117/72 this morning. Blood sugars are normal--cholesterol has dropped below 150---with no meds. My knees don't hurt with every step. I am thrilled to death with the weight loss, but the health aspects alone, make me feel like the band was a success, and that is was without a doubt worth it, and the right choice for me! Good Luck----the seminars are FULL of information, take someone with you if you can, especially if someone in your life is questioning the surgery---it would do them good to hear the seminar. Welcome to LBT.....again! Kat

2 of my DD's friends also contend that their sons Autism was not present, and that they changed totally following the immunization for chicken pox. With that in mind, my DD opted so far not to immunize my granddaughter for it until her weight is up some. She was a preemie, and is still quite small for her age-----she is 3, and is just over 20 pounds----22.8 last I personally weighed her. She is developmentally just fine, smart as a whip---just little. She said before she starts school when her body is bigger, and better able to handle it, she will get the immunization. Kat

I too just found this thread today Diane----I have been trying to deal with health issues my DD is having and not getting Dr. response either---so it is Not just your Dr.'s I was thinking the same thing mentioned by a poster above---you are concerned about weight loss---this might be part of the problem that led you to need to be banded! I had the isthmus (center) and entire right lobe of my thyroid removed last November----and am doing so much better since the removal of the tumors! A small pill is nothing, you will feel so much better to get things regulated again. Feel free to vent anytime.....we will be here in any way we can! Please keep us updated....we care. Kat

XXX WARNING XXX!!!!! Only when her partner gets it right!!!!!!! Sorry---could NOT resist!!! Kat

Godspeed to ya Steph----you will be in my heart and prayers tomorrow, and I look forward to seeing you back!! Only a fellow "flapper" would understand the belly out the leg holes--I thought I was the only one!!! Imagine, soon the only thing hanging out the leg openings of our suits------will be legs!!! What a thought! Good Luck~ All will go wonderfully, and you will be back telling us how awesome it is!!!! Sleep well (yeah right!)!!!! Hugs~~ Kat

Giant hugs of thanks Sherry---it IS comforting to know you are there. Kat

If you have a problem with an individual Fill Centers USA Dr. you should call the 1-800 # and make a report. They are not all the same, some are much more willing to work with people than others. I had a problem about 6-8 weeks ago, and thought I was going to need an emergency unfill. The closest Fill Centers USA to me, was not extremely helpful--I would have been driving 3.5 hours to get there, and they would have been closed, and that was that--------no compromise...nothing. But Emma with Fill Centers USA called me back and found one in Arizona---which would have been 5 hours away, but they said to call when I got into town and they would meet me in the office....anytime 24 hours a day 7 days a week, for an emergency. Totally differing attitudes between the 2 centers. I mentioned it to them when they (Fill Centers USA) called me back to check on how I was, and they said without people letting them know about the experiences they have, they have no way to improve them. I ended up making it through without travelling for the unfill-----and even though I have a private surgeon (who happened to be out of town when I fell ill), they have called to check on me, and have called to ask questions about my experience. So I would say if you had a bad experience--------call and discuss it with them. The prices quoted to me, were much more reasonable than some posted here, and would follow you around the country if you were travelling. Meaning, if you were in one state and paid the initial consult/fill fee---------then even if you move to another area, or see one while on vacation, then you just pay the fill/exam fee---not a new consultation fee. My Dr. is also very conservative in his fills and has showed me articles detailing why, showing less complications with lesser restriction, and especially without overfilling. It is hard on your stomach to be overfilled, and your entire system---ask anyone who has been overfilled!! It is a miserable time I understand. I did get 1.25cc.'s the first fill, but for second and subsequent fills he does 1/2 cc (.50cc) is all each time---so that is not an unusual practice. I am not disparaging those who do more, just stating the small, conservative fills are not uncommon, or limited to shiester Dr.'s. We are each in charge of our own medical care, and fighting to get good care is not always easy. Luckily for me, I found something besides the mediocre care offered at one Fill Center, and found excellent at another. And for the record-----I do not now, nor have I ever, worked for or with Fill Centers USA in any way. I have never actually used them for an adjustment....just spoke with them several times during a rough band time. And found them to be a kind voice, and the only offer of help I had....after speaking to 5 hospitals, and numerous Dr.'s that were not band affilliated. I do not mean to be argumentive, or disagreeable, but when it comes to fills----erring on the side of caution is a good thing---better safe than sorry! Kat

The shorts and capri's I have are now sitting ready to go into my suitcase.....for whoever fits them. Feels kinda like a Cinderella story....without the rich, handsome prince of course!!! LOL Well off to help Kinsey get her doll house put away so her Mommy can get her and go home.....BBL~~ Kat

Hi everyone- Well Manda knows nothing more. When the scheduler looked over all the info faxed to the caridiologists----she saw where Manda's resting pulse rate is over 120. So she set the appointment with a cardio-electrophysiologist------the same one in fact who did Rick's ablation. Which is what Manda will need....AFTER they figure out the dilation of the ascending aorta---and she does not do that, so come back when it has been addressed. They did not give her another appointment, or direct her to a Dr, for that----nothing. I was hysterical and madder than I remember being in forever! I have composed a letter, emailed it, have it printed in duplicate forms, and will send it off in several directions to as many Dr.'s as I could obtain names for--as well as to the Albuquerque Journal, if I do not hear something back within 1 weeks time....which was included in the letter. Today she spoke with her PCP, who is sending her to a local cardiologist for an echo---which the CEP Dr. said was what she needed to do---she just did not help her get it done---or worry about it being done in a timely manner. But right now she is looking at the end of June. So they may load up and go to Scottsdale, they have not made the decision yet. The Mayo clinic in Scottsdale is close enough to be viable if nothing is being done for her. I cannot focus on anything, I am a bundle of nerves......if this progresses quickly---and no one knows what it is doing. It may have been this size since she was a child, and she may die at 95 years old with it still that size. It could have grown that size during the pre eclampsia issues of pregnancy----or it could have begun growing last week, and still be growing quickly. Normal is 2.0 cm. Hers is at 3.4 cm, and 5.0 is immediate surgical intervention. The risk is of dissection---where the aorta tears itself loose from the heart----and you bleed out in mere seconds most of the time. So with only one test, we have a baseline, but no one willing to look again, and see if it is stable or not! I think they see this robust healthy looking 26 year old WOMAN, and blow her off. It is so friggin' scary! She had a step aunt--no blood relation, it was her step moms sister--die at 34 from a dissected aorta. She thought she had the flu, she hurt all over, so she moved out of the bed, and onto the couch. When her DH noticed her gone, he come out to check on her, she told him, everytime he moved it hurt her...so he told her to go to the bed, and he would sleep out on the couch. She refused to move, said it hurt too bad. The next morning when he got up, she was dead. Well last week, Manda could not move, she was in such pain! Now every lymph node in her body is swollen to the point of being visible. You can see them in her neck, and under her arms. The ones in her groin, make wearing jeans impossible, and sitting a challenge. They gave her antibiotics, but have not looked to see whether they may be connected! She sees her gyno tomorrow for the mass on the ovary. He is a kind, caring guy---hoping he takes time to listen to her, and maybe refer her to someone. I am sorry I harp on this, I am having problems concentrating on anything else. I am really scared. I am so glad to have you all here, and know your prayers are helping-----big hugs to all of you--Mandy, keep healing! I will be back, and let you know of any changes. Kat

You guys crack me up! On the Lesbian subject..... we went across the street to our friends Trudy and Corrine's for Trudy's DD's college graduation party last week (19 and graduated with honors!). Several of Maya's (DD) friends were there of course, then all of us from the neighborhood who watched her grow up--and people both Trudy and Corrine work with. She told me last night when we were talking (she called to check on Manda)---that one of their friends ask if she was sure she was gay, that she sure had a lot of heterosexual friends!!!! She and Corrine have been together for over 20 years--she was with Trudy when Maya was born!!! But she might not be sure......LOL I am willing to look at all clothes---I am not too proud!!! LOL! I mentioned on the other thread---I have some capri's a 16---maybe an 18 if anyone is interested. I decided to go flip flop shopping!!! My flip flops will fit before and after surgery!!!! LOL!! Kat

If you will click on the FORUM tab as opposed to the HOME tab, you will have the normal page.... Judy--Manda did the same thing. She actually worked as a nurse for 3 years. She always worked in a Dr.'s office setting, not in a hospital setting--but up and decided she was not making enough money, and was sick of the Dr.'s wives----and is now an administrative assistant with BP---working the oilfield stuff, and makes double what she used to---and LOVES it. She has a great boss---his wife is super nice to her, but has no say in the business! She works with all men, there is not the backbiting between women. The company is broke down into multiple sections, and in her group, she is the only woman---there are 17 men, she is responsible for getting them where they need to be when they need to be there----scheduling for the equipment. She made up a PM (Preventative Maintenance) schedule for their equipment, after listening to Rick harp on maintaining it as opposed to repairing it. It cut costs so sharply in their group, it drew attention. She has recently been approached about taking a new position, scheduling maintenance for the entire plant!!! With her health issues, and the knowledge of how good her boss is to her, she plans on offering to share the info, but is turning down the job. I had a serious heart to heart with her this morning. Told her I was so mad at her I could spit nails, but it is from fear! I told her if she would not accept this treatment for Kinsey, she should not accept it for herself, because she is as important to Kinsey as Kinsey is to her. And she deserves her Mom to be at her Graduation, and her wedding----but if she doesn't take care of herself she may not be around to even walk her to her first day of school....did she want some other woman taking her???? She is supposed to be getting a call about an appointment for the echo----we'll see. Well it used to be that my friend Patty and I could go to town and buy sets top/bottoms and swap one piece and it fit. She is an extreme pear shape. So I would take the larger top and smaller bottoms, and she the opposite. She come by this morning, and she had found some jammies on sale---so she bought them in both sizes----but she bought the large ones in a 3X----so the tops are HUGE even on me! Not sure about what I am going to do--she needs that size I guess on bottom-----so I might just try to take them up.......they are just jammies after all!!! Will see how her parts fit. The bottoms are a Large, and they are big----so hopefully her bottoms will be too big too, and we can just exchange it all! I sat on the back patio shelling peanuts for Kinsey, and ate a few, I think I must not have chewed well, they are not settling....probably nerves + lack of chewing=icky!!! When Kinsey broke her leg, we put her down for a nap, expecting her to wake up fine----she didn't----she woke up still broke!!! I think we all do those things, because kids whine.....and you never really know!!!! And Charles was probably using that as a good excuse to still be a little angry with you over projecting yourself in other ways too.....someday he will get used to you doing for YOU too!!! Judy---you will be happy to know I have things in my suitcase!!! Anyone interested in some capri's in probably a 16---maybe an 18? I got them out to pack---they are a no go!!! Unless someone wants them! Still looking for my old pants Terry! Well I am off to walk, and try a Tracy Shimmy to see if my tummy will settle down....... Kat