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Mookie: I agree man....take that damn disclaimer outta there!!! OUTTTTA THERE I say!!!! BTW, isn't "Mookie" the name of that hivey stalker dude in "Something About Mary"? (only one of THE funniest movies EVER made!!)

SSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssssssh Neenagh!!! YEEEEESH....now I'm gonna have to ensure Mr Yoda doesn't see your post!!!! CENSOR!!! He don't need anymore ideas!

awwwww poor Maria!! I know!!!! It can really hurt, huh???? You did it though!!!! :clap2: :clap2: You just get right back up on that horse though....be sure you don't shy away from whatever made you slime.....try it at some time again!!! I think it is really just timing...not the food!

pssssssssssssst Neenagh.....I think Mandi has "666" tatooed under her hairline! That's why she was so worried about losing her hair after surgery!

I agree 100%; an attitude adjustment right up the ASS!:huytsao

LOL @ Green....yeah, the god's are on our side cause that has only happened to me at home too!!! Mookie....are you peeking into my life?? Do you know how many Roots bags I have? LOL. I think that if I get another bag/purse from Roots Mr Yoda might finally reach his limit of patience!!!!! He seems to think I'm addicted to bags.....I beg to differ....my actual addiciton is to watches (I have about 50 of them now). Actually, I joke, but Mr Yoda is so very tolerant of my Roots bag fetish and in fact has purchased some for me himself!!! and....um.....errrrr, no YOU keep the optifast.....truly....really...I don't wanna put ya out!

Astrotoes, I think some ppl who had their surgery in Mexico say that and keep that rumour going to make themselves feel better about having their surgery in Mexico vice their home country....like they need to convince themselves it is "okay" or something. I'm not saying that perhaps some Mexican docs didn't train other docs (ie. in the US perhaps?) but it's not as common as they like ppl to think.

Yes Yasmina, the band should be stitched in a few locations to the stomach to help better anchor it. Not all doctors do this. Rest assured that at TLBC, it is done in that manner.

No problem Mandi.....Feb is your month!!! Plus I bet this time next week you will be at the 100 lb mark!!! No small feat!!! WHOOOOT !

Hey....to each his/her own Mandi!!! It's your life, my friend!!! No worries about what others think....and us judge??? c'mon!!!! You'll know when your ready to wear it in public.....but I say go for it....the first time will be the toughest. Now, if you had your eyebrow pierced, I might say> "eewwwww" but still to each her own!!! (I have a tatoo.....*shrugs*.....no big deal!).

Thanks everyone. Neenagh: my appt is Monday. On a good note...no vomiting for the last two days....but that may be because I've been drinking diovol and taking a pepcid complete (or whatever the $#$%# it is called!).

That is ridiculous Becca.....I agree, that is NOT high and ONE reading is not sufficient to diagnose you with Hypertension. Plus, most people have higher than normal readings anyways when at the Doctors office (White Coat Syndrome). I agree, I don't think you need your GPs approval. Who the $^%^%@%$##$# does he think he is??? For sure discuss this with Dr. C's office and I bet all will be okay.

Conisder it done! LOL

Protein powder clogging your band??? That is so beyond ridiculous!!! Hellooooo!! Common sense people!

*in awe over Maria's all powerful zapper* it is possibly more potent than my sabre, me thinks!!!

That is GREAT Maria!!! WAY TO GO!!! Keep it up! :clap2:

I like the way you think Loriely!

Stay positive Neenagh....good luck and keep us posted!

mee toooo meeee toooooo!!! Heck, do 'em all in one fell swoop!

Thankfully Mr Yoda is just as (if not moreso) fair as I am....so we both end up being sun phobics together.....it was funny when we went to Mexico a year and a half ago.....no sun for us bunnies, I tell ya! But...psssssssssssst, Green & Neenagh....go to Columbia for a holiday.....when I went there (a loooong time ago - pre fat!) the guys went absobloody nuts over my red hair and white skin......they loved it, let me tell ya!!!! LOL

Loriely, I did only have .5 ccs put in!!!! Cloe....I dunno....the clinic and the pharmacist told me to avoid anything with caffeine in it and tea does have caffeine (????) Astrotoes, it should be a discussion between you and your doc (or fill nurse) as to how much....but at the beginning the doc will know what is best for you....but then only you can know how tight or lose you are or how restricted you are etc....they rely on your feedback. IMHO it should be the same if you live in town or out of town (from the fill place)....I don't think it is something you should mess with. In other words, one shouldn't be filled aggressively on purpose only because they have to travel further for their fill....it is not good in the long run.

hi & welcome Laura!

all of it or some of it?

completely???? ummm no!!!!! Whaddya talking about???? He better not and that is coitanly not my plan!! I only want .25 cc taken out (which is half of what he put in)..... That being said, the last 2 days I've been having really bad stinging pain along my esophagus....very painful...the diovan has helped some. I think it is from the excessive "vomiting" and the stomach acids coming up. I guess it is heartburn; although I'm guessing at that since I never had that before....but it IS a burning painful sensation. Not knowing it would make it worse, I drank a sip of grape juice today and OMIGAWD, I thought I had died and gone to hell.....it felt like someone took a blowtorch to my esophagus. Monday can't come soon enuf!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....that is just plain sick!! Leave it to Billy.....I like his music but have never actually liked "him" much.