OH Juli

PB is like a cat hacking up a hair ball. Sometimes with a good wretch and lots of slime, sometimes not. ick. no doubt.

I pushed mine down in a parking lot when she was little and running from me. There were a bunch of people watching too. I couldn't catch her and I thought that was less damaging than her getting hit by a car, but still it was horrific. Not to equate your child to a dog, but my MIL at the time was visiting my house and her pup got out of my house and I live near a very busy street, we all (a bunch of MO people) spent what seemed like a half hour trying to grab that dog. Good thing is was Christmas morning, very few people out on the road. MIL, just stood there with tears streaming down her face....:tt1:

D, It's about time you had a PB. I miss Stef too.

I nearly passed out trying to buckle a pair of sandels at the store. The worker was like, "Do I need to help you?" with disgust in her voice... Never sitting in a booth, ever. My fat oozing into my neighbor's seat on planes. Being told as I was getting on a ride at the fair that I was too big. Oh the list of humiliation goes on and on............

I fear for children getting ahold of guns in houses and getting hurt more than I care about adults killing each other over things. It makes me sick when you hear tell of a child getting hold of their parents', neighbor's, uncle's gun and in turn kill or hurt another child. It just seems so crazy.

W and D Thanks for sharing all those pictures! Awesome!

You CAN choose not to be filled. Absolutely. Sounds like a good choice too.

I go with the second opinion suggestion. Some folks do well on super low calories. Some folks do not. I'd ask many why kinds of questions from your doctor and don't stop until you feel certain of his logic. Good luck

I get your point. And it's EXACTLY that kind of thing you refer to with the valley girl "language". I could be really wrong here, I'm not a linguist nor a sociologist, nor am I really the appropriate person to speak for a culture I only overlap with, but am not a part of. However, when you look at young adult black men and the forces on their lives in America, a powerful way to band themselves together and keep others out is via language. Just like 15 year old girls did with valley girl speak. Yes it's bigger and reaches further in scope than what we did in our homes in the 80's...You touched on the language of their parents, you touched on a couple of things. We all use differnt language depending on whom we are speaking with. I drop the F bomb with my friends but not with my boss and certainly not around my child, we edit depending on our audience. Those young players may be very actively choosing their audience, their peers to speak to, and not really give two cents if you get them or not. Or, they may not yet grasp the scope of the audience and haven't tailored thier messages. It's an interesting conversation to be sure. You are NOT digging a whole, but I dare say there might be other perspectives from which to look at the situation you've not considered. I'm sure I'm missing some too. Over and out.

HP Thanks. The new fill is moving the weight a bit. I want to get to goal by January....That's going to take some hard work, but I've got my fingers crossed.

!!!WE FIT!!! Cedar Point = Giant roller coasters, too much sugar, sightings of bra abuse, and lots of walking! And we didn't get pooped on thanks to my keen eye. Our biggest tragedy were BG's sunsglasses getting broken on the very fast upside down roller coaster. Good times, good times indeed.

The truth is people can understand them, the people they grew up with, the people they care about understand them.

Good analogy

W That's fantastic. Overtaking people is awesome. Well, the one time I ran past the 80 year old man it felt good. Great job, thanks for the update! BG, Orange electrical tape is purchased. Can't wait.

It will get better. Promise. Walk as much as you can, then sleep. Sleep, sleep, sleep. My recovery took longer than I expected too.

I see that you aren't going to say something, but if you do get that point where something needs to be said, an easy conversation starter is, "Why would you say that?" and then sit back and let your co-worker answer you. She will reveal more about herself than she will about you or your easy way out. And a way to end the conversation is to say we all chose different paths in life. I'm happy for the opportunities my choice has afforded me. I wish you the same joy. I can tell you, she'll think about that conversation afterward, promise.

That just goes back to the idea that money can not buy you everything, well not at least immediately. You've got to be trained to speak publically. And in the players defense, if you notice often as their career evolves their deportment evolves as well. So take someone not trained to speak publically stick a microphone in front of him and let the words roll out...I don't care who it is they are going to sound like an idiot. And true some people don't want to change how they come across...

He has never met me and you have met both of us. You're opinon is informed therefore better. You win. I have some wine too...it's pink. I'm bringing it.

Yo Ready. I'm here but not much to talk about. I'm busy inundating the straight people with my gayness on the regular boards. I actually left that alone on the Rachael Ray board because it wasn't worth the fight, but you know let me rant here for a minute. I certainly talk about being gay openly on here. I talk about my life in general all the time. If I have to hear about heterosexuals talk about spouses, boy friends, girl friends etc they are obligated to hear me talk about my personal life. I mean if I were on a board where no mentions of personal relationships were required then by all means I'd not talk about that piece of my life, but damn.... It just kills me that since I refer to being gay once in about every 200 posts then I'm overly gay. Ugh.

I say we talk Dan and Alison into partnering. She'd make the man cry like a baby.

I'm a nice girl. I'd not kick anyone's ass...I'm shocked. BG, we can walk the entire Muddy Buddy. Don't kill yourself for me. You all, she's the ass kicker with very little sympathy. Actually we could prolly talk each other into just about anything. You know like how you mom would ask, "If Stacy jumped off a bridge, Juli, would you do it too?" "Yeah, ma, actually I would, she'd make it look like fun and would call me a chicken if I didn't." There's a Juli and Stacy adventure planned for this weekend. We'll post pictures I'm sure. No mud or anything else pervy....LOL

Thanks, It has everything to do with having my fill way too tight. I have an appointment in 2 hours to get some taken out. But yeah, I hate to admit I was pleased to see that on the scale this morning. I expect when I rehydrate it will go back up. But I'm claiming it!!!

I love this site. It's been well over a year since I got started on here. I know my avatar says I've been on for ages but I didn't really start hanging around until after I was banded. Well, I think this site is fantastic. There are pages and pages of stuff I never read, but low and behold something new pops up and 20 minutes later reading everyones experiences and I have a better understanding about what I can expect. Specifically? I just got a fill today. I was on the fence about getting it, I'm very close to my sweet spot. Anyway, I feel pretty confident that I can ride this out a few days if I stick to my beginning bandster rules. I read a few threads that agree with that and some other things to be mindful of and I'm just relieved. Thanks so much for all the support. It's appreciated.

All things being equal if you don't want to go to his area then he is not the right doctor for you. Not get preachy, but this might be a time to give a note of thanks to everyone who has made your life such that you never have to drive through an economically depressed area, let alone live in it. But yeah it'd be a different story if there was only one surgeon and that was where he was located. I'd tell you to see him anyway. :thumbup:

4 am is for sleeping.