Kathi W

I just spent two days in the hospital with stomach flu....with uncontrollable vomiting and diarhea....and I cannot imagine what would have happened if I had been banded. Has anyone suffered stomach flu or some such disease while banded...and if so...did it cause any problems?? This whole experience has me a little wary of getting banded now...I cant imagine being any sicker and still living to tell the story. Thanks for the response! Kathi

Originally Posted by mousecrazy What I see here is a climate of "tolerance" meaning conservatives and supporters of America must accept liberals and American fault-finders, while the reverse is rarely ever true. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROFL...so Ms Mouse..are you saying that 'conservatives' are 'supporters of America" but 'progressives' are not. You are a funny little one...condescending and totally off base...but funny.....

Rofl...i Love It!

Well, I know my Mom, sister and all of the other southern goobers in my family are forever praying for my heathen soul....but I have to say..for all the pickin and talkin and judgein and lookin down on that they do....I'm thinkin that when their little 'judgement day' comes along....they are going to be in for a big surprise. I am quite happy with my little heathen 'live and let live' position...an I am thinkin that I'm OK w/the Big Guy...and I am not worried about the next step in the journey....

Yes...and they had the education, the money, and the Kennedy family to insure that their children would be raised without want, raised with access to the best of higher education, and raised with a sense of responsibility to country and fellow man. Can't say most breeders even take into account how they will pay for their many children's college educations... at least that is how I see it (especially in the SE region of the country (including Texas)...

Can you believe that 65% of Americans think that the capture and torture and ongoing confinement of Padilla is AOK??? It sure sounds like we have a lot of souless creatures walking amongst us if the 'majority' is cool with what has been done to this man. kw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect’s Isolation By DEBORAH SONTAG, The New York Times (Dec. 4) -- One spring day during his three and a half years as an enemy combatant, Jose Padilla experienced a break from the monotony of his solitary confinement in a bare cell in the brig at the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, S.C. Talk About It: Post Thoughts That day, Mr. Padilla, a Brooklyn-born Muslim convert whom the Bush administration had accused of plotting a dirty bomb attack and had detained without charges, got to go to the dentist. “Today is May 21,” a naval official declared to a camera videotaping the event. “Right now we’re ready to do a root canal treatment on Jose Padilla, our enemy combatant.” Several guards in camouflage and riot gear approached cell No. 103. They unlocked a rectangular panel at the bottom of the door and Mr. Padilla’s bare feet slid through, eerily disembodied. As one guard held down a foot with his black boot, the others shackled Mr. Padilla’s legs. Next, his hands emerged through another hole to be manacled. Wordlessly, the guards, pushing into the cell, chained Mr. Padilla’s cuffed hands to a metal belt. Briefly, his expressionless eyes met the camera before he lowered his head submissively in expectation of what came next: noise-blocking headphones over his ears and blacked-out goggles over his eyes. Then the guards, whose faces were hidden behind plastic visors, marched their masked, clanking prisoner down the hall to his root canal. The videotape of that trip to the dentist, which was recently released to Mr. Padilla’s lawyers and viewed by The New York Times, offers the first concrete glimpse inside the secretive military incarceration of an American citizen whose detention without charges became a test case of President Bush’s powers in the fight against terror. Still frames from the videotape were posted in Mr. Padilla’s electronic court file late Friday. To Mr. Padilla’s lawyers, the pictures capture the dehumanization of their client during his military detention from mid-2002 until earlier this year, when the government changed his status from enemy combatant to criminal defendant and transferred him to the federal detention center in Miami. He now awaits trial scheduled for late January. Together with other documents filed late Friday, the images represent the latest and most aggressive sally by defense lawyers who declared this fall that charges against Mr. Padilla should be dismissed for “outrageous government conduct,” saying that he was mistreated and tortured during his years as an enemy combatant. Now lawyers for Mr. Padilla, 36, suggest that he is unfit to stand trial. They argue that he has been so damaged by his interrogations and prolonged isolation that he suffers post-traumatic stress disorder and is unable to assist in his own defense. His interrogations, they say, included hooding, stress positions, assaults, threats of imminent execution and the administration of “truth serums.” A Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. Todd Vician, said Sunday that the military disputes Mr. Padilla’s accusations of mistreatment. And, in court papers, prosecutors deny “in the strongest terms” the accusations of torture and say that “Padilla’s conditions of confinement were humane and designed to ensure his safety and security.” “His basic needs were met in a conscientious manner, including Halal (Muslim acceptable) food, clothing, sleep and daily medical assessment and treatment when necessary,” the government stated. “While in the brig, Padilla never reported any abusive treatment to the staff or medical personnel.” CONTINUED 1 | 2 | 3 Next Page > 12-04-06 09:28 EST

One of the things that I think will make Boy Georgie go down in history is his trouncing of Habeas Corpus, his blatant disregard for International Rules of Engagement (Geneva Convention), and his 'signing statements' which pretty much undo the US Constitution/the Separations of Power. Yeppers...the old boy is the "DECIDER"....and he doesn't feel he needs to pay any attention to any of the other branches of government our forefathers so wisely created. I personally think he meets ALL of the legitimate criteria for IMPEACHMENT ...and as one who believes that people should face the consequences of their actions... I think it's time for Cowboy Georgie to face the music (along with his good pals Dickie, Donnie and Condi)...because his actions have resulted in a lot of death and destruction for a lot of people in multiple countries...and have created a whole lot of ill will and danger for our country.

has anyone noticed that the more education people have...the less they breed excessively?

I am pretty much cluelessd on the subject of 'fills'....would appreciate feedback on the cost of fills, is the cost covered by insurance, how often will I have to be re'filled,' and does the port used for these 'fills' stick through your skin? Thanks for all your help and info as I navigate down this new road.

My name is Kathi and I am in the early steps of preparing to get lap band surgery. I do have a question that I have not seen addressed...is there anyone out there who takes prednisone often or regularly that has had lap band surgery, been denied surgery, or has any comment on how prednisone figures into successful weight loss. Thanks for any response and any help you can offer.

I am new on this forum and just want to say hi and wish all on the journey of weight control all the best. I am just beginning to research lap band surgery, had my first appointment with my PC yesterday to discuss the subject. I have much to learn and I imagine...many battles to fight before I finally have surgery. I am looking forward to talking with you all throughout my journey.

yes, prednisone is a corticosteroid used to treat, in my case, asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. I do not take it all of the time....but I do take it a lot. One of the side effects of steroid use is weight gain...and I am concerned as to how that will factor after lap band surgery. Thanks for the responses so far.