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My oldest is 14 and a wrestler and a football player. A football player in TEXAS no less . Scares the hell out of me. Not so much this yr since he's in middle school , they practice in the morning at 6 am . They are done before it even starts to get hot. Next yr however , 2 A Days Start. High School football in Texas is INTENSE. And i worry about him. But he's very good at football ( I think he's done wrestling this yr too) . Every yr though , I get his heart tested. Evidenlty the heart disorder that all these kids have dropped from (ventricular Fiburlation Sp?) is detectable .... Once you have it you have it . It wont pop up all of a sudden. But I still get my son tested every yr at the heart hospital of Austin. If it is not that something else might pop up . For $175 they do a total heart work up . Sometimes at the start of the yr they will do the vent. Fib. test for free. So its worth it , I Dont want to stop him from playing but i want him to be safe . Still worry about it though. Mindy

O how sad. The school district is NOT too smart. They screwed themselves by making that statement above. Here in Austin , Texas in general lately the schools are being OVERLY Cautious because in the past few weeks there have been SEVERAL Kids Die on the sports fields. IN houston Last week alone there were 3 kids ( one in 7 grade) die on the football field . The week before that there was a Football player in the Austin are drop on the side lines on the feild. He was dead... The had a portable defibulator and they brought him back. IN the past 2 weeks I would say there have been close to 10 middle school to high school kids die. They should be being more careful. Mindy

Does it make a difference where your port goes if you know before hand your going to have a tummy tuck ?

I was searching around and there are some pretty good one's in here. http://www.stickergiant.com/page/sg/CTGY/bp JUST be be fair ( im fair and Balanced ya know LOL ) Here are some convservative one's too .... http://www.stickergiant.com/page/sg/CTGY/bcons I think some of these are funny even . I Didnt look through all of these some look like they maybe a bit extreme

OMG Just drop it all ready . I have tried to say " It was a joke , im not talking about you im making blanket statements " DONT BE SO DAMN DEFENSEIVE OK " ITS OVER WITH . IT WAS A DAMN BUMPER STICKER .

Wasnt specially speaking of you .... I belive i said PEOPLE

I didnt know we were debating anything. I Just thought this was a happy post some funny things you saw thread . The rants and raves section is for anything. :hippie:

AMEN SISTA SING IT . lol I SO dont get why people get so pissy all the time . Where is everyone's sense of humor now a days ? I live in Conservative,republican , tree huggin Texas and NO ONE Here can take a Joke let me tell ya! ESPICALLY From a liberal . LMAO and WHY IN THE HELL Do people get SO OFFENDED when you say " Bring the troops home " :omg: SHOCKER , Last I checked Very few people actually LIKED War and actually WANTED Them to be there . OHH I get so confused by people sometimes. :cry Im going to starbucks to get me and my kid an expresso . :bored (News ticker ... im sarcastic and JOKING about getting my 5 yr an expresso )

It was a JOKE . I thought it was FUNNY ! It was meant to be NOTHING MORE than something I Shared that I THOUGHT WAS FUNNY . WHY CANT it be NOTHING MORE THAN THAT ? Sorry but if you did not find it amusing than you did NOT Have to comment on it .

There is no more EVIL PLACE than Chuckie cheese . :angry

Guess no ones Tatts showed . (Ok i wasnt sure if T$tts would show up or not lol ) SASSY

Some Quickly Utter At Tackiness . MASKT

Saw a bumper sticker the other day that said " SO Your PRO LIFE , Ever been to CHUCKY CHEESE ON A SATURDAY ? " A little tackcy but as a mother and a pro choicer I thought it was kind of funny !! Mindy

I totally agree and I dont have the band yet. If i hear "easy" way out yet im going to vomit. I have told some people that i barely know , for instance , I clean houses to save money for the surgery . Those people I clean houses for all KNOW why im cleaning houses ( It kind of came up accidently) I can tell you THOSE People were MORE INTERESTED and MORE Supportive than my "Friends" . SO IRRITATING. Mindy

Sorry by BF I meant BEST FRIEND . Yes she has weight to loose herself. Granted its 10 or 20 lbs . I will be VERY PRoud of myself when i get my band. I have NEVER wanted ANYTHING so bad in my life. I HATE Cleaning and im cleaning houses every day to get the money , I LOVED Smoking after 15 yrs I quit smoking . All to have this surgery . Im THE MOST UNMOTIVATED person in the world. BUT I WANT THIS SURGERY And I WILL GET IT . I like your quote about help from Jenny Craig im going to use that next time my best friend says something like that. I DO know one thing. This whole surgery thing has REALLY made me reevaluate friendships ... To ME because I will support someone 100% if that's what makes THEM happy because i belive that's what a friend is. And seeing the way some people have reacted to my choice to have this surgery has made me RETHINK having them in my life. Mindy

Liability is not what came to mind when I read this . EXPERIENCE, Knowledge of anatomy, experience from doing this day in and day out is what came to mind. Monitoring dialation and an INVASIVE Fill are 2 different things as far as im concerned. Ive given myself injections for yrs for migraines as well as allergy shots. But I would NEVER Do this . NOr would i consider it . I use to be able to take my allergy shots at home, Now you have to go into a MD's office to get them. Just my input . Mindy

I finally told my mom and my "BF" that its not up to them to feel comfortable about my surgery . Its up to ME and its not for them to KNOW How im going to feel that its all about me. Its not about THEM , it has nothing to do with them , it has nothing to do with how they feel about my surgery . I told my mom , "Ya know there is a reason why they call people who are a certain amount of wt over wt or have a BMI Of what ever # MORBIDLY OBESE Cause it can KILL YOU " I think they have issues because I have been overwt for 6 yrs. I guess that isnt enough time for them. Again its not about THEM , its about me , im not going to wait for something to happen to me. With having PCOS as well it makes it that more difficult to loose. Im not going to wait for something to happen , im taking action now. Mindy

I Just sent you a PM ... I am also going through the same thing ... I am not banded yet. I just got this little comment via email from my BF a few days ago "My desire would have been that you exhausted all other efforts first. I know you say you've done a few things.... but with the money you have you could invest in joining the gym, hiring a personal trainer, joining Jenny Craig.... you could do ALL of those things and probably lose the weight on your own and then you'd be SO proud of yourself. You self-esteem and confidence would be SO high and you could show the world that you could do it on your own. It'd be healthier, safer and it would have been worth the time and money to at least give it a 6 month commitment before doing the surgery. I'd CERTAINLY be in your cheering section, cheering you on, encouraging you... shoot, I'd join the gym too if I could. I just know how easy it is for all of us to find the "quick fix", the fastes way out.... but you should weigh every other option first. If you were dedicated to fitness and health for a steady 6 months and you didn't see ANY change (which YOU would see a change) then I'd TOTALLY support the idea.... but I think you'd be surprised. You're so down on yourself that you don't think you could be successful but you're not even trying.... doing some walking, yoga and a little home exercise isn't gonna cut it. It just won't." My comment to her was " I am DOING This on my OWN , the band is simply a tool to help me . and TRUST ME I will be PLENTY PROUD Of MYSELF when I loose 100lbs . Because when I do it will BE ON MY OWN" . I Send her some info on surgery , a link to OH to look at before and after pics . And some other info . Most of the time the negativity is because of lack of education about the surgery is what i have found. But after the help from this group as well as others I have found that after a bit of a nervous breakdown (LOL) Its just best to try to not argue with them . I try to only tell those who I KNOW are going to be supportive . IF i dont know I wont tell them . I really wish I had thought about not telling anyone ... But that really wasnt something I had thought about until I came on this board and then I thought " NOW I know why people do that ". I See why now . anyway I hope that helps Mindy

Im not banded yet but is this common for docs to give you needles for emergency unfills ?? I dont think i have read anything about this before this thread. I mean it makes sense to me but at the same time seems dangerous because of this very thing, leaving the idea open for "Self Fills" Mindy

Im thinking IF this goes to court ESPICALLY In the states they are goign to say " Ok let me see you kept the FINANCIAL Records but you didnt keep MEDICAL Records for your PATIENT " Hummmm .IF they have no medical record of you HOW Can they PROVE they did any procedure on You ? :faint: That might be something you bring up to them . If i were you I would consult an attorney . Alot of attorney's will offer a one hour free consult but it might be worth something to see if you should be worried. If anything maybe you can counter sue for medcial malpractice . There is a doc in San Antonio that takes MX band patients Dr Jorge Rincon , he's who im going to see. MAYBE If you establish with a doctor THAT DOCTOR can get your records ?? I dont know though . You might want to call Dr Rincon he deals with alot of MX Band PTS but usually in order for him to see you he wants you to have your medical records. He's very nice though , he might have some suggestions for you ? I wish you luck and this will work out some how some way . Mindy

Ok im gonna have to go with this one too cause its PURDY lol As well as one of these I would love to wear one of these and look so cute in it . That and Old Navy Yoga Pants and Buy a SMALL .

I Can tell you that we( as in my family) are better off Financally than 8 yrs ago . HOWEVER we Filled Bankcrupcy (Chapter 7) Which was the best thing that we could have done. BUT , HUGE BUT here. BECAUSE of the BUSH Administration People like me who had $55,000 in Medical Bills because of 2 eye surgeries my son had and ER Bills from my Chronic MIgraines .... (BTW I had health insurance for one of those surgeries)... it is now Nearly IMPOSSIBLE to file Chapter 7 for the working class . If we had waited One day longer to file , we would not have been able to . We would have made TOO MUCH money (at the time $35,000) To file Chapter 7 they would have FORCED us to file chapter 13 , if it was OK'd for us to file chapter 13 after that. Chapter 7 was the BEST Thing that ever happened to us financally it allowed us to start over. But the BUSH admin. changed that. WHY ?? Because people had too much CC Debit . Instead of changing the laws so the CC Companies cant RAPE You with Fee's they hurt the working class. 2 weeks after our bankcrupcy was Discharged I got 5 count them 5 CC"S in the mail 3 of 1 of them was from a company I owed $1000 AND that I claimed in the bankcrupcy . GO Figure that out. ( I only had $1500 in CC Debit too ) . Mindy

I agree 100% of what you said . You have SUCH a way with words TOM .:confused:

Im a housewife and we own our own businesss. My husband runs the concrete business we own that we started in Feb. with 8 Employee's now we have 20 ! I started off taking care of the paper work but it got too much for me to do . SO now i work on cleaning houses to pay for my surgery . The business is doing so good though I may not have to keep doing that lol MIndy

This may not be a great answer or something that you want to hear . But if this is a big deal and I can see how it would be being such an intimate work situation. Some people or empolyers im sure pepole could tell and they would be ok with it. BUT what about missnig the friends wedding and using that time off for the surgery . It seems to be that taking the proper amount of time off for the surgery and to make sure you have enough time to heal ( i am not banded yet ) and make sure you do not over do it is more important than making sure your at your friends wedding. Granted I know its important to be at your friends wedding. but if your friend truely is your friend I think given the fact that it seems you kind of have to make a choice she SHOULD Understand. Or can you not take as MUCH time off for the wedding ? It was just a suggestion that I didnt see mentioned yet. And probaly something I would do since the surgery is so important to you as well as me. I would miss just about anything in order to do it. lol HTH Mindy