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Noticed some people's Sleeves have names.... Does yours and does it help to name them?

I gave my arthritis a name - Arthur - and it did help when it was bad to be able to complain to him personally :-)))))

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I'm still pre-op, so mine is only a sleeve-to-be. Maybe kind of like a "fiancé" (as in "future spouse") mine is a "sleevé"--pronounced "sleeve-ay"!

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I named my sleeved stomach "Fred". Some days Fred has an attitude.

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This thread reminds me of a friend of mine who named her GPS system's voice "Horace Vandergelder", after the cranky character from "Hello, Dolly". I think I might use that as a sleeve name, and talk to it with Barbra Streisand's voice.

"Why, Horace Vandergelder, as I live and breathe--how well you look!"

...Sorry, my musical theater geek is showing. *tucks it back in*

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This thread reminds me of a friend of mine who named her GPS system's voice "Horace Vandergelder", after the cranky character from "Hello, Dolly". I think I might use that as a sleeve name, and talk to it with Barbra Streisand's voice.

"Why, Horace Vandergelder, as I live and breathe--how well you look!"

...Sorry, my musical theater geek is showing. *tucks it back in*

Funny! I named my GPS unit Beatrice. No name for my sleeve though.

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Naming your sleeve?? okay we are just getting way too into this. :blink:

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Naming your sleeve?? okay we are just getting way too into this. :blink:

You mean you haven't heard of "Sleevie Wonder" or "Sleevie Nicks" around the forums? ;)

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Shortdog, it's a girl thing. On that note, I haven't been sleeved yet but will probably name mine after I meet him or her... Gotta see if she is a cranky wench or laid back and easy to live with.

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I didn't name my sleeve but I named the part of the stomach that they cut out.

I called him "fat bastard" and kicked him to the curb....

LOL!! Oh the imagery!!

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I decided not to name my sleeve because it is a permanent part of my body, not some foreign visitor. I did name my Lapband. Her name was Sybil because she had multiple personalities. I'm very happy that Sybil is long gone and I no longer have a foreign bject in my body that needs constant babysitting!

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well since my shirts already have a left and a right sleeve....how about the middle sleeve? Just joking!....kinda like "Sleeve Martin!" lol!

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LOL!! Oh the imagery!!

Haha! That's pretty much just how it looked too!

Including singing to me about food :P

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I called mine "the food police " but not in the past month or so. I know when to stop eating now and I don't need "the food police" to write me any more tickets.

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Thank you all for your thoughts, need to think if mine will have a name or be left in peace.

Laura, I laughed out loud at the "fat bastard", fantastic!

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