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We just got to move home last night. Still don't have electricity. I'm running the generator so I can catch up on all my mail & such! :D

We had only moderate damage. Our house is still intact, the carport collapsed and broke the electric meter, phone box, and a Water line so we had no utilities at all for a while. Thankfully we have a camper which we have been living in - first in Ferriday, then in Oakdale, now back home in Topsy.

The Water & phone are working again, just waiting on Beauregard to come replace the meter.

I know a lot of us are in the LC area. Hope you are all well and your houses didn't get much damage. Please post so we'll know.. and if you need anything at all don't hesitate to PM me. I'll help in any way I can.

Holly

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Wow Holly! I can't imagine what all you have been through these last weeks! I noticed you weren't signing in on the Fall Challenge but I just saw you there and I'm so glad you are okay! There are a few of you displaced. Paula is near Lake Charles and got hit pretty good but the house is there and she's supposed to be back...still waiting on her to check back in. Welcome home. Thanks for letting us know!

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Hi Kathy,

Thanks for noticing I wasn't around. :) I'm happy to be back. Things were in such a turmoil when we were away, what with not knowing what was going on here at home and if we'd have a home to return to or not.

It's so nice for things to be back to relative normalcy.

I hope we hear from Paula & the others soon.

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I hope we hear from Paula & the others soon.

Yeah, me, too. I have been waiting patiently for her (Paula) to post. I know the electricity was back on at her house so they returned, she just hasn't checked back in yet. We are slowly finding out about those of you that were hit by the storms. There are so many of us all over the country...the world!...it's hard to keep up and remember who lives where. Anyhow, glad you are getting back to normal!!! Did you get the meter fixed?

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Welcome back, hope you're back to normal real soon. Unless you've been through a devistating hurricane, you just can't realize the simple things we take for granted. After Isabel, we didn't have power for a month and a phone for almost two months, (we live way off the road and we're not high priority).

But, we were blessed considering what Katrina and Rita did to so many families and property.

Take care.

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Guest ELIZABETHTHIB

Does anyone know where I can get a fill near lafayette area. I got my band in Mexico.

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Guest dooney

I just got banded this past Thanksgiving, and I was checking on fill doctors ahead of time. If anyone has any good names, please let me know...thanx

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I just saw Dr. Stephanie Eisjink in College Station (north of Houston) for my first fill and I really like her a lot. She's not the least bit judgmental because I had my surgery in Mexico. In fact, most of her patients have had thier surgeries there. She does the fill under fluoro, charges $200, makes appointments on weekends at a very nice clinic and has a band herself.

College Station is a long drive for me (from the Lake Charles area), but I'll be going back for my fills from now on.

Her email is seijsink@swmail.sw.org

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