Whats going on?

Hey Marci, I dont like alot of tension among friends. I am a self conscious person as well so I know what are you are feeling. I feel 100 times better about myself these days than I have in a long time and I owe it all to this site. I still struggle and if it werent for this site and all of you all I would have fallen off the wagon many months ago. Will you be at the bash this weekend?

I just don't know yet if I will be able to make it. My Great Aunt fell a few weeks ago and just had to have a shoulder replacement. My Aunt called me last night and asked me to go Saturday morning and help her clean the house before my Great Aunt gets home. I am going to try and drop by the Bash if I can get finished in time. Seems like Arlies said it was from 8am-5pm. I swear it just seems like something always comes up when we try to make plans!

Hi everyone and I do hope this day find everyone at peace. I would like to say I know I haven't been on as much but I like Christine do try to read and post as much as possible. People yes we , some hide under a and lurk, some are waiting to have surgery, some have had good surgeries, some not so good, some are more opinionated than others, some views are stronger than others and Lawd knows I probably fit in every category I just mentioned. The point is we have to learn to "AGREE to DISAGREE" and go on as most families do. We are all here for the same purpose and commonality and that is we want the WL surgery or we have had the WLS. Then we are here to get support or give support. Everything we get in between is icing on the cake . I do agree that conversations have fallen off considerly. It seems as if people pick who they want to respond to. No, I am not picking on anyone or throwing stones, this is just my observation and of course my opinion. I don't want to be cusified for giving my opinion. I try to respond to as many as I can because I knew when I first came on board no one knew me and you all had to get to know me. Now aren't you all glad you did . For those of you who don't know me here I am, opinion and all. I feel Christine is correct and we need to take a step back and go back toward our goals. I too am looking forward to this weekend and doing something a little different. I think we are just bord with the same thing and need a change and it gets that way sometime. So I leave you all with this today. ******Start the day with prayer and a commitment to conquer any difficulties that happen and a firmer commitment to not let them conquer you. ******** Have a good day everyone and I do hope to see most of you this week-end at the "MS October Bash" Take care !!!!

I for one am glad that I met you. I really think we hit it off and in the long run you ended up having surgery where you should have. I did not have warm fuzzies about where you were prior to Dr. Whitehead and I told you that. You are doing great and I think you are satisfied with your choice. I am glad you are coming this weekend. I cannot wait to see you as always...

I agreeeeeeeeeeeeeee so much. I think this board really needs to regroup and lets get back to the support and love that was here for so long. I too dont sugar coat this surgery and I am one that had major problems. Would I do it again............. In a heartbeat. Even with scaring my family and my dr to death (myself as well) I totally had researched the complications and Knew what they could be. I knew that I could have passed away and i also knew all I could find out about the hospital and the Dr that I used. I feell that I have told the truth to anyone that has asked me about this surgery and I tell them the good and the bad. I tell them all about my complications, the fear and the pain I had. But I also tell them how this has made my life better and not to do it for anyone but themselves if they are going to do it. I also ask them to spend as much time as possible researching all sides of it. Ok I qill quit my soap box lecture now. I cant wait to see everyone at the bash and hope the boards can get back to normal ASAP. Barry

you couldn't have said it better Christine.... I agree 100%. Sometimes it does seem like 'sands through the hourglass.. so are the days of our lives!" LOL! it reminds me a lot of my family! Drama drama! I would love to start posting more and talking to everybody more,I really liked talking to everybody regularly. well hope everybody has a great day. dont forget to let me know who is participating in what so i can come prepared. thanks. ps what time is everybody meeting up at the park Saturday?

Hey Crystal, Some of us are staying there Friday night so we will be there I guess when yall get there. I was thinking around 10 or so that we would leave our rooms and go to the meeting place. I am making beef stew and will put it in the crock pot early early that morning and it will need about 5 hours to cook. Cant wait to see you and all your outfits! Christine

I know you were one of the ones who had complications as well and I know you are thrilled that you had this surgery even thru all of what you went thru. I can see it in your face how happy you are these days and thats great. You have done amazingly well and should be very proud of yourself! See you on Saturday!

Seems that since Katrina, the board has dropped in attendance. I think most people are just now getting back to some kind of normalcy. I expect things to pick up soon, especially after the bash. We've all had so many negative things happening over the past months that we've all just been overwhelmed. Kimberly

Katrina was truly devestating and maybe all the stress from it is contributing to all the negativity on the site. It was/is a very stressful time still for some folks. Talk to you more on Saturday!