I feel your pain! We also had a break-in (Apr 2) and it is hard to get over. We lost almost $35,000. worth of stuff, and the insurance paid us $13,000.00. And we had "replacement coverage! Unfortunately, most of it was in gold jewelry my husband had bought for me in UAE and Italty, and is irreplacable. We only had a $10,000. jewelry rider on the ins., as that is what was advised when we got the ins.  - of course the price of gold has tripled since then!  We lost 2 laptops, and of course didn't have lots of the stuff backed up, etc. They stole our safe (about the size of a dorm refrig - took 2-3 people to move), so we are also having to watch for idenity theft since they have our passports, birth certs, and etc.  So, as I said, I truly understand the need to do ANYTHING but eat!
God blessed us so much in the days following the robbery with lots of loving comfort, and the gift of wonderful family and friends. We also got a buyer "out of the blue" for a car we had been wanting to sell, but hadn't even posted yet!
Hang in there - all will be well.

HUGS!

I'm trying to stay positive , the scale refusing to budge and worry about which surgery I will wake up with is starting to wear on me though.  I have started back to the gym so here's hoping some serious time on the treadmill can make things happen.

Nancy

Hi this is my first post to this or actually any forum on this site.  I am scheduled for a revision at St Francis on 6/30/10.  I am struggling to lose the weight I was asked to lose prior to surgery the scale is so stuck at the same place it always gets stuck and I'm feeling very frustrated and hungry.  Does anyone have any suggestions to help push the scale past this point (other then manually adjusting it lol)

Nancy

My mother is going in for an operation due to her diseased intestines. They will be removing the dead parts. Kind of a risky operation I was told. I was also told it was caused by Diverticulitis. All of my family members suffer from diverticulitis. Could she have been misdiagnosed or something? Not sure if that helps or not but, I know diverticulitis causes problems like that...
 

(my mother has never had WLS but has been obese all her life)

-Billie

I've been gone for a couple of days due to a break in at my house.  Sadly, my computer that I use for work was taken and renter's insurance won't cover it because it is under the deductible - not good for a writer/photograher!  In spite of that, I still stayed to the pre-op diet - though the last couple of days have beeen spent in tears.

I did the police report, talked to the management, and am now waiting on them to change the locks with electronic ones.  I've ranted, cried, steamed, and did everything I could to distract me from food...and has it been a difficult road.

I told myself that at least I will be better protected...they didn't get my cameras...I didn't walk in on the robbery...communications opened up where I live and others are doing what they can to protect their things...and telling myself that somehow, God will provide a new computer so I can get back to work.

I also motivated myself and managed to raise almost two hundred towards a new (lojack included) laptop - and am trying not to think about the fact that I still owe $400 on the one I will more than likely never see again - and I'm trying to stay positive about things in general...

Most of all, I'm glad I didn't bust out of the pre-op diet straight into the comfort foods...please pray for my sanity, trust, and faith.  I know mentally that God provides, but at the moment, I'm feeling edgy toward people who live close to me that I don't know well - because I wonder if it was them...

Thanks, just for letting me rant...
Kathy