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That is all information that you have to get from that email source. I'm sorry we're talking all around it, but if you'll contact them you'll get what you need to know. It really is a valid thing.

OH won't allow any posting about it as it IS advertising...in a way.  But in another way it isn't.  So no one is allowed to explain it to you here.  Whatever, it's a legit deal and several people have taken advantage of it and I sure as hell wouldn't sign that loan paperwor****il I corresponded with the people involved.

That is a valid message. Contact them.

When I was a kid I would pass out, now not so much. Now I kind of like needles they are useful and I am a bit of a tattoo addict. If its the fear of pain from the needle stick that freaks you out try getting some emla cream. It will help to numb the area before hand. I use it on my daughter for all her blood draws that she gets. She tells me it doesn't hurt when that has been used. It also helps if you know where they can stick ya and get it the first time, I tell the lab techs to go for one vein in my hand every and they nail it. You also need to make sure that you are well hydrated. Like drink 5 bottle of water the day before you go in and be drinking the day of. Last thing you want them to do is stick you a bunch of times cause you are so dried out that you don't even bleed when they pull a needle out and cant get the blood.

Oh tattoos see i want one bad, but have none why? yep I'm a pain wuss lol.

Even my Dr. asked me something and I said I hate needles and he said show me your tattoo. Don't have any he laughed and said needles huh. That is something I'm getting after this is all gone I'm telling you now lol.

Foxone-

Congratulations on choosing the DS!  You are in for daily amazement post-op!

I had some diffuclties immedately post op, had to get a couple bags to rehydrate the first two months, and had massive difficulty eating, mostly because I was eatng too fast. I still get that from time to time, if I let myself get too hungry. Hunger will return eventually, depending on what kind of eater you are (emotional, volume, etc) and how big your sleeve is.  For most, the greater curvature, which produces the hunger hormone ghrelin, is removed in the sleeve gastrectomy(top half) of the DS, and hunger is greatly reduced. 
Hunger can be a great tool or your worst enemy!  It can keep you from not eating enough, or, like me, if you let yourself get too hungry, you end up ejecting what you ate because you wolf it down.

As for the needles, I always look dead at mine during lab draws.  I find it actually reduces anxiety, because if you look away, your mind just intensifies the anticipated pain. 

If you feel like you may be panicky going in to a lab draw, request to lie down for the draw. It helps me HUGELY to be lying down. Something about the blood not rushing to my head, or something, I don't even know! I am usually fine these days but definitely have had a few panic attacks related to needles in my day. You will get through it

When they come at you with the needle---just close your eyes and think of England. (*grin*)

Just show up to the lab nekkid with a stethoscope around your neck.  That's what my wife does; of course, they end up sticking her 12 times due to the distraction but, hey, whatever it takes! 

 Um. . .1) Watch the cross thread drama!

 2) Stop telling my secrets! (Oh and Ms. Cal inferred there are pictures floating about?!?!)

3) You took the stethoscope to work today and I'm getting cold!