Two down, two to go...

Sorry busy day will have to verbally berate tomorrow sometime.

Bubba

Industrious little bugger! You know that is a multiple syllable word right, be careful you might hurt yourself.
This next round is going to be ugly, you might want to make sure there are no innocent bystanders around incase there is collateral damage.

I have insurance there just is no provision for WLS. I pleaded my case to an HR rep over a year ago we will see if it shows up in this years benefits. (Question #36) Till I lost the weight  I really didn't start to come out of my shell till about a year ago and started to feel good about myself, I've always been more of  an introvert so I'm not a big picture guy. I was thinking of taking some pics since next week will be 8 weeks and posting them on board though. But it probably won't be the chip and dale show that zombie put up. Hell I would love to even have a stalker at his point. Isn't a group groupie a kind of fish, or wait that's a (GROUPER) glad I could correct you on that.

I don't know how you can be ripe old age of 40, how is one ripe and old at same time. I think I'll go with thoroughly matured. (I can practically hear you starting to sniffle) Well I guess your going to be 41 soon I will be joining the ranks of the 40 something's also. Good guess on the age, I don't really have a stuffed animal I can give you since I outgrew that a couple years ago. But have been saving all the hair from my dogs for several years so I will knit you some nice gloves. (I hear CHOW CHOW fur is in this year) This is getting creepy wish I could make it up. But I was kind of like you I did have really bad blood pressure & arthritis, pre-diabetic. My heart rate was so low in the hospital the nurse was like are you ok, it was running in the 40's - 50's alot of time. My last cholesterol was 160 with HDL 64. I always wanted to go skydiving so death would more instantaneous.

My highest weight was 540, When I post pics next week I will put up when when I was at my heaviest. I should retract a little on the gas, meaning I don't have the problems the bypass folks do. But the local gas company no longer has a hit out on me as I no longer a source of competion to their business. Wow 85% is huge I know you feel so much better now. And they said that cows were mostly responsible for depletion of ozone layer, apparently your an enviromental hazard all by yourself.

Went to WHOLE PAYCHECK  (foods) this morning, have you tried the freshly ground honey peanut butter? Best I have ever had I always let dogs clean out container so I don't have to rinse it out when I recycle.

I have never been much a drinker but I had the last 4th of july off and hung out with neighbors and there is this drink called mojito. Good thing I only had to rumble, bumble, & stumble 50 feet back to house as I had a good (drawing a blank here, like pictionary with no marker) Same here 1 beer feelin good, 2 beers why did ceiling fall on me, quick buzz come out of it pretty quick too. Soory to hear about your back I have a little bit of degenerative arthritis as well in back with a couple of somethings don't cooperate. (I swear I have paperwork to back up what I'm saying I'm starting to think your the creepy one)  But I was lucky I found a good chiropractor and he takes care of me. (and he takes care of me, sounds like he's my sugar daddy or something)  Medicull tranzcrptunist jorg. Mongo no undrtand make me git pane in hed.

So happy no seromas still sore like crazy though. Can't believe you pulled out your own drain you poor thing, your like RAMBO & MCGYVER in one your my hero or heroine wait that's a drug, but I already have hydrocodone, anyways. You probably just used a staple gun on it and poured on some gunpowder on it from the 357 magnum shells you happened to be reloading in anticipation for your hunting trip to alaska for grizzly bear. (How could you? You need at least a 30-06, a bear can smell you a mile away (2 miles with your gas) and can run 30 mph over a short distance. Do your homework lady!


90 words a minute huh, OK GO. I can outramble you and I will. You may have to order some of this cheese popcorn I speak of, it is that good. I actually were plastic gloves when I eat it so I don't get messy, does that sound weird or no worse than what is already being discussed here. OK I will pop for a decent walker with the little tennis balls, I will even throw in a little bell that goes ding ding on the handle bars. I do need to make xtra cash as I can no longer do santa at the mall (too skinny) and I'm not a very convincing elf.

Ok you take a nap now as emotionally your probaly spent and need some prozac and lorazepam just to cope with the mental beatdown you just got. (BAM!) Insert image of Emerald cooking or James Brown doing touchdown dance to illustrate point.

I will throw you a bone here,I did a video for my surgeons office when I was 4 1/2 months out from surgery
to help educate people thinking about surgery. I'm not sure how to post link but go to.

www.methodistbariatric.com/spotlight.cfm

I'm the one below joyce who had DS.

I did go to local animal shelter yesterday for orientation to be a volunteer. Have to go back next saturday for some training like 6 hours, but have been wanting to do this for a couple years now as I have two dogs from this shelter and want to give back to community a little bit.

Have a good one.

Bubba

Don't worry I will make you CFO & vice president of eastcoast sales tennis ball walker divison after takeover is complete.

I just lost not one, but two responses to you. Seems the fates don't want me returning the verbal smack down today. Sadly, it is well past my bedtime. No "old lady needs her beauty sleep" cracks from you old man. I happen to know you are hot on my tail age-wise because I am good like that. Good like that--that is the name of the night club I plan to open next week, except I'll have customers (that are neither related or lactating) unlike some people I know.

I'll re-create the magic that was my reply tomorrow. I will just suffice it to say that it gets even creepier...

Careful cutting the little slits into the tennis balls for my walker. I wouldn't want you to injure your
already bloodied fingers and knuckles any further! Oh wait, maybe the gloves for the popcorn will protect you! :)

Lorazepam here I come!! You rest well!

Good Morning! Hopefully 3^rd time is a charm. So I don’t normally show weakness to my enemies, but I have to say tha****ching your video made me cry. Yep. Real tears. Granted, I cry at cat food commercials, but hearing the joy in your voice as you described doing the little things that people so take for granted and when you spoke of feeling normal (debatable, but I’ll give it to you this time)--it reminded me a lot of me. I was heavy, even as a young child (122 in 5^th grade, 211 in 9^th, stopped checking for years after that) and was tormented mercilessly in school. As hard as it is to believe given my razor sharp wit and incredible multisyllabic vocabulary, I quit high school as a result of the torment. I hate that I let those little *******s change the direction of my life. Oh, to have a do over!! But I digress. This weight loss has truly been a gift. It has come at a price in some regards, but overall, it has been a very, very positive thing. And I LOVE that I can tie my shoes AND breathe at the same time! LOL! I was going to guess that you’d lost 150 those 4 months.  Yet again and not surprisingly, I was right! That is unreal.  Damn men. Okay, that is the last of the soft stuff. Wait, I lied. What you have accomplished is nothing short of remarkable. You have overcome something that most people in our society would never even be able to comprehend facing. You have battled morbid obesity and you have kicked its ass! It is really something to be proud of and I wish you much continued success.  Now that is really the last of the mush. Onto the virtual butt whippin'!

I had to LMAO at your reference to zombie’s pictures (all due love zombie in case you are reading this!) because I was telling my husband about the little black box that covered his man parts and my husband said that if he posted his pictures, he’d need a really long black box. LOL!  Introvert? You? But you are so funny and witty. I was the classic funny fat girl. Put on the funny face so no one would know I was hurting. Always using self-deprecating humor so no one could beat me to the insult. Thankfully I’m still funny, but much less likely to smile when I don’t feel like it. And much more willing to speak out for myself. Sometimes too willing--just ask my husband! LOL!

So you are going to be the big 4-0? Does that freak you out like it does some people? I figured I’m fitter and better looking than I’ve ever been (if I do say so myself, which if you knew me better you’d know I would NEVER normally say, but I’m trying to embrace the new me!) so I thought I might as well enjoy my 40’s.  

Creepy alert—I used to be a knitter. Well that’s not the creepy part. The creepy part is about knitting dog fur.  I have two poodles (purebred, not shelter dog--I know, I know!).  Anyway, my older poodle has fur as soft as a velveteen rabbit (not that I really know what a velveteen rabbit is) and I saved her fur in hopes of having it spun into yarn. I thought better of it when I realized I’d smell like wet dog should my scarf get rained on!! That and it was like a bazillion dollars for one small ball of yarn. I can't make this stuff up!! :) Chow huh? One of those little puff balls attacked a pit bull when I had my oldest dog in puppy class. Nasty thing wouldn’t let go! And I thought it was the pit bulls that were supposed to be evil! I have trained my dog extensively in obedience and agility, so if your dog is as adversarial as you are and you need any help training that fluff hound, let me know! I think it’s great you want to volunteer at the shelter. Creepy alert #2--In talking to my husband about trying to feel fulfilled in my  life, I mentioned last week that I’d like to volunteer working with animals (or sick kids or old people because they don’t kill them after 3 days!) and I really want to be able to get my daughter into it too because she speaks of being a vet and is a big animal lover like her dad and me. Not sure I can handle the euthanasia part of it, but I could walk the pups and love on them a bit while they were there. Maybe a no-kill shelter is where I need to check into. Besides hoarding the balls of fur you find, what will they have you doing?

Creepy alert #3—mojitos are one of my favorite drinks. I grow mint so I can make them.  Didn’t make even one this summer so I now have a huge surplus of mint. Better get with Martha Stewart and figure out how I can use it up. Ooh, perhaps we can rub it on our upper lips to help combat the stench at our drainers meetings! I've totally caved and been taking showers. Just some things I'm willing to risk and that's one of them. I felt better knowing that some on here were instructed to shower with them in. How is it there is such a discrepancy between surgeons? It gets on my nerves!! I figure if I can pull out my own drain, I can sure as heck survive a shower!! 

Last night before my notes disappeared I was cursing you for being a saboteur. You had to go and mention honey peanut butter and since I can’t afford Whole Paycheck, I had to settle for a Reese’s.

So you are still hurting? Do you have any numbness? That is what is driving me crazy. When the hell will we be normal (again, using the term loosely) again?  I can’t see it being anytime in the foreseeable future. That is really going to put a crimp in my style on my Alaskan bear hunting expedition with Sarah Palin. See, she knows how to keep us downwind should I need to add to the natural gas supply in lieu of drilling for oil as she might have us do!!  At least I’ll have my pimped out walker to help me along. And I don’t need to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun Sarah!!

Oh, and it seems my last drain did notice her friends were gone and she’s draining away—45cc for my first empty of the morning. So much for getting this damn thing out in time for my birthday! UGH!

Well, I don’t know if I’ve effectively emasculated you with my verbal lashing, but I did get to use the words saboteur and multisyllabic, so I’m feeling pretty good about my effort!

Oh, and what did you really mean when you said your chiropractor takes care of you??? ;)

Have a good day!

Yes definately getting wierderer all the time now. Speaking of time been super busy, did not even check football scores this weekend had alot of stuff to catch up on now that i'm more mobile. Sunday & Monday are my weekend. Will try to catch up with you this afternoon, need time to lick my wounds anyways.

Bubba

No football!?!? Man, you are busy! All I know is that the Evils beat the Redskins. Guessing that as an animal lover you are not a Vick fan either? And you mean you actually have a life and aren't able to pen short novels for each reply immediately? Some business partner you'd be! LOL! No worries. I should actually start doing something more productive than busting your chops--but it's too fun!

Weird item of the day--my days off from my typing job are Sunday and Monday! Actually they are about to be everyday because I just told her I don't foresee getting back to work anytime soon. Being as she only wanted to give me a week off I'm guessing I won't be having a job to go back to. Hate it anyway, so it's actually a blessing in disguise!

And really, no worries about reply timeliness or length. I know you are at a distinct disadvantage what with your typing with a pencil in your mouth!!

Have a good evening!!

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Bubba