How wonderful are all of you!?!

Thank you for the password.  You look totally awesome.  I hope my insurance covers most of my anchor cut.  My appt with plastic surgeon went really well.  I know the insurance won't cover all, but will help knock down the expense to get rid of the amount of skin I need to get rid of .

I will worry about my thighs and boobs when i hit the lottery, lol.  I do plan on getting vaser lipo in the thighs until I can get the skin removed, to help cut down on the weight of my thighs (they are soooo heavy they make my knees pop out and cause me to fall).  Unfortunately, insurance won't touch the thigh issue.

I have over a year of pictures, prescriptions, and records from my PCP, as well as the pics of hanging skin the PS took yesterday.

I pray insurance helps pay for at least the stomach area, I am so sick of infections.

First I have to say WOW about your weight loss. What a tremendous accomplishment!! I'm so sorry you have to contend with the issue with your knees due to the weight of the thighs and boy do I know the pain of those rashes and infections. I'll keep my fingers crossed that insurance does something for you. I'm none to happy about my insurance situation--found out my claim did not get submitted prior to my surgery. My insurance has done a retro authorization before, but I seriously doubt they will do it with this. Oh well, I knew it might be all out of pocket, so I was prepared for it.

Take care!!

Denise

Denise you are strangely quiet last couple days. Hope you had a good time for your birthday & I know your anniversary was today hope you are enjoying yourself today as well.

Wouldn't blame you if you stepped away from board for a couple days to recooperate. Checking it all the time can seem like a chore, and once you starting getting around better getting back to old routine less time for this board, kind of happening to me.

Hope that last drain comes out this week, take it easy.

Bubba

Denise and quiet--now that is an oxymoron if I've ever heard one. And here I thought you were being the quiet one. Worried you'd had a run in with that big toenail of yours rendering yourself unable to type. I sent you not one, but two responses in my swollen foot (or after you visted, my swollen head!) thread. I guess my responses are getting mixed amongst those of all of your other adoring fans. You are correct, however, that I was a little worn out from fielding 60 password requests for my pictures. I totally lost track of who I'd responded to because they came in both private messages and in the forum and between checking in on my phone and my laptop  trying to keep up, I was totally lost. Guess I can't have all this and brains too!! LOL! Anyway, don't feel pressured to respond being that you have a life and all, but ANSWER ME!! LOL! Seriously, I'm glad you are out and about and enjoying yourself. It was nice to be out and feeling a little normal physically.
I actally had a very good day yesterday. So much fun getting together with with all my best friends and just laughing all day long. Granted, the Renaissance Festival is chock full of opportunities for fodder. Suffered a little today as I'm not able to hang like I used to when I was only 40. Don't laugh--you're time is coming mister.

Well I won't hit you with anymore questions to give your itty bitty brain (and painfully slow fingers) time to catch up. Enjoy your day off!!

Ta ta!!

Denise

Swollen feet, how wonderful you all are. Wow it's amazing how supportive we can be in one sentence, make someone laugh out loud (ME MAKE YOU LAUGH (Keep trying)) the next sentence, then try to cut them down and say you dirty SOB! Isn't this grand!

I can't complain about time off, I don't have more than a high school edumacation and I think I make decent money. Happy to have a good job and benefits, consider myself lucky. I don't know if I'm a big fan of cruises but never went on one though. Would not bug me at all though to go to alaska and see wildlife  & such & whatnot & therefore. Maybe you could just train for ididnotdoitirod and travel 1000 miles or so and really see alaska. (Dog sled built for 3 Oh boy) If we book trek 6 months in advance on Palin website we get to shoot wolves from helicopter for free. (NOT!) Wouldn't mind having a husky but I want my chow chow first at some point. I'm not down with the high energy dogs but only recently last year or so have I had any energy at all. Wow 8 weeks that's like 40 days, or 320 hours or yah way to go mathmagician. If I get the chance to travel I really want to go to ireland or scotland. This one is hard to admit but I have never really taken a vacation as an adult. I did alot of traveling with my dad in my 20's when he had a 1/4 mile race car. Had a lot of fun as this was our father/son bonding stuff but never had a chance to take time to enjoy where we were. If I ever get to tennessee again I want to see smokey mountain rain, wait that's a song, damn Ronnie Milsap. Strange thing with me is I can go from this to rap, neil diamond, & back to 50's doo wop. Now that I am mobile kind of planning a trip to colorado next spring to see a friend with another guy from work. (Just friends no benefits) My old man had over 40 years with USPS, he had like 8 weeks. Cashed in 12 months of sick time and took early buyout when retired, No wonder their broke.

Sounds like your dad had a rough go of it. It hurts to watch someone you care about suffer like that over a period of time. Hard watching my folks get old as my dad is getting to point he can't remember where he parked sometimes now, enjoy having him around while I can (Mom too of course). Zinger sounds really good right meow much more of a little debbie fan myself. (She just wanted to be friends too) DAMNIT!
sniff, sniffing with me, did someone FART (you perhaps) or did you mean sniveling like little brat maybe you. Don't worry about close to home, it's hard to hurt my feelings like poking elephant with toothpick. Did like the bit with the toenail, made me grimace, now I crave McDonalds! On the pay per view thing you let me know if you want to hear what I got written down here as this maybe be better than the swollen feet one. Glad the feet are ok just had to let some air out of the tires probably, just have to work on that hot air ballon (your head) last seen heading east out over ocean. Really going to try and get some pics taken next couple days maybe will even put up a avatar (probably dogs) just have to get my sister to do it.

Canyon ranch looks fancy wouldn't mind living there at all, 15 grand to get drunk and play bingo with Sammy (Sign me up) cheap at twice the price. Seventeen years ago, (be careful your about to run out of toe's) Sounds like you cut loose and had some fun though, more than I've done to this point in my life I'll give you that. Twenty pills is alot, I don't know of anybodyu in my bariatric group that does that many but It beats the alternative.

Here is the skinny on the sleeve no bull. Basically the procedure is laprascopic, they put a tube down your throat called a bugee. Surgeons use different sizes for different reasons, it is used as a guide for the 3 rowed stapler gun. They carve off enough essentially removing 75-85% of stomach about 90% in my case. You basically have your esophagous then the opening to your new stomach, which is about the size of your middle finger, your pylorus valve which acts as a waste gate for food to your lower intestine.
The portion of the stomach they take off does away with hunger pangs as the portion of stomach that produces grelin is removed. (I still don't have'em) You pretty much just end up with a small stomach purely restictive in nature. In my research, my group, what haveyou the sleeve seems to work as well as a bypass does in the first part of weight loss where we lose about all our excess  weight and bottom out and gain a few pounds back. Over time the sleeve people have to work a little harder to keep it off as we do not malabsorb anything. The stomach will stretch overtime and become pliable, so your ability to eat increases at some point. One year ago I could eat 1/2 average size cheeseburger, can now eat whole thing. The Duodenal Switch which Dr. Gary Anthone does is his favorite, is the sleeve with the bypass part added. Pretty much everyone in my group that had DS surgery left hospital off insulin if they came in diabetic. (Truley Amazing) Check Gary out here on Obesity help alot of good reviews. My doc Brad Winterstein is his sidekick but he is the laprascopic specialist and did mine. My surgery was 2 hours I was in hospital 54 hours and had a little yogurt before I went home. Sleeve surgery is a breeze!!!!!!!! Only supplement I every really needed was a multivitamin with 9 grams of iron and I was good. But I took fishoil, baby aspirin, and vit d just because. (Because of the wonderful things I does) Dadadadadada! Were off to see the oh sorry.

Ba dum dum, I was kind of saving that one a little for when the timing was right.

No I'm not massaging my scars, I'm busy ice sculpting with my fischer price chain saw. (This could take a while) They never told me to do anything like that I'll think I'll live. Sounds like you adore your brother in law alot, I can hear the wooshing of the boomarang now headed towards my house. I have to say this, this is true story. I told you my work place was very diverse, I am in no way a bigot or racist but you know how kind of feel about being PC all time at work it's hard. I like to poke a little fun at everybody or anything. During my interview for the job I got 1 1/2 years ago when I switched positions at work. It was a panel interview that lasted about 1 hour, I charmed the bobby socks off em.  Anyways at the end of interview one of them asked me if I spoke any foreign languages, (there are moments in life when you feel like you can get away with one, this was my one) I told her no I did not but I spoke several different dialects of english. Being where I work what it is they got a hardy belly laugh to say the least. For the record the entire panel was caucasian or I would not have said it. I actually think It helped me get the job as 20 people applied for it.

Renn fest like Renn & Stimpy my favorite. (Google Ren & stimpy Log Song if you don't know it(: Turkey leg bad got sick off last one 25 years ago, eat rest of it though. Iowa state fair deep fried twinkie oh yeah!

Ok last drain was putting out about 40 a day when they pulled it, I too (this just gets wierder by the day) got my drain ube caught on the knob for doors beneath sink. Vienna boys choir here I come. On a side note I'm down 22 pounds since surgery at 253 hopefully 250 around corner like new restaurant I want to go to next week. (Chicken panini on faccio bread with goat cheese(:

Must go finish addition to house now, replenish manhood!

Mongo out

Ahhh, now there is the verbose Bubba we've come to know and love! So yeah, pretty much the only way you are getting me on some 1000 mile trek in the freezing cold is if there is a diptheria outbreak--Balto reference--google it! I never thought I wanted to go to Ireland, but had a friend who visits yearly and sent me the most gorgeous picture of this golf course called Ballybunion (sp?)--purple clouds (not to be confused with Purple Rain by the symbol formerly known as Prince again known as Prince), the ocean, and bright green golf course. Totally changed my mind. That and my friend and I have become big fans of an Irish rock band that plays around our way. And Irish pubs. Everyone is so nice. Perhaps that is because they are also so drunk, but whatever! Speaking of hot air balloons, I almost bought a Groupon (have a little addiction problem with Groupon--need a 12 step program) for hot air ballooning. I am a bit of an adrenaline junkie these days. I have a groupon for hang gliding and white water rafting. All this losing weight to live longer then I go trying to kill myself? Hmmm, that's one for the therapist.  I don't know what a 1/4 mile race car is, but my father-in-law used to own a little radio controlled car store and travelled around running those things. Don't even get me started on the setup they had in their basement when my husband was a kid. Can you say obsessed? On the weird gets weirder front--I saw Neil Diamond in concert. I've actually been to about 50 concerts--maybe more. Everything from the Osmonds to VanHalen to Chicago to Bruce Springstein to Motley Crue. I'm sure I have some hearing loss, but that would probably come in handy should we ever meet! LOL! We had friends that lived in Colorado. I hear it is beautiful. Not sure what part you are visiting, but there is something called the Garden of the Gods that I hear (if they talk really LOUD!) is a must see. Frankly, I'd rather see the Garden of the Dogs (waits for bolt of lightening, 3, 2, 1...) So I have your dad to thank for the new .45 cent stamp. Gee, thanks a lot pops.

Of course I want to hear the pay per view crack (no crack in these pics though!). Let me guess, I have to pay them?? I'm gonna need a bigger boomerang!  I'm a little more sensitive than you are, but as you've probably gathered, once it is dished out, prepare for it to be served right back--hope you're hungry! So my 20 pills--I actually had an article published for a Johns Hopkins newsletter about my vitamin regimen. When my best friend was getting her bypass, her surgeon came into check on her. Well, since I stayed with her in the hospital, I had my giant pill box there. She was so impressed that I was still compliant with my vitamins 2 years out that she asked me to write an article. The pay sucked, but it is good for the resume! If you're bored...http://www.hopkinsbayview.org/bin/g/c/newsletter_2011_spring.pdf. You can ask for my autograph later--that'll cost you big though! Something along the lines of honey peanut butter or some awesome sounding chicken panin (at first I read it as panni-as in pannus--yum, chicken pannus!)i. Again, right up my food alley. Yummo--hate Rachel Ray--way too overexposed (much like my pay per view) and rich. Gets on my nerves.

So I hope you copied and pasted the info about the sleeve from your surgeon's website. If not, no wonder it took you 4 days to respond!! Thanks for that though. I will definitely be passing that along to my SIL. I'm feeling very blessed to not be plagued with hunger either. This journey is much easier without battling hunger, but I can still be inspired to drool when I watch the Food Network, regardless of hunger. What is a typical day of food intake like for you? You need to eat protein forward too, right? Yay on the weight loss!!! That is exciting! You are less than half the man you used to be (to the tune of stone temple pilots "Creep" --poor heroin--not heroine--addicted soul). What was your low weight (not feeling much like a mathmagician right now, so don't make me think)? I have yet to have a bounce back, but am scared it is lurking in the shadows, especially if I don't get my butt back to the gym. I tried to beat it back with 23k worth of plastic surgery. Hope it works. Have you regained any ab strength yet? I still feel so weak. Like have to pull myself up out of bed by the headboard sort of weak. And it still hurts like hell if I cough hard or sneeze. Seriously gonna need a rubber room if I don't feel much better very soon.

Did you catch the trouncing the Colts took yesterday? They are going to need to build an entire African village to regain some manliness after that whoopin'! They are 0 and 7 and my Washington Capitals are 7 and 0--glad it isn't the other way around! Yes, girl hockey fan. I can spit and whistle without my fingers too (cue Tom Jones' "She's a Lady!). Been known to throw a mean right hook too given the right cir****tance. Okay, not really on the last one, but I thought it made me sound bad ass and I thought that might scare off the bears and I could save some money on mini bear extinguishers!

So 40 a day for your last drain? Well that is great news because mine is only putting out 4x that. ****!!! Screw Disney--they are a bunch of theives!

Well, I'm off to...oh, you already went there. I'm actually off to load up some Halloween goodie bags for my daughter's halloween party. You know you are jealous of the glamorous life I lead--we can't all have it this good. I'm actually really lucky to be able to be home to enjoy all of the kid stuff. So few moms are able to stay home nowadays. I am blessed to have a husband who agrees that mom being home is an important thing--otherwise I'd actually have to work--perish the thought!!

Adios! (Thank goodness you didn't throw that out at your interview--you might still be stuck in the mailroom or worse yet as water cooler boy if so!)

Ok I had to look up verbose, gave me the brain pain. Diptheria sounds like the club I will open up next to losers. I actually like celtic music too I went to see Lord of the dance (without Michael Flatley when it was in town a few months ago. Pretty freakin cool but I think the small stage kind of deflated performance a little, would have been nice if they had more room. If I have any cash to travel next year It will probably be in the states, but I'll get out of U.S. at some point. Well you've been to 49 more concerts than me, Went to see Meat Loaf long time ago when he was still big. I will have to find a groupon for skydiving at some point as I think it will help me with my fear of heights. I'd like to try it while eating a chalupa XXL just for kicks. My buddy actually lives on a indian reservation right now, but he is not native americanI will have to scope out what to do before I go out there to visit. A 1/4 drag race is a race for 1/4 of a mile. He had about 1100 horsepower or 0-60 in 1.9 seconds. On the cover of  Super Ford magazine back in 1996, car was featured in several different magazines over the years. Collected over 100 trophies in 10 years car shows autocrossing drag racing open track. Alot of fun, kind of in wierd way a local celebrity for awhile even autographed a few magazines.

Ok you having pay-per-view for your pics is (Like a Mike Tyson fight, in the end there never was anything to really be excited about and it wasn't worth the price to watch it on tv because it was over with so fast) If your not sure of the reference google it or run it by your husband. Oh and I'm never hungry but you haven't even really given me an appetizer yet. NOM NOM NOM NOM! I tried to copy and paste your article without much luck will try more later but will definately read it. You got articles published, your on a website selling magnetic calendars or something, your all over the place. They only thing I got to trump you on this, and this is debateable. A couple months ago the google mapping car came by in my neighborhood (mapping of course) when I was out walking my dogs by the local park. IT just got updated 2 weeks ago finally, there it not alot of detail but in the middle of the sidewalk you kind of see a fuzzy blot with a shadow. (So I'm worldwide fool mass props I know) That's me if you want the intersection I can give you the address (don't worry it's not mine). This is too wierderererer but I actually typed out chicken panni at first and had to look up how to spell it and imagined an obese chicken. I like rachael ray but don't really watch her as I don't have cable ):   Do to budget cuts (ramen and kool-aid refernece) couldn't justify 100 bucks amonth for TV. Netflix and Hulu tide me over.

Typing by pencil hard, didn't have to copy & paste anything LADY! (Struck nerve here, with pencil in mouth) Hunger bad food good, all Food Network is is Porn for Big people. There I said it, that's what I always thought and what I will always OH Giada's on gotta go later tater. Typical food day for me, food & lots of it. Badumdumbdumberdumbest Actually I don't really normally count calories but around 3000, I track protein try to get in at least 100 grams a day. At least 1 stouffers dinner with some sort of veggie in it, I do eat alot of different nuts for the (don't even think it) monosaturated fats since those are good for the heart & stuff. Probaly 1/3 of my caloric intake is from nuts or honey pb, maybe a protein shake I buy at local costco luv me some costco. Good amount of popcorn too and these mission tortilla's with alot of fiber in them to keep things moving. Funny how my dad years ago when people would ask him how his boy was doing he would say he's twice the man I thought he would ever be. (Sad but true) Dropped 2 more pounds today, I guess wrapping myself in aluminum foil and using the walk in oven down at local bakery is paying off. Low weight was like 245 I think just want to at least get to 240 and hold it. Don't worry you'll get back there to gym that is and you'll lose more weight with the swelling I have I'm sure you have some more weight to lose as well. Never had any ab strength, all I feel is this hernia repair ever time I sneeze or cough. Still have the swelling though trying to give it time as I'm not sure I'm still thrilled with what my surgeon did but time will tell. Don't know about you but if I had to wave my arms in the air and move'em all around like I just don't care, I think I would cry still sore like all my stitches. Try Prince George over in Cheverly I here they have good mental health facilities. (I love the internet) Sorry not an STP fan.

OK brace yourself but I don't follow NFL at all hardly, just like cornhuskers and the big 10 now that we are in a real conference. With my schedule I don't want to sit around on sunday watching football falling asleep all time. It's hard enough to squeeze it in on saturday now, I always go visit my folks for several hours on sunday with my sister and take the Grand Doggies for visit. We literally don't feed them 2nd meal on sundays cause they get so many treats. I never told you I weigh my dogs every month at vet to keep their weight in line. My little corgi-chow mix weighed 45 lbs at one point we called her chunk-a-chow.
Vet gave us a little lecture on life expectancy like we have had at some point. Got us to cut back on kibble and got her down to 34-35 lb range. Took a year or so but worth it. Would have to refer you to my friend grace as she is hockey fan, I'm like really and she's like football, idiot end of discussion. I cin pit an wiffle wifowt my teef doh. Don't know what fingers are for unless they are chicken fingers. If I ever run across a bear I hope he goes for somebody meatier then me now that I lost most of weight.

Wow such harsh language make my widdle ears bleed.

If you can stay home and take care of your kids more power to you, I think the world as a whole could benefit if 1 parent was around fulltime for kids. I told my sister I want to lead glamorous life she laughed in my face hard then coughed herself into a smokers hack. I almost feel bad, I offered to stay home and take care of dogs fulltime as she makes more than I do. But the thing about me doing her laundry I got scared and ran other way.

I don't think I told my little story right the first time sorry if I didn't tell it right or you misunderstood. Not blaming you here but I did say that in my interview to them, we all laughed really hard the gal was alomst in tears I swear. I actually think it helped me get the job believe it or not.

I have a busy week an appointment with my GP, and appointment with volunteer coordinator at local shelter, bariatric support groupon, and dog walking class on saturday oh boy. Did I mention my employer is paying 16 hours to volunteer there, how about them apples. If I put in 50 calendar hours in a year they will donate 500 bucks in my name. After I do the dog walking thing for a while I may try and get into the behavior or training area a little cuz my bigger male dog really needs some prozac but I'm not ready to drug him yet. I meant to tell you I'm jealous your poodle is that well trained and think you mentioned you performed at halftime or something in a baseball game with your dog I am truly envious. I feel your pain that she is 14 you hate to think about it. I have a sickday reserved for my little one when she goes I know I'll be a wreck but she is only 10 or so hopefully several more years.

Have a good day,
Bubba

Hey. I must admit that I am walking with my tail between my legs on the heels of our scarecrow banter. I am one who laughs at funerals and rarely filters my humor, so it does tend to come out at not-so-appropriate times, so sorry if I offended. As a result, I will go easy today. So your daddy is a Ford man.We own a Mustang GT and a Windstar. Hubby told me that if got something other than a Ford I couldn't park in the driveway. 0-60 in 1.9 seconds??? Um, wow. That sounds incredibly fast, although the only thing I have to compare it to is that I could go from 0-60 McNuggets in 1.8 seconds. I can't believe you eat 3000 calories/day. You must have an amazing metabolism! That's a blessing.

Pay per view comment--wait, I said I'd go easy. Besides taking extreme offense (not really, but I need the effect) to the insinuation that I'd not know boxing (you've NEVER met a more sports minded chick), I am only slightly devastated at the thought that there is nothing exciting about a super huge chick widdling down to a state of semi-hotness. Yes, my head is still swollen from all of my adoring OH fans. :) So back to Tyson. Years ago I had a bunch of cosmetic dentistry done that was paid for when my dad won 7K on the Holyfield/Tyson fight. Pop was there for that one. Once the ear biting started, I'd pretty much lost interest. And no football??? You call yourself a man???

So you are on Google maps. That is quite impressive. It isn't everyday that you get to be an almost indistinguisable grey dot. I'm proud of you!!! I don't know what Hulu is. Do I need to know what hulu is?

Well, I'm glad you are still hurting. Hmmm, that came out wrong. Just glad I'm not the only one who would bust a stitch if I busted a move. and forgive the laughter you can likely hear in your city, but the vision of a white guy shaking his money maker is too much for me to take. More weirdness, my husband's parents live like 2 minutes from PG Hospital. They can see the helicopter land on the roof. If you are going to be an internet stalker, please be a bit more thorough!!n That's nice you guys visit with your folks every Sunday. My mom used to feed her 1st granddogger so much when she'd visit the dog would puke every time. No lie. Problem was mom visited like 5x a week!

Paid to volunteer? Isn't that an oxymoron? And a donation in your name? That's almost more illustrious than being a grey pixilated image on Google!! You are a lucky dog--badumdumbdumberdumbestdumbester! I could save you say 15 hours and 59 minutes on dog walking lessons. Here goes: Attach leash to collar. Step one foot in front of the other. Repeat. Heck, I think I saved you 15hr59minand49sec.

Busy week for sure. I have to slip into the surgeon on Thursday. I told him I'm about over this stupid drain and the site is getting infected. Where I have the drain tube taped is actually creeping back into my body--TMI I know. I guess the drain got scared when I almost ripped it out, so he's trying to get back home.

Well, you have a good, albeit busy, week!! Talk to you soon!

Your not going to offend me. I have taken crap my whole life from people alot sicker & twisted than you so let er, rip if you think you can handle it when the door swings back the other way. I knew there was 1 cool thing about you, at least you own a mustang. My father had 15 in his lifetime & I had 2 myself but racing gets expensive, especially when I wasn't making any money back then to speak of. The whole family minus sister was in local mustang car club at one point, like weigh****chers too but we move on. Amazing metabolism NO I just eat really fast and puke it upthen go back for more. LOL!

You probably do know more about sports than me, I will yield to the superior power this time.  I know you'll be disappointed but I'm going to take a pass on this paragraph about tyson, teeth, & huge chick transformation. There is so much guano I would like to talk about you, but out of respect for you and the other women on this board I'll take a pass. (Not that you don't deserve it)

I feel like I get set up for this one but yeh, you can go back and watch TV shows on hulu a couple days after they aired for free just have to endure commercials. Pretty cool doesn't cost anything.

I didn't mean hurting just sore from working out 8-10 hours a day at Mongo's powerhouse muscle emporium & bait shop. I forgive laughter not, if lucky laughter forgive you. The last time I actually danced was a wedding reception in sept. 2000. (I think when Too much booty in the pants was #1) So if the aftershocks are just getting there they are ahead of schedule I should have warned you. Well my dogs have never puked from a visit to the grandfolks but we are at a point they get so many treats we just practically skip a whole meal for them and consider it dinner at BK.

Paid to volunteer? It is actually a Moxyoron or someone who has lots of moxy but just stupid and not a full moron. I am having a grey pixilated image signing this weekend at the mall. Got my own kiosk and everything, just hope my cousin 2 fingers tony can handle crowd control. On a side note not being heavy right now I'm really losing money right now with this occupy wall street thing, cuz I used to hire myself out for protests and sit-ins and got big bucks for it. The cops would show up and see me and I'd say (Move me a_____e) and they would say F that. So less spending cash right now with the santa gig off table as well. Why do I have the feeling we should make a movie called Dumb & Dumberest get stupid! I got dibs on driving the mutt cutts mobile. There you go with that math again I think it's great your kids are helping there poor old mother out!

Back to the doctor again, oh boy hope there is no infection probably just affliction from being attached to you for so long. Ba dumdumb infinnity.

I liked your little rant, I think I'm ready for one of my own to vent here next day or two. I did take some 8 week post op pics just have to get my sis to show me how to load them from camera. I'm not that techy yet but I'm a lurnin reel qwic like.

Hope your visit to doc goes well and you can say goodbye to that pesky drain.

Bubba

So before I start pushing that swinging door, I thought it was only appropriate that I tell you first--the devil drain is OUT!!! Doc said, "So now you can take a shower." I was like, "ummm, yeah."  He says, "So that tone  tells me you've already taken a shower." Yep. Guess Princeton helped with his deductive reasoning. He did admit that he'd never had a patient with a drain in as long as I had mine and that he couldn't believe I was patient (not to be confused with patient)  that long. Affliction??? My drain was honored to have been part of my innards for that long. I almost asked if I could keep it and get the damn thing bronzed or use it to smuggle booze into church. Of course now we are on seroma watch. Did you have any spitting stitches? I don't mean the stitches that don't have to use their fingers, I mean the real stitches working their way back out. I had 3 she had to dig out today. Damn good thing they have good coffee at the office!!!

Well I'm glad you weren't offended. I was wondering if you were getting sensitive in your old age!! I have had a lot of things said to and about me, but I've never had anyone want to talk seabird dung about me!! I'm very disappointed you won't be talking any guano about me.  Are you doing anything special for the 40th?  My husband had a big surprise party for me. It was quite an affair. There was, and I am totally serious, $300.00 worth of su****here. I have pics to prove it.

So you are a 'Stang familly. You may have just earned a spot as my husband's new best friend. He loves that damn car. My dad bought it for him after we got married. No, it wasn't a dowry!!  I had to give up my firebird (also bought by dad--thanks dad!) to make the deal, but hubby had a 1984 silver mustang that he loved and it finally died, so dad wanted to give him a new one because he saw how he was mourning the loss. I was also ready for a more "family" car (okay, really I could barely fit my fat ass behind the steering wheel of the firebird and I needed the jaws of life to get out!) and dad said if gave up the firebird, he'd give us both the cars we wanted. It was the greatest surprise for my husband EVER. He treats that car like a baby. It is a 2001 and it is in mint condition. Obviously now with dad being gone it has great sentimental value, so I can only imagine it will be driven until it expires. Do you have siblings other than your sister? 

You really are a very witty guy. Bright too, although I was a little concerned what with you not knowing what being verbose meant. I mean there are at least 4 people on the planet that know that! I was an honors English student for a hot minute. I love when I can use a 50 cent word. Even better when the recipient only has a rudimentary knowledge of said 50 cent words and I can stump them. Very few can hang with me wit-wise and I think I may have met my match. Sorry your part time gigs are gone, but you'd likely not have lived another 2 years at your prior weight, so just think of all the earning potential you have now. And Hulu. That's like having a part time jobby just not paying for cable!

I know you mentioned Mongo's--did we talk about whether or not you work out? I was given the go ahead to do light arm and leg weight training.  He said no ab work. I said the fact that I have installed a traction bar above my bed to help me out of bed in the morning led me to believe that I'm not quite ready for ab work. I can't wait to see your pictures!!! I still am in complete awe when I think of how far you come. You talk about being 240 like it is no big deal. Mr. Casual. "Yeah, I went grocery shopping yesterday, and oh yeah, I lost 300 pounds." I act more excited when I find a dime!

I can't imagine you having a rant.--you seem like such a laid back guy.  I guess I'd be calm too if I was getting donations made in my name and paid for volunteering. And of course the illustrious honor of being pixilated. Will there be snacks at the signing? If not, I'm out.

Well, I'm going to go watch my Caps hopefully win their 8th in a row. I know you are deeply concerned about their standings--trying to keep you in the loop. At least I don't have to worry about a loop of drain tubing getting caught on a kitchen drawer--that was a little freaky that happened to both of us. Not sure if that means we are clumsy or if we spend too much time in the kitchen.

Have a good night!! Oh, and you can have DRAINERS--I never want to see one of those freakin' things again!!! Warren can still send me some money though. :)