It's totally a compliment, too Pam!  Except you have a prettier nose than Christine Baranski.

Theresa is AMAZING!  

We have a lot in common, and went out after support group one evening to chat.  I really enjoy her company and she is VERY funny!  And she puts up with my ADHD, mile a minute, goofball chatter surprisingly well, bless her heart.

  

She was so funny and showed me how she reacted when she saw the email on her phone I sent her.  The subject line was something like, "GET YOUR BUTT TO SUPPORT GROUP" and she knew it was easier to just come than to listen to my scathing emails had she skipped.  Heh heh.  I'm evil that way!

Dr. Livengood is EXACTLY who and what I needed from the day I decided to have surgery.  I wish I had access to her back then, but better late than never.  Adopted Amy and Lindee (VSG) got me to Centennial . . . then I got adopted and finally decided I had to let go of my frustration and anger.  

I started dragging myself to support group meetings, actually with the intent of kinda checking Dr. L out.  
She said a few things that first session that made me all !!!    I scheduled an appointment with her for her very next open slot.

I'm still grappling with my band . . . there was just no way of knowing before surgery how it would be . . . my threshold is ridiculously sensitive.  I'm still hungry (as in stomach growling physical hunger) quite a bit, but if I get any more added to it, I'm going to get stuck CONSTANTLY.

The posters from the Lap Band people show the green zone as a big wide stripe along the spectrum (too loose yellow, just right green, too tight red).  For me, that green zone is a tiny slash.  Who knew???  Add to that impulse control issues from being Oh Shiny.  Yeaaaah, problematic.

Dr. L had me tested for ADHD (I had gone to another medical center and BEGGED to be tested, but the psychologist shrugged it off and told me I probably needed another sleep study.  GRRRR!), determined I AM and referred me to an amazing psychiatrist to figure out how to address it.   Life has not been the same since.  LIFE IS GOOOOOD!

So I am quite grateful to her and indebted to her for her help.  She listens, she comes up with really great ideas, she's enthusiastic and inspiring . . . I cannot say enough about her!  

She said in our first session "when the student is ready, the teacher will come."  Yup--totally!!! Everything happens for a reason, and this is a prime example!!!!

So yeah, it just took me 205723409 pages to say yeah, Dr. L IS pretty special!    AND YOU TOOOOOOO, PAM!!!!!!!

The DS support group will meet at the Cookeville hospital this Sat. from 10 to noon.  The meeting room is near the main entrance and cafeteria.  After the meeting, some of us are going to Puleo's for lunch.  Obviuosly, the support meeting is focused on the DS.  However,  the lunch invitation is open to anyone who wants to learn about WLS and meet people who have had WLS.  No surgery wars; just friends, food, and fun.  Hope to see a lot of you at either place or both.

Any time, Pam!  

I adore Dr. L and the Monday night groups are saving me from my lap band limbo insanity.  I want to discuss revision surgery with Dr. Houston, but I have to get my head in the right place first.  So I am forever indebted to that Monday night support group and Dr. L--she's helped me SO MUCH!

I will be putting my notes from the session over on the Centennial Monday's group message board, and maybe will cross post it in this thread, too.

Oh yeah, I was sitting next to Theresa last night, and we laughed when you did the I'm Watching You thing to her!  And I also told her that you look like that fabulous actress, Christine Baranski!!!  Because YOU DO!!!

THIS JUST IN!!!  

PLEASE JOIN US IF YOU CAN TONIGHT, AND LET YOUR SUPPORT GROUP FRIENDS KNOW, TOO!


I just heard that there will be a special speaker tonight at the Monday Night support group--Mila Grigg of MODA Image Consulting will join us tonight to give us some insight on fashion.  

On her website, Mila says, "Fashion is not simply about clothing.  Your appearance affects your life on a daily basis.  Properly attired people will excel in life--your image is what you present to the world, and most importantly, it can make or break you."

In addition to her business, she is the Fashion Director for At Home Tennessee Magazine, where she writes a column, and she also does monthly fashion segments on NewsChannel 5's Talk of the Town.

Please join us tonight if you're able, and bring along your WLS friends and family and lots of questions as to how to look your best in your changing body!

The support group meeting is TONIGHT at the Centennial Center for The Treatment of Obesity, 2200 Murphy Avenue, in the Tace Building Conference Room at 6 pm!

You look great ! Please keep us updated! and you give great advice in your post, thank you......