For those who have followed my progress with the lap band success's and upsets. Here is a update.In my last blog Lap band #3. I left off with the doctor not able to find the fill port after 20 times with a 14 gage Needle 4 1/2 long and being wiggled around . the doctor stopped and tells ,me I have to get X-rays to see if the port has flipped over. I went to the local hospital nearby.(All I can say is that they have a nice looking big building and not much else good about this hospital.) Well after 300 dollars of inconclusive X-Rays (I really think the tech was a Student because they had to take about 15 shots and they still could not tell if the port had flipped)Well about 3 weeks later. Friday I Had to set up a Fluoroscope session with the hospital that did the Lap band(different hospital) with in 30 minutes they had the located the band, and the doctor was able to fill it to get the band adjusted. Only problem is I think the doctor may have adjusted it too far in.Today wa...
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For those who have followed my progress with the lap band success's and upsets. Here is a update.In my last blog Lap band #3. I left off with the doctor not able to find the fill port after 20 times with a 14 gage Needle 4 1/2 long and being wiggled around . the doctor stopped and tells ,me I have to get X-rays to see if the port has flipped over. I went to the local hospital nearby.(All I can say is that they have a nice looking big building and not much else good about this hospital.) Well after 300 dollars of inconclusive X-Rays (I really think the tech was a Student because they had to take about 15 shots and they still could not tell if the port had flipped)Well about 3 weeks later. Friday I Had to set up a Fluoroscope session with the hospital that did the Lap band(different hospital) with in 30 minutes they had the located the band, and the doctor was able to fill it to get the band adjusted. Only problem is I think the doctor may have adjusted it too far in.Today was the first day after the adjustment.It did not go well. For those who have the band know what fun it is when the food gets where it wont go down or up. After 3 hours Finally got relief. after had talked to a man about a BUICK.Now I am feeling a little better. All this because of a piece of food the size of your thumb nail.

Recently several events in my life have got me to thinking about front porches. Not the minuscule entry ways that now appear on so many of the cookie cutter homes. But big honking front porches with the suspended swing seat. Where you could watch life go by .Chat to you neighbors.Drink your favorite iced beverage. The one that from her front perch the nosy neighbor could get word to your folks faster than a speeding bullet. Notification to your parents.That you were misbehaving and in to hooliganism.We as a society wonder why crime has risen. I feel it is in part because you don't know who your neighbor are. Because we now run and hide in our air conditioned , socially insulated homes.Having little social interactions with our neighbors. A report in the news recently that police has found a deceased woman(6 months) in her home.Police were called after , because the utilities lines easement had to be cleared and lines upgrades.The repair crews had to notify the home o...
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Recently several events in my life have got me to thinking about front porches. Not the minuscule entry ways that now appear on so many of the cookie cutter homes. But big honking front porches with the suspended swing seat. Where you could watch life go by .Chat to you neighbors.Drink your favorite iced beverage. The one that from her front perch the nosy neighbor could get word to your folks faster than a speeding bullet. Notification to your parents.That you were misbehaving and in to hooliganism.We as a society wonder why crime has risen. I feel it is in part because you don't know who your neighbor are. Because we now run and hide in our air conditioned , socially insulated homes.Having little social interactions with our neighbors. A report in the news recently that police has found a deceased woman(6 months) in her home.Police were called after , because the utilities lines easement had to be cleared and lines upgrades.The repair crews had to notify the home owner's about the impending work.To make a long story short none of her neighbors ever checked up on her. They complained about the tall grass in her yard to others. but none never went to ask if she needed help with the cutting the grass. If they would have had front porches and used them this might have prevented. Because if you know whom your neighbor is.You will be able to figure out if that moving truck parked at your neighbors is really moving them or in the process of robbing them. TO illustrate the point I remember years ago while at collage. I lived in the dorm. I was the type when I heard a noise I'd look out to see what it was .Well the guy next door got upset.Because I had always done this.One day he confronted me(REALLY NASTILY)So I told him OK . I won't.Between the confrontation and next morning he got robbed.He came back crawling and asking. If I had seen anything. I told him no because you were so upset about me seeing who came and went down the halls.I heard noise from his room. But, since the (NICE TALK ) we had had did not check. I guess what I am trying to say is (NO ONE IS AN ISLAND).We all must look after our neighbors.
Because, If you don't who will look after you ? When you are in need ? Or when you are away from your home?

Recently several events have made me ponder this Question. Which does more harm to a person in a relationship. Is it the physical abuse or is it the scars that you can't see unless you really look. The emotional and psychological scars that poison a relationship and a persons spirit. I know from my child hood that the scars on the spirit never really heal, without professional help. I also know that Women who are in a Abusive relationship keep thinking," I can't leave him, no body Will want me". " He says he is sorry and he won't do it again"."Or it was my fault, I made him mad". Or "Nobody else will love me". The reason is that their self esteem has been ground down by the abuser by all the negative snide remarks. "So that they the abused see no other option except to stay and pray the he will change. All I can Say if you suspect abuse stand up for the one who is being abused.Be friend to that person support them any way you c...
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Recently several events have made me ponder this Question. Which does more harm to a person in a relationship. Is it the physical abuse or is it the scars that you can't see unless you really look. The emotional and psychological scars that poison a relationship and a persons spirit. I know from my child hood that the scars on the spirit never really heal, without professional help. I also know that Women who are in a Abusive relationship keep thinking," I can't leave him, no body Will want me". " He says he is sorry and he won't do it again"."Or it was my fault, I made him mad". Or "Nobody else will love me". The reason is that their self esteem has been ground down by the abuser by all the negative snide remarks. "So that they the abused see no other option except to stay and pray the he will change. All I can Say if you suspect abuse stand up for the one who is being abused.Be friend to that person support them any way you can. Tell them you can call at any time for help, a ride out of the home or just some one to talk too. To not help some one that is being abused( or you suspect is being) to me is just as bad as if you were doing it yourself to that person.It Is just WRONG and IMMORAL to not act.The life you save may be one most important things you ever save from destruction.You may save, your's or some Else's sister , brother mother,daughter ,son, father. Yes men can be abused too, So it affects all, genders, Races, Creeds, Nationalities and socio economic backgrounds

Is it just me? Or has any body else noticed that Drivers lately have been getting more aggressive and wreck-less. You are doing the limit and some chowder Head passes you up like you were driving a Amish carriage at the Indie 500. Or you are doing the speed limit and the person following you Tries to park their car in your bonnet. Or even more dangerous the person following you passes you in a no passing zone on blind curvy hill. all the time the are yakking away on the cell phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, while trying to read the newspaper. Come one you Goobers. Where are you going too that is SO important, that you have place your and the lives of others in serious peril? If you knows it takes 15 minutes travel time to get some where don't leave 10 minutes before you are supposed to be there. If it takes 15 minutes to get there leave 5 minutes early. You will be less stressed, the other drivers will be less stressed at you. one should know that ...
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Is it just me? Or has any body else noticed that Drivers lately have been getting more aggressive and wreck-less. You are doing the limit and some chowder Head passes you up like you were driving a Amish carriage at the Indie 500. Or you are doing the speed limit and the person following you Tries to park their car in your bonnet. Or even more dangerous the person following you passes you in a no passing zone on blind curvy hill. all the time the are yakking away on the cell phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, while trying to read the newspaper. Come one you Goobers. Where are you going too that is SO important, that you have place your and the lives of others in serious peril? If you knows it takes 15 minutes travel time to get some where don't leave 10 minutes before you are supposed to be there. If it takes 15 minutes to get there leave 5 minutes early. You will be less stressed, the other drivers will be less stressed at you. one should know that there are only 24 hours in a standard Earth day.So If you are from a different planet that has more hours in a day , go back to your home planet. you can't cram 28 hours of work in to a Standard 24 hour Earth day.Slow down,Stop to smell the roses .Sit down on the front porch , kick your shoes off enjoy your favorite Iced beverage. or go visit your neighbors and gossip and watch the Rat race go by. Your Blood pressure will thank you.

With the recent tragic items in the news."Baby Grace" the Father who threw his kids off the bridge over the Mississippi river, the mom who flew to Africa to get married while her kids were left alone, and now the baby murdered in Galveston. I have come to the opinion the world has gone plum loco, nuts, screwball or what ever you want to call it. as a parent How can you throw your kids off a bridge ,just because just because you want to hurt your soon to be Ex- wife.How can you hold your child's head under water for punishment? Or pickup your child and throw them against the wall? How can you leave a16year old,and a 15old in charge of 6 other kids and not provide food and money for them? As a parent I find this VERY disturbing! Is it now,that now a lot of parents must view their kids a burden to them,taking up too much of their free time or as pawn to inflict hurt on your Ex. No your children should come first!You Chose to have sex, so be an adult,take respons...
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With the recent tragic items in the news."Baby Grace" the Father who threw his kids off the bridge over the Mississippi river, the mom who flew to Africa to get married while her kids were left alone, and now the baby murdered in Galveston. I have come to the opinion the world has gone plum loco, nuts, screwball or what ever you want to call it. as a parent How can you throw your kids off a bridge ,just because just because you want to hurt your soon to be Ex- wife.How can you hold your child's head under water for punishment? Or pickup your child and throw them against the wall? How can you leave a16year old,and a 15old in charge of 6 other kids and not provide food and money for them? As a parent I find this VERY disturbing! Is it now,that now a lot of parents must view their kids a burden to them,taking up too much of their free time or as pawn to inflict hurt on your Ex. No your children should come first!You Chose to have sex, so be an adult,take responsibility for your actions and for your kids , Treat them like the Gift they are!! If you cant.It would be better to give them up for adoption, where the would be loved and cared for.