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Surgeon TestimonialEdward Felix, M.D. (COE)Dr. Felix is confident and VERY serious about what he does. He emphasizes the risks and the importance of following ALL instructions. You can tell that he cares about his patients for several reasons 1) Because he truly cares. 2) Because they'll send him more people/referrals lol. rnrnHe's funny too....rnrnHe did an awesome job on my surgery, and my scars are tiny and will blend in perfectly with my old stretch marks LOL!rnrnThe anesthesiologist, Dr. Herbert (?) at Clovis Community deserves some major kudos too! This is the first time after a surgery that I didn't experience 1 bit of nausea! It's ALWAYS been a problem and this time I had ZERO! THANK YOU!!! Member Interests
- Books & Literature - Self help, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Robin Cook, Terry Brooks, Jackie Collins
- Computers & Internet
- Family & Friends - I have 2 beautiful daughters, Kara & Shannyne. They're 24 and 18 yrs old.
- Pets - Have 2 dogs and 5 kitties
- Movies - My hubby and I LOVE to watch movies. We have over 400 dvd's! :)
- Music - I love lots of genres of music, from pop to heavy metal
- Radio & Television - I like to watch Lost!! BEST show ever! I also like things such as Forensic Files
- Fishing - The family loves to fish and go camping!!!
- Married - Married to a wonderful man!!!!
- RN - I'm a Registered Nurse and I'm currently a supervisor for a managed care company
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Officially down 50 lbs! on September 20, 2007 8:51 pm
Not since the band, but since I started my weight loss journey in January of this year. I lost 13 lbs before my surgery in April and I've lost the other 37 lbs since my surgery. Not too shabby! I'm happy with it. :)
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Ok so my daughter, Shannyne, is almost 4 weeks... on September 14, 2007 8:04 pm
I had to share!!! Sorry it's so big...I'm sooooooooooo excited.  
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I'm going to be a Grandma!!!! on September 11, 2007 9:54 pm
My youngest daughter Shannyne just informed me that her and her boyfriend Jon are expecting a baby. It will be the first grand baby on both sides. :)
I'm so excited...! They're both young, but they're both very mature and level headed...they'll make great parents! Now I just have to keep her in college!
Ohhhhh I can't wait to have my little grand baby!!! 
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Rough week.... on September 8, 2007 9:19 am
Wow this was a tough week...for the past 2 days I was having chest pain, but I knew it was from anxiety...I was SO stressed this week.
My daughter came home - not sure if that was a good thing or not or if I'm making a huge mistake, but everything seems ok for now.
I had to write up my receptionist - I couldn't figure out why she was 3-4 days behind in her assignments. I work for a managed care company and everything we do has timeframes set by the California Work Comp Labor Code. My nurses only have 5 days to address something and when the assignments are made they need to be current so that the nurse has time to review them. As it is, with my receptionist being behind they only have a day or two to review the medical treatment request. Well she called out sick (the day after the holiday weekend), and I was at her desk helping the gal who was covering her, and I see that she has 84 messages over 2 days back and forth between her and some guy she was apparently being VERY flirty with (mind you she's married). So anyway, I had to write her up because we're really not supposed to get personal email at work, I normally don't say much because everyone gets it, but not 84!!!!! I hate that part of my job...
Then I was giving my assistant her annual performance eval and on attitude and attendance/punctuality I had to give her a 2 (less than satisfactory). OMG she acted like it was the end of the world and I was the worst boss ever. Totally threw a temper tantrum! Mind you, she's been late over 160 times in the past year and I've talked to her on several occasions about this so it shouldn't have come as any surprise. That's one thing that I don't do is wait until the eval to address things and then surprise the person. And she was SO dumbfounded that I was bringing up her attitude (again). I took that moment that she walked out of my office and slammed the door (I went to get her and bring her back), to use as an example of "bad attitude". She said "You don't expect me to be upset????" I said "Yes I do expect you to be upset. You don't expect me to be upset that you're late almost everyday??? And I'll tell you what, it's not the fact that you're upset, it's the way you've reacted to this and many other situations. Do you think that it would be acceptable for me to react to MY boss the way you're reacting here to me? I expect you to be upset, but I expect you to still be respectful and professional" Finally she calmed down and took "some" accountability.
So last night my hubby and I went grocery shopping and my chest was just aching so much, so I came home and laid down. It feels better today, but I think not only was I just really anxious, but I feel like the muscle in my left shoulder got pulled too...it's still a little achy. My pulse and blood pressure were perfectly normal, so it wasn't anything cardiac.
I'm just glad last week is over.
On the good side, we've been down 3 nurses for a few months now (its tough finding good nurses. I have recruiters calling me trying to recruit me at least once a week because of the nursing shortage). I have 2 new nurses starting on Monday!!!! I'm so thrilled...everyone else is too as we've all been working hard and putting in lots of overtime.
Anyway, enough of my ranting! I'm almost down 50 lbs....49.6. I've only lost 1 lb in over a week! BLAH! lol I'm down to 216.6 this morning. 0.6 more and I'll hit my 50 mark!!
Everyone have a great GREAT Saturday!!!!!!
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Slow, slow,... on September 3, 2007 6:29 pm
Well it's coming off, slowly but surely. I went to my doctor appt a week ago, and he said "you're doing great, I'm not giving you a fill"...ARGH!!! I'm losing maybe a pound a week...I need to lose more. I can eat too much...
I shouldn't complain, I lost 7.6 lbs in August, but that was right AFTER my last fill.
Oh shut up Denise, quit whining! You've lost 48 lbs between Weight Watchers and your lapband this year. I should be grateful!!! LOL
By the way - update on my daughter. She's living between her friends house and some guy she is dating...I talk to her every few days and she seems like she's doing "ok". She seems happy, but I think that she's either drinking, using drugs, or maybe even both. I've finally come to terms with the fact that I can't control her. I took someone's advice that I met here on OH, and I went to a Al-anon meeting. It was "ok", I cried and told my story a little bit. I'm going to go to a few more in hopes that I find one that I like....we'll see. I know that she's alive and I guess what I don't know at this point can't hurt me...or can it?...
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