New

[Guest guest]

Why spend some $5,000(or more?) on a boob job when you can spend 45

bucks at 's Secret on a good push up bra?

Stasia

[Guest guest]

LOL.

For me it's the naked thing. I'm not doing all this work to ONLY look

good IN my clothes. (Ok, I personally don't need implants, hell no,

but I may need them lifting back up where they belong once I finish

breastfeeding. And I know, its a choice between sagging and scarring

when it comes to surgery. Haven't made that decision yet.)

Phoenix

>

> Why spend some $5,000(or more?) on a boob job when you can spend 45

> bucks at 's Secret on a good push up bra?

>

> Stasia

[Guest guest]

Oh! I know the answer to this one - because when that little push up

number comes off and hits the floor - the boobs do too! I so very much

wish I could have some work done when I am finished with this! So hard

to go through all the work and then see extra skin on tummy and flat,

drooping boobs.

>>> s_bachrach@... 04/25/05 4:48 AM >>>

Why spend some $5,000(or more?) on a boob job when you can spend 45

bucks at 's Secret on a good push up bra?

Stasia

[Guest guest]

Id spend the 5,000 to do it. When you take off that Wonder bra,

you're still dealing with the same issues. I for one want

permanent results

> Oh! I know the answer to this one - because when that little push

up

> number comes off and hits the floor - the boobs do too! I so very

much

> wish I could have some work done when I am finished with this! So

hard

> to go through all the work and then see extra skin on tummy and

flat,

> drooping boobs.

>

> >>> s_bachrach@y... 04/25/05 4:48 AM >>>

>

> Why spend some $5,000(or more?) on a boob job when you can spend

45

> bucks at 's Secret on a good push up bra?

>

> Stasia

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi!

What tapes do you have now? You can buy direct from the instructors, like Cathe Friedrich (cathe.com) or The Firm (firmdirect.com) or Christi (taylordfitness.com) my three personal favorites....many of the instructors in Collage have their own websites.

Some people buy from half.com too. I never have though.

What kind of aerobics do you like? hi/lo? step? complex? are you intermediate? advanced? My favorite aerobics instructors are Cathe Friedrich and Christi . They are generally advanced and complex though.

Barbara P

In a message dated 5/29/2005 5:59:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, WildSpaceHorse@... writes:

Hi!My name is and I'm new to the group.I've been working out with videos for over a year. I totally love it. And have gotten into great shape thanks to them.I don't have many tapes (probably 7, or so). Where are some good places to get videos other than collagevideo.com? Could any one recommend any fun aerobic tapes. I really love my cardio in the mornings thanks and happy exercisingmaria

[Guest guest]

hi maria and welcome

most of my videos came from cathe.com or were purchased from half.com,target, or wal-mart. lately i have been keeping a list of workouts that i can buy from deepdiscountdvd.com. i like collagevideo's site b/c i can see a clip from the workout and get a little more info on it. so i use that as my reference as of lately.

what videos do you have?and what are your more favorites?i would love to here more input from you.

kassia

[Guest guest]

deepdiscountdvd is a big sale LOL. most of workouts i want are almost 40% off.

kassia

[Guest guest]

Hi - I may well be delirious, but I thought somebody (here, maybe?) said the deepdiscountdvd has some really good sales, and the next one should be sometime in June? Does anybody know more about this?

They already have great prices and free shipping...how much more do I want? ;-) But I'm getting a list ready just in case!

baffled

Re: new

hi maria and welcome

most of my videos came from cathe.com or were purchased from half.com,target, or wal-mart. lately i have been keeping a list of workouts that i can buy from deepdiscountdvd.com. i like collagevideo's site b/c i can see a clip from the workout and get a little more info on it. so i use that as my reference as of lately.

what videos do you have?and what are your more favorites?i would love to here more input from you.

kassia

[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome! I like the Voight Burn & Firm!

Stacey

> Hi!

> My name is and I'm new to the group.I've been working out with

> videos for over a year. I totally love it. And have gotten into great

> shape thanks to them.I don't have many tapes (probably 7, or so).

> Where are some good places to get videos other than collagevideo.com?

> Could any one recommend any fun aerobic tapes. I really love my cardio

> in the mornings

> thanks and happy exercising

> maria

[Guest guest]

hi maria!! welcome to the group!! it is really nice to meet you here.

i dont live in the usa so i cant give you a recommendation on where to buy

workouts vids but my american friends seem to like deepdiscountdvd.com

quite a bit.

for cardio, you can do step aerobics, floor aerobics (high or low impact or

a mixture of both), kickboxing, walking... there are alot of choices really.

if you could narrow it down a bit then we could let you know about some

good workouts im sure.

:*carolyn.

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[Guest guest]

Welcome ,

Glad you found us. My little boy will be starting kindergarten in the

fall and I hope he does as well as your child did. You will enjoy being on

this list. Everyone has so much to share. And we all have so much to learn

lol!!!

Again, welcome!

Loree

[Guest guest]

Welcome ,

Glad you found us. My little boy will be starting kindergarten in the

fall and I hope he does as well as your child did. You will enjoy being on

this list. Everyone has so much to share. And we all have so much to learn

lol!!!

Again, welcome!

Loree

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group - I am from Australia and have found the people on

this board friendly and informative. Being a non-American there is a lot of

posts in regards to the USA school system, although not all will relate

there is still a lot to learn from the problems that do arise with schools.

I have four children - ranging in age from 19 to 25 - Trent our child with

DS will be 21 next week. My eldest two live in different parts of the

world - one in England the other in Japan. Last year Trent and I visited

in London and did a day trip to Lapland to visit Santa. For us who

never see snow, it was a wonderful experience if only for a few hours.

Keep smiling

Jan, mother of Trent 20yo w/DS from the Land DownUnder

New

Hi

I was searching for ds-groups on when I found this one. I have

three children and we live in Sweden.

Xerxes (with ds):

He started regular Kindergarten in Homewood, AL last fall. He didn't

know any English, his speech so unclear that not even we could

understand most of it, couldn't color a picture and writing was years

away I thought, he had a lot of accidents each day. After five months

he hardly had any accidents, he loved to trace letters, he colors

pretty good, his speech had become clearer (a little), he understands

English without any problem. Then we had to go back home to Sweden

(my husband had a five months scholarship). Back to Swedish daycare

for one semester. But after the summer he will start our version of

Kindergarten - a regular class.

Zacharina:

She is the twinsister of Xerxes. She too started in Kindergarten

knowing no English. Now she both speaks and read well! They will

start in the same class this fall.

Majken:

She is 2 years old and very communicative. She will start daycare

this fall. I know she will love it.

Yours

S

Mamma till tvillingarna Xerxes (DS) och Zacharina, födda 990129 och

lillasyster Majken född 030513

(Mother to the twins Xerxes and Zacharina, born 1999 - 01 - 29 and

little

Majken born 2003-05-13.)

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Welcome to the group - I am from Australia and have found the people on

this board friendly and informative. Being a non-American there is a lot of

posts in regards to the USA school system, although not all will relate

there is still a lot to learn from the problems that do arise with schools.

I have four children - ranging in age from 19 to 25 - Trent our child with

DS will be 21 next week. My eldest two live in different parts of the

world - one in England the other in Japan. Last year Trent and I visited

in London and did a day trip to Lapland to visit Santa. For us who

never see snow, it was a wonderful experience if only for a few hours.

Keep smiling

Jan, mother of Trent 20yo w/DS from the Land DownUnder

New

Hi

I was searching for ds-groups on when I found this one. I have

three children and we live in Sweden.

Xerxes (with ds):

He started regular Kindergarten in Homewood, AL last fall. He didn't

know any English, his speech so unclear that not even we could

understand most of it, couldn't color a picture and writing was years

away I thought, he had a lot of accidents each day. After five months

he hardly had any accidents, he loved to trace letters, he colors

pretty good, his speech had become clearer (a little), he understands

English without any problem. Then we had to go back home to Sweden

(my husband had a five months scholarship). Back to Swedish daycare

for one semester. But after the summer he will start our version of

Kindergarten - a regular class.

Zacharina:

She is the twinsister of Xerxes. She too started in Kindergarten

knowing no English. Now she both speaks and read well! They will

start in the same class this fall.

Majken:

She is 2 years old and very communicative. She will start daycare

this fall. I know she will love it.

Yours

S

Mamma till tvillingarna Xerxes (DS) och Zacharina, födda 990129 och

lillasyster Majken född 030513

(Mother to the twins Xerxes and Zacharina, born 1999 - 01 - 29 and

little

Majken born 2003-05-13.)

Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for

messages to go to the sender of the message.

[Guest guest]

Hi Robin

Welcome to our group. Im so sorry your boyfriend has

this disease, I take it that you have been tested and

are negative? There is no absolutes with this disease

and a person can live for a long time with cirrhosis..

its hard to say.. He will need all the support you can

give him tho and he is welcome to come here too!

jax

--- rob7036 <rob7036@...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> My boyfriend was diagnosed with chronic liver

> disease due to Hep C 10

> years ago. In January he was evaluated for a

> transplant and is now on

> the list. The past two months his health has really

> declined. This is

> really hard for me to say but I worry what the

> future holds. If a

> liver does not become available to him in the near

> future and he

> continues to decline (which I've been told by his

> doctor that he won't

> get any better) in all reality how much time are we

> talking before

> this horrible disease takes him. Is there anyone who

> can guide me and

> not give me the run around.

>

> Thanks for any and all help.

> Robin

>

>

>

>

Jackie

[Guest guest]

Hi Robin. Thank You for coming here and trying to learn all you

can to understand and help your boyfriend. I have been thru the

eval procedure and have been on the list for 4 years. What is

his attitude toward this disease?. Is he as willing to learn and

help himself as you are? There is a lot of experience and

knowledge about HCV here and we welcome you. What did his biopsy

say? whats going on with him? Is he working?. We can experience

mild to fairly severe symptomns throughout the course of this

disease, over 40 years or so. But once cirrhosis begins a

gradual de-compensation of the liver begins and more severe

symptoms can begin to occur. Most can be controlled with meds or

outpatient procedures..Some people never experience any symptoms

but your b/f sounds like he's getting his share. Give us some

more info first and we will try to help....your friend....ric

I don't know a damned thing other than what I know

and what I know isn't always right.

[Guest guest]

Depending on his MELD score that should tell you aproximately how much longer he

can hold out .The higher the MELD score the less time the liver will hold out .

But once he gets his transplant he will return to a very normal life . The

problem with liver disease is that there are no clear cut answers to exactly how

much longer a liver will hold out . Is he on any treatment for the hepatitis c ?

Being on treatment can halt further damage to the liver while he is waiting for

a transplant , he will also have to have treatment after the transplant in order

to prevent reinfection of the the new liver .

rob7036 <rob7036@...> wrote:Hi,

My boyfriend was diagnosed with chronic liver disease due to Hep C 10

years ago. In January he was evaluated for a transplant and is now on

the list. The past two months his health has really declined. This is

really hard for me to say but I worry what the future holds. If a

liver does not become available to him in the near future and he

continues to decline (which I've been told by his doctor that he won't

get any better) in all reality how much time are we talking before

this horrible disease takes him. Is there anyone who can guide me and

not give me the run around.

Thanks for any and all help.

Robin

It's a pleasure having you join in our conversations. We hope you have found the

support you need with us.

If you are using email for your posts, for easy access to our group, just click

the link-- Hepatitis C/

Happy Posting

[Guest guest]

Robin honey,

My heart is breaking for you. My soul mate lost his life to ESLD in July last

year. And I think I will begin this by saying that noone can give you a time

frame honey. Almost everything depends on how he's doing, how his numbers

(bloodwork) are, how much fight he has in him, and on and on. I can tell you

that it probably won't be ESLD that takes his life. It'll be something else

like infection or pnumonia. But what I can tell you is that if your boyfriend

has been placed on the transplant list, that's a very good thing. He's still

well enough to be able to get through the transplant op.

My recommendation to you is to foster a close and honest relationship with his

specialist doctor/s. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Make them tell you the

truth. And above all, don't waste one precious moment of time with your

boyfriend, every one of them is priceless. And above all, make sure he has all

his affairs in order. Believe me, the heartache from unfinished business is

unbearable.

Encourage him to be as well as he can be. Encourage healthy eating and a little

exercise if he can manage it. Do some net surfing and research the hospital

where your boyfriend is listed. At some sites you can actually see where he is

on the waiting list. What's his MELD score? How does he look, not just to you

but to friends and family?

I'm sure you can understand that this is a very emotional post for me and I just

know that the content of this email jumps around all over the place so, do me a

favour? If I've left anything out or you want to ask me anything, please don't

hesitate.

I am so sorry that you had to find us but I'm very glad you did because we would

love to offer you all the emotional support you need.

Love

anne

New

Hi,

My boyfriend was diagnosed with chronic liver disease due to Hep C 10

years ago. In January he was evaluated for a transplant and is now on

the list. The past two months his health has really declined. This is

really hard for me to say but I worry what the future holds. If a

liver does not become available to him in the near future and he

continues to decline (which I've been told by his doctor that he won't

get any better) in all reality how much time are we talking before

this horrible disease takes him. Is there anyone who can guide me and

not give me the run around.

Thanks for any and all help.

Robin

[Guest guest]

i guess all i can say is hang in there. i watch my six year old go through so much. he has cystic fibrosis and asthma. he takes a ton of medications daily and has had to many invasive procedures to count. he is my inspiration. it is good to join a group , it is a place to vent, learn new things and meet new people. hang in there.

evelynff_oakland <ffoakland@...> wrote:

I'm new here but not new to 'this'. Of a myriad of problems, I swing from time to time into focusing on one or another, but never attacking them all with the attention they deserve. My family thinks I am a hypochondriac. That started long long ago, and has had negative effects on my behavior according to my sweetheart. I do put off seeing a doctor until things are really bad. I never expect them to do anything but throw drugs at you. Anyways, I recently have come to realize that my many years of suffering with GI disorders are now clear. With time, the symptoms solidify and clarify into what you always suspected was true. I have my first diabetic complication: gastroparesis.In the haze of illness, I do try to see hope in new treatments. But having degenerative conditions, well, how much hope are we truly to have? That is what I get down

about. Degenerative. Such a non-wishy-washy term.diabetes. osteoarthritis - neck,hip,knees. 'undiagnosed weird muscular or rheumatoid problem' = likely fibro or myofascial pain or a mctd (I had pectus as a kid). gastroparesis. drugs: insulin, effexor, norvasc, trazadone, mobic daily. zyrtec,rhinocort. relpax/axert,vicodin,baclofen,soma,valium rarely now since they bother the gastroparesis. have a script for reglan... a little scared to take it. massage/chiro are out of pocket expenses but very helpful for the neck.i have a job others would kill for, a house, a sweetheart, why can't I pull my act together in the same way to attack my health? my blood sugars.... yoga... something to just help. I don't see a shrink: I actually get really really stressed out by how much work I miss for doctor's appointments - and the stress of adding yet another appt honestly just makes things worse. Usually I am not so down - just going through

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[Guest guest]

Welcome !!! I Have an almost 14 year old son with Asperger's. I also have two NT children. It's good to have you join the group!

Hello, I just joined this group. I am mom to 3 boys. A 4 year old that was diagnosed with Autism a year ago and 5 year old twins. I live in MA.

Austin-4-ASD

Cody and -5

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

>

> Hello, I just joined this group. I am mom to 3 boys. A 4 year

> old that was diagnosed with Autism a year ago and 5 year old twins. I

> live in MA.

Hi, , and welcome! I'm Annie, wife to Ron for 31 years, mom to

Louie, 25 (almost 26!). Louie's an high functioning autistic as well as

an Aspergers Syndrome autistic, forever after known as HFA/AS. He's

been in assisted living and working for....it'll be 5 years this coming

March. We're all in Albuquerque, where Bugs Bunny always takes the

wrong turn.

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

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[Guest guest]

was going to welcome her but she has already unsubscribed

Hi, my boyfriend of five years has had Tourette's since he hitpuberty. He only has one other friend with Tourette's but hisfriend's is mild compared to his. He has the vocal tics..thinkcalled copperlalia and echolarlia (know not spelled right). He cantwork because of it, I don't work either, I have severe ocd and bodydysmorphic disorder. He just seems so depressed lately. He cant goin public cause he says nigger and other noises...plus he does a ticwhen he drives where he jerks the wheel..im trying to learn todrive..im 22 and had phobia of driving for awhile but its not safeto drive with him anymore. I love him alot but can be frustratingcause he tics the things im afraid of..i have skin phobia and hewill tic wart and stuff like that all the time...he also is ashopaholic buys things to feel better about himself..mostly videogames..you wouldnt believe the collection lol. but if it wasnt forhim I wouldnt be here. I have had rough time with worrying aboutlooks and fears of death that previous boyfriends not even my ownfamily understands. I hate how people stare at him but not everyoneunderstands tourett's. You see shows with children with Tourett'sbut hardly adults. He (Casey) is trying hypnosis...not reallyworking and he feels uncom woman who is doing it is black, but sheis understanding. I'll encourage him to write he is a sweet guy anddefinely a genius! he has taken orap (another bad spelling) but madehim vomit after every meal..hes on risperdal, geodon (which i tookfor ocd and horrible sife effects like insomnia and no hunger)benzotropin, and tts 2 patch..well happy holidays everyone

"When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate."

[Guest guest]

Welcome! Welcome! Your in for a treat! Love, Connie

[Guest guest]

Hello and welcome to our group.

Your DVD is on the way and should arrive any day. Meanwhile you can go to the

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You can also read some of the past messages from this list right on the group

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I have faith in you and I believe you can reach any goal you set for yourself.

We will all be here pulling for you.

Be Healthy and take good care,

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[Guest guest]

Welcome i am a from British Columbia Canada, i have diabetes, Sleep Apnea,

depression, bi-polor, liver condition, hypothryoidism and a learning disability,

you come to a awesome group i hope you like it here as much as i do

Hugs

a

New

> Hi there,

>

> I joined this group because I really need to talk to someone who

> may

> understand. I hope that friends and family of hurting loved ones

> are

> welcome here. Don't mean to hurt anyone.

>

> I have two friends I'm worrying about. One is a tetraplegic (c3

> incomp., 67 yrs. old (BTW, I'm 31)), the other one I'm currently

> more

> worried about has SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). The latter is my

> dear, dear friend from Canada and I haven't heard from her in

> quite a

> while. She's been in hospital almost all of last year (due to

> pancreitis not associated with her SMA) and now I'm really getting

> scared. We have a common friend who also hasn't reacted to my e-

> mails

> yet...

>

> My friend and I have been friends for almost 16 years now. I love

> her

> and miss her and it's getting harder and harder to stay in touch.

> We're so far apart and I can't just jump over there (I'm in

> Germany)

> and I would love to be there for her so much! This hurts. Is there

> anybody here who knows what I'm talking about?

>

> My other friend is here, but now I'm moving all across the country

> and so it will also be hard to stay in touch with her. However, we

> can talk on the phone which is good!

>

> I'd love to hear from anyone who knows what I feel like at the moment.

>

> All the best for all of you!

>

> Tina

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

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