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    About Me

    Finally launched my WLS awareness/acceptance official colors & wristbands biz along w/ the website at: www.circleofsupport4wlsshop.com ----------------- I'm 38, widow 2 a Brit author; no kids, non smoker, Dog lover; Enjoy French champagne & Edy's frozen yogurt & steamed veggies; monogamous-type bisexual for years [sounds like an oxymoron, but when I'm with a person its them & ONLY them. I don't stray-don't cheat-& don't fool around w/ that 3-some nonsense. That's not for me.] B4 U ask, yes my hubby knew & still respected me. Most people either didn't or always tried to finagle 'something'. You know what I mean? N E way, Thx 4 visiting!

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    Struggling to get sales 4 my WLS awareness wristbands at my website: www.circleofsupport4wlsshop.com --------- Type it SLOWLY & CAREFULLY.* I could be evicted people so order now, it won't break ur budget. Encouraging sales of my 1 of a kind-created by me Pro WLS/GBS wristbands thru my company CIRCLE OF SUPPORT. For Pre & Post-op & our allies. www.myspace.com/294142596 Or if U cannot afford the $12.50 for the pack of awareness bands, then you and your friends are more than welcome to donate $2.00 bucks at my PayPal DONATE 'button' on my other Myspace profile on the top left side of my profile at: www.myspace.com/374998171 And if ur registered w/ Myspace, after U donate, send me a friend request and I'll ADD U & send a Thank U comment to ur profile. Goal is to get 1, 000-5, 000 NEW friends before Sun May 26th B4 landlord serves me w/ eviction papers. Only $2.00 dollars peeps. That's all I ask and pls. tell ur friends. Thx.

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    • Thanks for Nothing

      Mood June 29, 2008 11:04am

      Because no one from the pre or post-op bariatric/ gastric bypass community purchased an inexpensive pack of my awareness wristbands, causing me to …

    • Journal Entry for May 10, 2008

      Mood May 10, 2008 11:40am

      For everyone that's either pre-op WLS, post-op WLS or if you at least can sympathize and have a heart and give a damn about truly being …

    • "Celebrate Good Times, Come On!"

      Mood April 30, 2008 3:09pm

      "Celebrate Good Times, Come On!"

       

      I figured that old song was appropriate for this announcement.   After months and months of …

    • Jennifer's 'Not-Quite-Antiques' Roadshow

      Mood April 14, 2008 11:02am

      **ATTN: Ebay & OTHER AUCTION SITE BIDDERS & BUYERS**

       

      I'm auctioning and selling items on the following free and low fee auction …

    • Earthlink Blows & I concede w/ a final word.

      Mood April 14, 2008 8:56am

      Well I took my complaint to the BBB in Atlanta re: Earthlink & how they they not only never provided me with the service I ordered, but that …

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      From Dizy July 27

      thanks for your support Dizy

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      From v3nus June 27

      TY HUN, FOR HAVING ME IN YOUR GROUP...

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      From theoriginalmattyc May 11

      Hi Jennifer:) Apologies for taking so long to write back to you. I've been totally slammed with emails and other urgent matters these last few days. I'll try and be more prompt in future. You're right about the wine. You'd think I worked for the wine industry with all the info I gave you. I can put it down to being an aussie. Australians love their alcohol, sometimes a little too much. You're also right about travelling here. We're far too far away from the rest of the world. Its not like north america or europe where you can get on a plane and travel for an hour or two and be in another country. You're can fly for five hours straight and still be in australian airspace. Ask anyone whose flown from Melbourne to Singapore. Five out of the seven hours flight time you're just trying to get out of the country. But on the flipside you don't have the flight issues that you do in the states. Most in not all domestic flights are direct to their destinations unlike in america where you have to fly to hubs and then onto your destination. That kind of really sucks. About the weather here. Most of australia is arid desert. The temperature varies widely there. Really hot days and near freezing nights. Here in Melbourne the weather is temperate. We do get extremes of hot temperature in the summer but at the most they're a couple of days straight then a cold front moves in from the west and its all over. We get our hot weather here from the desert so much so that you can tell how hot its going to be from the wind direction. If its coming from the north its going to be hot. If its coming from the west its going to change to the opposite of what it is at the moment. And if its coming from the south and it happens to be winter God help you. Freezing cold and blasting winds aren't too far away. In some parts of Australia it snows in the winter, mainly in the hills. If its a really cold day in melbourne we'll get sleet or snow up in the hills. We actually have ski resorts here kinda like Aspen but not as good and way way more expensive. Its weird because in the states if it snows it snows everywhere but here you have to drive for three hours and climb a mountain to reach the snow. Then you do your snow thing, climb down the mountain and drive three hours back home. If you live in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney of in the national capital Canberra it can snow for months on end. The guy who played the role of Russell Crowe's dad in The Sum of Us is Jack Thompson. Brilliant actor. I saw him play the role of an american businessman in The Assassination Of Richard Nixon and if you didn't know he was an australian you would have sworn he was a geniune american. I wouldn't worry too much about my weight if I were you. Do what you can but don't beat yourself up about it. I find that other people have more of a weight problem than I do. That is they have a bigger with my weight than me. If they have to be judgemental its their loss. Its shows them up to be ignoramouses they are. Speaking of movies I kind of see where you're coming from on the hair front. I saw Queen Latifah in Beauty Shop. There is a whole district in Melbourne full of african people with african style beauty shops and hair dressers. You'd probably have a good chance of finding a good haircut here. I'm interested in the idea of doing gastric bypass in Bogota. I'll need to research that website you showed me a bit more when I've got some time. My profile on obesityhelp isn't finished yet so you won't find much there. It shows me coming from Spotswood which is the suburb of Melbourne I live in. Not much goes on here. The odd train goes past and that's about it. I kind of like it that way. I've though of going on myspace but I don't have any pictures of me that are flattering. Maybe I should invest in Adobe Photoshop and then set up an account. But I will check out you site and see what its like. i better run. I've got a tonne of work to do that can't wait til tomorrow. I'll speak to you again soon. All the best. Matthew

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      From Love4you May 9

      A Hug is a great Gift. One Size fits all,and it is easy to exchange~Love,Maria

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      From Love4you May 8

      I hope you woke up this morning with a big smile on your face I hope the sun is shining just for you and the birds are singing their very best songs... I hope your coffee is hot and tastes just right and the cats are purring contentedly, and the mailman waves a cheery hello and there are no bills in the mailbox... I hope just everything goes your way ... I hope everything is well with your world, a place for everything and everything in it's place... I hope you can enjoy all you do and you are complimented on the way you look and you can laugh and talk and share to your heart's content I hope you have all you wish for yourself and those dear to you, and all your dreams come true... At the end of the day I wish you a perfect moon shining just for you, a snug and cozy bed with the softest of pillows and I hope you sleep like a lamb with a smile on your face... I hope you have a perfect end to the perfect day and I hope that every day is just as wonderful in it's own way I hope your day is ... filled with love~Love,Maria

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  • Support Groups

    • Close Obesity

      Miserably overweight since age 6ish & fight a losing battle w/ morbid obesity since mid 20s. I'm 37,widow of a British author; no kids,non smoker, Dog lover [but apt. bldg. does not allow] :-{. Njoy French champagne & homemade ice cream; Looking 4ward 2 starting up my (Sh)e-Commerce biz by L8R Nov. to fund my GBS/WLS.

      Treatments

      Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Somewhat Helpful
      Gastric Bypass Surgery Considering
      I've been researching this 'tool' via libraries-physicians-patients-hospitals here & abroad- and on the internet since I first learned about it in 1997/'98. Hope 2 have GBS in L8 2008. :-}
      Physical Exercise Not Working
      The last physician & nurse I could afford to see told me that I had too much weight on my weight bearing joints, & other comorbidities. That oddly enough too much pressure due to exercise would do more harm than good 4 my health. I'm a definite candidate 4 GBS to help me drop the weight so I CAN work out properly.
      Slim-Fast Somewhat Helpful
      Please see the same experience I've had w/ Lemonade/Herbal Tea Fasting. A waste of money.
    • Close Depression
      Type: Clinical (Major) Depression

      I really need a shrink that would make housecalls on the cheap. I'm 37 & have been living in a depressed state of mind since I was about five and a half yrs old but no one knew. Besides, depression & similar traits were regarded as a character flaw by my dad and others. My mom always told me what happened in our house, stayed in our house. I feared asking 4 help. My depression is due 2 many reasons.

    • Open Interracial Relationships

      I am African~American and a non practicing Roman Catholic. My beloved late husband was British [Londoner], caucasian and non practicing Church of England [Protestant]. He remains a positive dynamic force in my life. The way I'd been treated by people [family-so~called friends-strangers-lovers & others] throughout my life, regardless of their ethnicity, I honestly would never have known what real love and care was/ should be. Wonderful & brilliant soul he was. Loving, nurturing & hilarious!

      Treatments

      Love Working / Worked
      It DID work. We were not married long yet I still miss him every hour since he passed. I dare say my relatives cared 4 him more than me. I adore my in laws.
    • Open Bereavement
      Type: Loss of a Partner/Spouse

      Have been learning to cope with death and loss since I was about 7yrs old and I saw a child struck and killed by a train. Now I'm still grieving over the death of my hubby [27 April 2003]. I'm sad & angry about losing him. For the joys we had and the joys that were denied us. Cance is a wretched, sinister illness.

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      Crying Somewhat Helpful
      Prayer Somewhat Helpful
    • Open Physical & Emotional Abuse

      BogotaBoundB440 hasn’t entered any details for this support group.
    • Open Phobia

      Agoraphobia. Awful to have especially if you live in NYC. I love my city but I can't cope w/ the masses of people in open or close spaces. Thus it's not the 'space' for me, just the people. I've shut down & won't leave my apt. bldg. Ironically it's good I live here. Everything's delivered. :-}

    • Open Widows & Widowers

      37yo, no kids, lost my husband to prostate cancer 27 April 2003 when I was 33yo. The evening he passed away in my arms still plays like a 'loop' repeatedly in my head. Difficult to shake the melancholy but I know how to fake a smile and tone of voice so well that I should have an Academy Award. I miss my sugar plum. :-{

    • Open Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)
      Type: Trichotillomania

      Wow! I never knew that doing this actually had a name. Fascinating. When I was a child I literally used to pull my hair out at night in my bed. Not in handfuls. But would wind a few strands around my fingers and yank! It didn't hurt. But by morning I'd get up-put the hair in bathroom tissue & flush so mom would never know. It was due to the stress of being bullied & humiliated by kids. As an adult I opt instead to now gently pull my 'potentially loose' eyelashes.

    • Open Gastric Bypass Surgery

      Fighting the Battle of the Bulge since 6yo;37now;widow of a British author; no kids,non smoker, Dog lover [but apt. bldg. does not allow] :-{. Looking 4ward 2 starting up my (Sh)e-Commerce biz by L8 Oct. to fund my GBS/WLS in late autumn 2008. So be sure to shop my site when it opens 4 biz. 8^D

    • Open Bisexuality

      Hmm, My 1st kiss was from a boy; my 1st sexual encounter & relationship was w/ an older woman & had a HUGE crush on & I told her [she had no idea]. Didn't do a male til 21 [he was terrible but a good kisser]; was engaged 2 a woman for a yr til the coward dumped.Stopped calling & stiffed me w/ paying for the china-silver-etc. Though I resisted I married my male boss/ friend after his 3rd proposal on biz trip 2 France.The most wonderful PERSON ever in my life til he died from cancer in 2003.

    • Open Financial Challenges

      I'll go into detail when I post it in a discussion on here. A Max. of 500 characters won't cut it here. In a nutshell I've gotta earn/ raise between $5,000.00 to cover back rent & utilities for 3 months since my very biz has not had any sales/ orders in that length of time.

      Treatments

      Budgeting Not Working
      Earn Money Not Working
      I founded the 1st & only pro WLS awareness/education/acceptance & support company w/ the only official silicone awareness wristbands to represent the weight loss surgery global demographic. My community/family/ bariatric sites and people I thought were friends and allies have not placed any orders. Trust me it would not have broken their budget. I got zilch. I've not sold a packet of wristbands in over 2.5 months. My company, Circle Of Support, IS my only job and source of income.
      Holding a Garage Sale Not Working
      I've listed really nice belongings more than 3 times andall I got were a bunch of Looky Loos. The only ones making money are those grifters that own eBay. So now I'm desperately trying to auction/ sell my belongings on www.ELFINGO.com I'll post my blog of items on the discussion board here.
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