Hello everyone :) Its been a long time since I have written a thread here ... alot has happended since I last wrote a thread here , Just two months ago , my husband & I celabrated our Ten yr anniversary , then about three weeks later my uncle Martin , my aunt Jane's husband shot a baby bear cub on their property , unfortunately shooting a bear in the state of NC is illegal , not only that but he didn't have a licnses for the pistol , not to menton the fact that he ran from the sherifs department , which just made it worse ... My uncle was of course arrested & had tons of fines to pay ... unfortunately two weeks after this innocedent , my uncle suffered a heart attack at my aunt Jane's house, 911 was called, he flat lined in the ambulance , they were able to get him back once they had arrived at the hospital ... my uncle had his heart attack on a sunday & lived to the 19th of OCt & then passed away ... My uncle Martin was 77 , him & my aunt Jane were married for 32 yrs ... This is the 3rd intermediate person in my family that has passed away in four yrs . In other good news ... I have two 2nd cousins that are engaged to be married , not only that, but my mom is in the process of going through the steps to have the LapBand surgery , my mom is diabetic & majorly over weight, after alot of discussion , with her Dr , my mom is now going through the process to have the LapBand Surgery with in the next 6 months ... However before any surgery can be done, my mom has to through nutritionest ,,, she has to go to weight loss meetings every single week ... This LapBand surgery is not invacive , the only down fall about this surgery is that because my mom is diabetic , she will probably more than likely go from being diabetic , to being hyper glycemic , all due the weight you loose when you have this type of surgery .. However even with these risks , the benifits soo out weigh the risks ... In the end it will be worth it, not only because all the steps you go through , the weight loss classes & the nutritionest , will help my mom get better control of her eating, but it will help her live longer & healtier ...

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