Complete Chaos!! lol

SO..... Where to begin..... I have decided to look into the Lap Band Procedure.  Here are Pro's and Con's that I find to actually agree with :

Advantages

• Lowest mortality rate
• Least invasive surgical approach
• No stomach stapling or cutting, or intestinal re-routing
• Adjustable
• Reversible
• Lowest operative complication rate
• Low malnutrition risk

Disadvantages

• Slower initial weight loss than Gastric Bypass or BPD
• Regular follow-up critical for optimal results
• Requires an implanted medical device
• In some cases, effectiveness can be reduced due to band slippage
• In some cases, the access port may leak and require minor revisional surgery 
  
  
  
  
  I love food so this may be difficult for me.  I haven't met with the Bariatric  Dept. here at Bragg yet however they did call me to set up an appointment... I will continue to measure the good and the bad and let you know what I decide.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Second::::: I FINALLYYYYYYYYYYY got an appointment with a Podiatrist here in Fayetteville.  My appointment is tomorrow.  I had an AMAZINGGGGGGGG Podiatrist at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.  But...... I have been without a Cortisone shot for 7 months now and my foot is killing me :(   I was getting them once a month.... apparently, they are supposed to only be given every 3 months!!! YIKES!!  So we will see what they say tomorrow.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Third:::::: I got a new car about a month ago. It's a 2012 Chrysler 200 S.  I hate that I had to get rid of my Grand Cherokee but with gas prices the way they are, it's not economical to fill up 2 gas guzzlers.  I was filling the Jeep up once a week and before I got rid of it, it was costing about $70 or so.  I drive a lot in town so it was doing me more harm than good.  The 200 get's pretty good gas mileage for a 6CYL and it only cost's btwn $40-$50 to fill up.  Positive side... It's everything I have wanted in a car.  It's got Navi w/ a customizable screen ( I can put up pics ), heated seats, sunroof, leather seats and it had rims that came with it (not big on RIMS but they are always a plus).  Plus it's still big enough on the inside that I can put car seats in. :)  - Whenever that happens! 
  
  
  I know now not to EVER take ownership of a vehicle at night again.  The seal's on the headlights are loose, causing condensation to collect and stay in them.  The bumper on the front left is popped out next to the headlight. There are paint chips missing on the back bumper where they removed the plastic after transport. HERE IS THE KICKER.... At the very top of the windshield on the right (if you are looking at the car), there is a DENT behind the where the window sits which caused the roof to pop up.   SERIOUSLY!?!??!! ( Oh and can't forget the door guards that they couldn't seem to put on correctly)
  
  
  So Tuesday morning, I took it down to the dealership because after 3 weeks of waiting for an answer back from Chrysler, I finally called last Friday and would not let them get off the phone with me til I had an appt. with the Body Shop.   You would think as much BS as I have gone through to get this stuff fixed, I would be compensated for it.  So I bring it in yesterday, no reservation for a car rental was made, nothing.  I finally looked at the guy behind the desk at the Body Shop and told him "Y'all need to get it together!!!".  Soooooo needless to say, after being told my car was going to take a week to fix (not the 2-3 days they told me on the phone), being put in a Nissa Sentra as a rental car, I am NOT a happy camper with the dealership.  And I am going to be letting the Sales Mgr know.  Maybe I can get them to tint my windows ;) . (NC Has a tint law... can't be any darker than 35% in the front and the back can be as dark as I want).
  
  
  Anyway, we shall see what happens.
  
  
  Anyway here is the damage to the car that happened during transport.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  Paint Chips Missing on the rear bumper

  
  

  

  Paint chip missing from the trunk

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  The other side of the rear bumper

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  The dent at the top of the car

  
  
  
  
  

  

  Front bumper popped out

  
  

  

  Condensation in the headlights.

  
  
  
  
  
  
   

Fort Bragg, NC - Home of the 82nd Airborne!!

Intro:  My name is Sara and I am married to... (well for purposes other than security (unless you know him already) we will call him "D/H".  We met in April of 2005 and got Married in June of 2006 when he was on his R&R from Iraq (HIS 2nd DEPLOYMENT)..... So this is my 1st Blog and I will try to keep this updated as much as possible.  There's so much to say about the short time we have been here.  We got here the end of October from Ft Carson, CO.  D/H (Dear Husband for those who aren't familiar) was finally able to get away from 4th ID after being in the same unit for 6.5 years.  We had transferred with the Division from Ft Hood, TX in June of 2009.  We were in CO for 2 years, too long!!! I am not in any way shape or form an outdoorsy person and surely don't do the cold.  I am originally from AZ.  Raised btwn TX and AZ for most of my life so I consider both "HOME".  After my brief experience with doing $1400.00 in damage to my Jeep Commander (just bumping into a curb, mind you) and sliding out into the middle of a 4 way Stop, I knew CO was not the place for me.  We lived in a older Tri Level home with NO A/C..... seriously?? 90 Degrees in the Summertime and even hotter in my house is not okay with me (FORGIVE ME FOR COMPLAINING WHEN I KNOW PEOPLE IN 3RD WORLD COUNTRIES GO WITHOUT).  I lived in a crappy neighborhood (by crappy I mean the next door neighbors to my left were raided by SWAT, the people directly across the street and the people diagonal from us both on separate occasions caused body damage to one of the vehicles we had and refused to take responsibility for it).  I was over it from the second D/H and his buddy from Hood arrived a few days after me and could smell Marijuana from the front the house.  I don't care what you do on your own time but do it YOUR house!!!!! I was blessed however with 3 amazing neighbors!  Gayle and her S/O, Alex (non military), and Ray - the man next door who had two daughters, loved Elvis and was old enough to be my Father.  ANYWAY BACK TO BEING AT BRAGG!!!   So I've noticed that there is quite a different "BREED" of Army Wives around here... to say the least... they keep it interesting here.  I've had a couple of run ins with a couple of "GIRLS" who seemed to still be stuck in High School.  I don't do drama.  1st sign of it.. I'm GONE!  But I have made a couple of good quality friends here so that makes me feel good.  I can be a little hard to handle at 1st, but once you get to know me, it gets easier.. I PROMISE ;) 

I will try to keep this up to date from here on out!