Claire-in-Texas

Michelle, logically you made the right decision for yourself and your environment. HOWEVER, logic has nothing to do with parting with a beloved pet, regardless of the reason. There is truly grief and devastation. I can so relate. I am so sorry, dear one.

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Claire, AKA ClaireBear
4'9.25"
Lap RNY - 4/9/07. Pre-op, 236 lbs - Current: 104 lbs. - Goal: 126 lbs.
CENTURY CLUB: 11/26/07 Wooo Hoooooo!!!
WAY more than HALF of me, 132 lbs., GONE!!!!!

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dontrepeatme

just remember things happen for a reason...i hope you're ok.
i've lost 2 dogs..and we had to get rid of 1 because she was destroying our house.. =(
i understand what you're going through.
i know i dont know you very well, but im here if you need to talk.

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[ Lisa. ]

www.myspace.com/dontrepeatme


Height:5'3
255/150/not sure yet.
Pre-Op/Current/Goal

• Jan. 16, 2008, 10:30am: Pre-op class
• Jan. 21, 2008, 7:00am: Surgery Date
• Jan. 30, 2008, 8:45am: Post-op

Dec. 25th, 2007, 8:50am: I have been approved.

"We too often love things and use people,
when we should be using things and loving people."

Duckie

Thank you everyone for your kind words.

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FOUNDER OF THE DUCKSACK CLUB TT Gym Rat # 83
Lap RNY 3/31/06
Start of program/preop/lowest/current/goal
273/256/132.5/134/145----- 5'8"
http://www.myspace.com/duckiern
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"If it has tires or testicles, it's gonna give you trouble!"

KarenInKali

Michelle, I'm sorry you're having to go through this - I think you made the right decision, but it's still a difficult one, I know.

(((((((hugs)))))))))

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Karen

No longer Obese or Overweight - I'm Normal!
104 pounds gone forever!
Lap RNY 05/12/08
Official Scale Whore #8
ONEderland! 10/19/08
CENTURY Club 04/12/09

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There's only one "race," and that's human. All the rest is culture!

Toony

You gave Jackson a 2nd chance at life... He would have been put down if you hadn't taken him in.... and I'm betting he loved his time with you! Hugs and kisses on your boo-boo!!!

---toony

Jeri

(((((Duckie))))) I feel so bad for you. There are no words but my thoughts & prayers are with you.

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Jeri
Lap RNY 10/30/2007


Height 5' 5 1/2"
HighestCurrent/Goal
278/243.6/199

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Gina in NY

Duckie honey,
You can't know the reason behind his behavior. Dogs just don't talk things out well. I haven't read all the replies, so forgive me if I tell you a useless story that touched my life.

One of my students was playing in her yard and the next door neighbor's dog, whom she'd played with many times, came running across the yard and attacked her. It took 5 surgeries for her to get her face back to "normal". They of course put the dog down, did an autopsy and found the dog had a HUGE brain tumor (That isn't the technical word for it - it is like a wasting away thing of the brain). The vet didn't understand how he could have been walking and eating normally it was so bad. The dog was only 5 years old. He had snapped at someone the week before, but they had no way of knowing what was going on.

It was a tragedy all the way around, but obviously, sometimes there is a reason and we have to do what we have to do. Thank goodness you're alright. I know it has got to be awful for you. I am very sorry.

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LisaM

Ah, Ducks, I'm so sorry. Unfortunately, as Gina said, they can't tell us what's going on in their heads and their bodies.

My personal opinion is that there is not only a heaven for dogs, but they get an automatic pass--because the only angry ones I've ever met were the ones who were made that way by humans, either through indiscriminate breeding, training or treatment. And I don't mean your treatment of him, but there's simply no way for you to know what he went through before you got him. Dogs are our reflection in every way. We don't know why humans do what we do, and sometimes we don't know why our fur-friends do what they do either. I'm so sorry.

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Lisa M

Lap RNY - 9/26/05
surgery/lowest/goal
Weight: 303/137/150
BMI: 56/25.1/27.4
Now in maintenance stage, with desired weight range: 150-153 pounds
Current weight: 167 Updated 03/15/10

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein

Debz

So very sorry dearheart. I can't imagine how hard this is for you....((((Michelle))))

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Debbie
Lap RNY 8/6/07
Highest/Day of surgery/current/goal
251/237/126/131


Goal! I did it!
111 pounds gone since my RNY
125 total pounds gone forever!
Maintaining within a few pounds up and down. 130 is my goal and I've been hovering a pound or two over it for months now.
BMI 22.3


I am not a tame lion......

Duckie

Thanks again everyone. Your support means so much to me.

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Official TT Bear member: DUCKIEBEAR
FOUNDER OF THE DUCKSACK CLUB TT Gym Rat # 83
Lap RNY 3/31/06
Start of program/preop/lowest/current/goal
273/256/132.5/134/145----- 5'8"
http://www.myspace.com/duckiern
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"If it has tires or testicles, it's gonna give you trouble!"