If I could change one thing about my body.......

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Aside from that, I'd like to have a strong torso and feel confident in a bikini.

That makes me remember when I looked young and lithe and perfect in a bikini in my 20's....but my self image then was anything BUT confident. Now I have lots of lumps and bumps, wrinkles and imperfections, but I love my body and my inner spirit way more.

[milkbone]

Ah, I'm sorry, milkbone. I don't have titanium in there, but I have TMJ issues. I'd been symptom free for a long time, but then last night in my sleep something went haywire (built up stress and PMS, I think) and the whole left side of my face was on fire. Couldn't touch my ear. Even my hair hurt. Woke me up, and I struggled to get even a little bit comfortable. If your life is regularly like my night, that is truly one giant bummer for you! I like your attitude about it, though!

Karen

Tuckervill,

Yup, sounds about right, its the right side of my face though, the x-ray, ironically, looks exactly like a bicycle chain lining my jaw , then I have other plates and screws on the left side as well, but w/o the nerve damage.

My right side, chin to mid-jaw is constant - eating/kissing/talking/the slightest touch makes it "holy cow" worse... the top part to my ear isn't too bad as long as it doesn't get touched.. I chopped my hair b/c of the pain (wish I could grow it back out).

The docs tried all kinds of meds, I was a walking pharmacy for awhile, nothing worked, some made it worse, Duke offered some frankenstien surgery with a very small chance for any success, and I just wanted a narcotic/pill free life, so I told them all where to go and I'd just learn to deal, which I've done for the most part.

[lph]

ps if we're really just fantasizing, I'd have a lush head of wavy thick hair that easily touched my butt. I'd toss it and complain about what a hassle it is to have hair like this [/QUOTE]

Mimi, you're a hoot

[shootingstar]

I forgot another wish --feet that don't need customized orthotics.

That's why I gave up wearing open-arched sandals.. oh well, small price when I'm on the bike too often anyway.

[Bron]

I could come up with a whole shopping list but top would have to be never having asthma again.

Why? Fairly obvious.

Would anyone notice? Possible not - it's all well under control, I just hate the thought of having to take medication every day for the rest of my life.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

ps if we're really just fantasizing, I'd have a lush head of wavy thick hair that easily touched my butt. I'd toss it and complain about what a hassle it is to have hair like this

LOL

[lph]

I must point out that it was mimi who had that great phrase, not me. I just hashed the quoting

back OT: I sure wouldn't change my LEGS! Grand things that they are, they carried me up 4 hill repeats today and I'm way pleased! I can live with my thighs gradually swelling out of all the (ok, two) cute tightish jeans I own.

I wouldn't mind having thick hair though. Real thick hair, not just hair that looks thick, but turns into a thin little rats tail when wet.

[NoNo]

I wouldn't mind having thick hair though. Real thick hair, not just hair that looks thick, but turns into a thin little rats tail when wet.

You say that, but trust me, you really don't want that! In the summer the only thing I can do with it is pull it up because it would just frizz and fro out if I left it down. Edit: When I cut my hair for Locks of Love last year, the woman commented that I had the thickest hair she'd ever seen. It's not the first time a hairdresser has told me that

If I could change one thing, I'd like to be ever so slightly taller.

Why? It's such a hassle not being able to reach anything, see things when in a crowd, never have a chair be comfortable, especially anything with a curve to the back because it never hits the right place, the list goes on. And it'd be nice to have the weight spread out a little more

Sure people would notice, in that they'd maybe stop making fun of me for being so short.

[lph]

You say that, but trust me, you really don't want that! In the summer the only thing I can do with it is pull it up because it would just frizz and fro out if I left it down.

I hear you. My hair dries in 10 minutes flat. But it's curly, so it does the frizz up to a ball thing all by itself in damp weather, thick or not!

[milkbone]

um, Milkbone, may I ask why you have titanium in your jaw?

Very long story, short version - back in 04 I rode motocross, got in a crazy wreck, broke my neck in 3 places dislocated 2 other vertabrae, broke first rib, crushed my jaw, etc etc along those lines, was on a vent for about a week ?? I'm lucky to be here and even luckier to be walking, and cycling

So my jaw is now titanium plated on the right side, with various other screws smaller plates on my left...

Any day above ground is a good day... I'm above ground, 'tis a good day.