AshevilleEddie

Edd, I'm only 11 days post-op and off one of my three diabetes meds already. I have also cut my insulin by 5 units and will probably drop another 5 within the next couple of days. My blood sugars are now not only completely normal (again, only 11 days post-op!) but any time you're sick or healing they tend to be higher so I foresee coming off the insulin completely within the next month or so. Once I do that, then I'll focus on the blood pressure and cholesterol. But elevated insulin levels (in my case caused by insulin resistance) increase blood pressure and cholesterol so once I'm off the insulin those should start coming down on their own. Hey Dee, other than the fact that you had a little too much, how did the wine go down? Mark, how about the beer? I have a bottle of bubbly wine that I've been saving for a special occasion, so input from both of you will help me decide if I can give it a shot (I don't really want to open it up and take two sips and have to pour out the rest:eek:). We're sitting in the motorhome as I'm writing this post. The interior is completely packed up and organized; the basement storage will get done tomorrow. Not that we're particularly religious, but we're resting today. Even though I'm really tired from yesterday, I feel a lot better today just being out of the house...

Hi Edd & Direct Hit! Glad to have you guys aboard! Rhonda, how's your partner since the fill adjustment? That must have been terrifying for her. I can't imagine being so restricted as to not be able to even drink Water. Mark, our doc routinely does first fills six weeks post-op. I assumed that was the norm and was actually surprised you weren't getting a fill until July! Don't know if I mentioned it or not, but doc said I can start introducing solids back into my diet. Woo hoo! Real food!! :hungry: I had a half a hamburger (no bun) last night and a few very well cooked brussells sprouts. Yum, yum!

Thanks for filling us in! Seriously though, how did it go? My appointment for my first fill is July 3 and I'm more than a bit apprehensive about it. DH has had two already and says they're no big deal, but both times he was still sore a day or so afterwards. Have a safe trip Juli! Don't do anything I can't do yet! Lucy, I would have loved to take two weeks off, but it just wasn't feasible. It's great that you're able to take that time off. Everyone have a GREAT weekend!

I work for a bank. I could have milked it for a little longer, but I have a new employee and I didn't want to throw her under the bus for any longer than necessary. And I did get in my 20 minutes on the treadmill this morning!! YAY!

Hey Dee, it's a 42' diesel pusher with five slides. Yeah, I know, it's a big one. A couple feet longer and we would have had to have a tag axle. But Sean and I are going to be living in it in a couple of years, for at least a year, maybe two so we decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and go for it. I had my post-op appointment this morning. I can eat real food (whatever I can tolerate). Woo hoo! Skinny City, here I come!!!:clap2: The down side is that I do have to go back to work this afternoon. :tired <crickets chirping>. At any rate, I do have time to do to the gym for my (hopefully) 20 minutes on the treadmill.

Ok, why the hell can't I edit?? I get a window full of smilies! Anyone else having this problem? Anyway, I forgot to put this in my last post: Check out my new avatar...it's the new RV!

Woo hoo! You and Yenken are getting your spouse fix! I'll be getting mine Friday after Sean gets home. We're taking the new motorhome out for a "shakedown cruise" this weekend. For any non-RVers, that's where you take a new RV out for the first time to make sure you get most of the bugs worked out before you go out in it for real. The for real trip is the following weekend - we're taking it to Ft Wilderness at Disney World for Gay Days!! None of our Rainbow RV friends know we got it yet, so we get to show it off. It seems like every time we go to a rally, someone has a new rig. This time it just happens to be us! :biggrin1: Of course, we'll hear a hundred times how we just got the last one less than a year ago, blah blah. Then we'll have to expain a hundred times how we got a lemon and just couldn't take it anymore. Oh well. Band update: I go back to the doc tomorrow for my post-op checkup, then I get to go back to work. Oh, joy. :tired Can you feel my excitement? Anyway, I knew he was going to take off the Steri-Strips so I went ahead and took them off in the shower tonight. Wow! I can't believe how well the incisions are healing already. They're completely closed, no sign of infection and just look really good. I was really worried about healing because of my diabetes. I tend to heal very slowly, but now I can start rubbing Vitamin E oil and cocoa butter on them. I'm also on some really mushy food (baby food, grits, soft scrambled eggs), tolerating it very well. My doc told me that the sooner I can tolerate real food the faster I'll heal and the faster I'll lose weight. I'll check with him tomorrow to see if I can advance to soft foods. I just don't want to keep eating the carb-laden mushies. And all the Protein shakes are getting old. I'll be glad when I can just drink one or two to supplement. I went to the gym yesterday! Did a full circuit, all the machines. The ab machine was a little rough, but...HAHAHAHA!!! Bet I got a bunch of you with that one!! Seriously, I did go to the gym, but only to walk on the treadmill. I did 10 minutes yesterday, and went back today and did 15! I was a little tired afterward, but I'm going to keep going back every day and increasing until I can do 30. Then I'm going to up the intensity so I can get the cardio going good. I'm not even going to try anything else for at least 4 or 5 more weeks unless the doc tells me otherwise. I have lost about 5 pounds since surgery, so with the pre-op diet I've now lost about 16! I'm under 250 now! Woo hoo! DH is at 251, so the race is now officially on!!

Damn you Lesbians and your Lesbian sex! Well, actually I suppose it's women in general. We guys get once a DAY, maybe 2 or 3 if we're REALLY lucky! DH is actually out of town until Friday so I've got a couple more days to heal, but you can believe I'll be trying some real action Friday night! In fact, look what I found to commemorate the occasion: (OH Juli, you've got nothing on me now!!)

Well, mine wasn't necessarily in the port site. It just HURT! I'm happy to report though, that today (6 days post-op) it doesn't hurt anymore! (I hope that isn't TMI!)

Didn't take you long to figure me out, did it?

Well, a guy's got needs...:guess

Well, I have tried a little, ahem, solo-ish (DH here, just not active participant) sumpn-sumpn, so obviously there was no actual physical activity that hurt. But when "the moment" arrived (well, ya know, the body sorta involuntarily tenses up) it did hurt and pretty much offset any good feelings it produced. So I think I need to wait at least a week or so before I attempt anything else... :hurt

Get with me before you buy your Class A. I can give you some pointers as to what to look for, what not to buy, etc...

OMG, you had to go there, didn't you? Hey wait, that's not too bad after all. Actually, it's kinda getting me excited - aside from the fact that I'm not able to do any of that just yet... :tired

Wow, I don't check the thread for a day and look what happens! Welcome Mark! We do have a lot in common - I'll e-mail you privately. Sunta, great to see you found your way here from R&R! Welcome to my new home away from home! Yenken, good to have you back. I"m glad you had such a great time with your DP. OH Juli, thanks for not inserting the nasty fruit sex smilie. I'm not sure even I could handle it! :eek: Sean and I bought a new motorhome a few days before my surgery. We went to take delivery this afternoon and move everything over from the old one. I had no idea how much crap we had accumulated. It took several hours to get it all moved, and it's not even put away! I was a good boy and didn't lift anything. In fact, I mostly supervised! :heh: Nonetheless, I'm totally pooped and more than a bit sore. But nothing some drugs haven't already helped considerably!! Hey, any other campers/RVers out there? And by chance, is anyone going to Gay Days at Disney World next month??

Welcome, Kat! <:welcome:Gay Welcome Wagon paying a visit> I've been through the hetero marriage/kids thing, so we've definitely got some things in common. We'll have to chat. Yeah, I'm not shy about the pain meds. I worked in healthcare for several years, so I know to take them proactively. I just wish they would go ahead and knock out this headache. It's still hanging on three hours after I woke up with it. I'm prone to the occasional migraine, so I'm really hoping it doesn't turn into one...

Other than waking up with a nasty headache this morning, I'm not feeling too bad. Nothing pain meds can't handle though! Actually, what's crazy is to still be that much in love after nine years...

HAHAHAHA!!! My point EXACTLY, green!

I've only got one thing to say about that:

Wow, I was just banded on Wednesday and only had 2 Lovinox injections. I'm back on my daily aspirin (uncoated of course) as of this morning. I'm also not on bed rest, having started walking in the hospital as soon as they moved me from recovery to my room (had to stay overnight b/c of my diabetes). DH was also banded in Feb and wasn't on any anticoagulants. Ten to fourteen days does seem a bit extreme to me too...

Hi Dee! Glad you found us!!

You know, it seemed like everything was moving in slo-mo, then all of a sudden I was on the stretcher getting my stomach shaved! Now this morning I feel so good I barely remember the post-op pain from about 46 hours ago!! Unbelievable!!!

Hi Stevee! Welcome to Gay Lap Band Talk! I LOVE it!!

Well, I'm kinda sore, but not that bad. I guess they pump gas/air/whatever into your abdominal cavity to have manuvering room and I'm having cramps from that. It's actually worse than any incisional pain I've had (with the exception of just waking up in recovery). In fact, the four small incisions don't hurt at all. When they moved me from recovery to my room yesterday, I actually got off the stretcher and walked the hall a bit before getting into my bed! I never thought I would have been able to do that...