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Your doctor works for you, not the other way around. Tell him that you ARE going to be having this done, and ask who he recommends. That's the way I did it, and it worked out fine.

I like Big Medicine, but that psychiatrist they have on there has absolutely NO CLUE what it's like to be obese. She tries to hide it, but it's obvious that she's one of those who believes that all we have to do is get off our butts and work it off. I was appalled by her comment tonight about how much easier fat guys have it in the world, and how obesity wouldn't affect the young man's social life. Old Doc: So, have YOU ever dated an obese man Her: Well, no Old Doc: Why not? Her: Ummmmm, obese guys aren't attracted to me Yeah. Right. Fat guys have NO trouble in the dating world, because women are all deep and don't care about external factors

What's in your home gym, and what do you really use and like? For me, I'm using my rower and my exercise bike (plus a daily multimile walk). I have some other stuff that I've accumulated over the years, such as a bowflex unit and an elliptical machine, but I've not yet added them to my new program. How about you all?

Just added this to the home gym Still like my rower best. Also added a 3 mile daily walk starting this past Monday

It was a good time. Kind of a strange group of people, half coworkers and half gym buddies of the host. I hung out for quite a while for the drinking and talking and such. Finally late in the evening almost everyone got into the pool/hot tub, and that's when I made my excuses and headed out. I actually DID bring a swimsuit, but just couldn't force myself to wear it in public -- especially with the Perfect People there

If so, and you want to sell it, please send me a PM

I absolutely LOVE my rowing machine. It's an off-brand clone of a Concept II that I picked up cheap at a garage sale, but it works well enough. Some day I'll buy a real Concept II machine. Lately I've been spending an hour a day on it. I just turn on some Tivo'd GeekVision show and start pulling

ck, Sorry to hear of your problems. I know where you're coming from -- my EX wife was a skinny little thing that never understood what being overweight was like. All I can offer is my sympathy (and the number of my lawyer )

So, I can't wear my slacks anymore. They're all falling off and being held up by the belt (with 3 extra holes punched in it). I decided to go get a few pair of pants before I embarrassed myself. I was surprised to discover that Casual Male XL only goes down to 40-42. I've just about worked myself out of the store! Happy days...

About 30 days. Things just worked out

If it's really that big a deal to you, you can always have it removed after you hit your target weight. Surely you can't be disqualified for something that isn't there.

Turns out after further discussion, the swimming thing is completely optional. Hurrah! Definitely going now :confused:

Good luck bigsexy. ======= Back from my first fill! 3.8 cc in a VG band. I don't know if there's really a lot of restriction, will know in a few days. Doc wants me to lose 6 lbs a month -- I want more than that! I don't do needles well, so I couldn't watch Doc put it in. Strangest sensation was when he pulled the needle back out. Hey guys -- some input would be appreciated. I've been invited to a pool party being thrown by a coworker. I've recently been hanging with these folks at happy hours, and enjoy it, but I don't think I'm ready to show up in a swimsuit. I also don't want to just blow them off, as I'm just now starting to be social again and would hate to shut down that channel by accident. Should I just plead "prior engagement," or should I suck it up and go along, ghost white beer belly and scars proudly slumping over a new swimsuit?

Back from my first fill! 3.8 cc in a VG band. I don't know if there's really a lot of restriction, will know in a few days. I don't do needles well, so I couldn't watch Doc put it in. Strangest sensation was when he pulled the needle back out. I'm sure you all know this though. re: divorce -- it's a GOOD thing. I could tell some tales in that "intimacy" thread, but suffice it to say that I was tired of being a walking wallet and housemate. I will miss the dogs. Onto the single front -- not really a "dating" question, but some input would be appreciated. I've been invited to a pool party being thrown by a coworker. I've recently been hanging with these folks at happy hours, and enjoy it, but I don't think I'm ready to show up in a swimsuit. I also don't want to just blow them off, as I'm just now starting to be social again and would hate to shut down that channel by accident. Should I just plead "prior engagement," or should I suck it up and go along, ghost white beer belly and scars proudly slumping over a new swimsuit? :confused:

What mask are you using? The trick is stabilizing the mask relative to your face/nose. I use a Breeze: Puritan Bennett | Product | Inquiry and the strap system it has isn't sufficient to keep it in place. My sleep doc added a velcoized "wrap" that crosses under the chin, over the ears and across the top of the head. Once that was added the movement problem was resolved.

I'm not going to try to edit the prior post, as the editor on this board converts every space to a smiley -- annoying, that. I will add that there are still a lot of guys tied into the "breadwinner" mentality. Add to that the inherent competitiveness of males, and the "money's a way of keeping score" meme, and you end up with guys who are suddenly feeling a bit small in the wallet when they meet a successful woman. No guy likes feeling small

My misunderstanding then, soonersis. Thanks for the clarification. Where I grew up, one was living large if the house didn't have axles and a hitch!

Hmmm. I don't see where "I don't like crazy cat ladies" and "I don't like golddiggers" is equivalent to "no independent women." Can you enlighten me? I can see that the world has changed in the last 13 years. -->me, off to read this WHOLE thread and see where the minefields are

I suppose I'm officially a single bandster now. 18 months after I filed for divorce, the ex finally finished moving all her stuff out this past weekend. Hurrah! The nice thing about a slo-mo divorce is that there's no real emotional stuff to get over at the end of it. I will miss my dogs though Now I just need to figure out where the 30something year olds are that aren't crazy cat ladies and don't want sugardaddies for their ex's kids. Ha!

Y'all are going to hate me My insurance covered it (United Health Care). I thought there was an exclusion, but I asked HR and they said that the insurance covered bariatric surgery through the end of 2007 and it was going to be dropped in 2008. I routinely go to the doc every 6 months or so for a checkup, and so I already had the 5 years of weight history and the co-morbidities documented. (For those who are curious -- sleep apnea, high cholesterol numbers and something called "metabolic syndrome".) Gave my insurance info to the specialist, they cranked it through, and I quite literally had the surgery about a month after asking HR about coverage. Sometimes, things just go right

Well, it's obvious I'm not going to get the 40 miles, but so be it. First fill this coming Tuesday Weight it still pretty stable, but I had what the ladies call a "non-scale victory." In March I had just moved up to a 48 waist. Today, I fit in some of my old 42 inch jeans. Hurrah!

As a followup to the airport security comment earlier, this morning I passed through Indy International (hah!) airport. No issues with the port setting it off this time. Maybe the DFW scanner was more sensitive? I added lots of miles this weekend to my exercise total. I was at the USGP and it was a LONG walk from the parking lot to our seats

Just something interesting. I flew yesterday, and the port set off the metal detector. I had to have a personal visit from the special screener, and that hand wand was beeping every time it crossed the port scar. So, either the ports DO set off the scanners, despite what the doc said, or they left a screwdriver in me

So, first week in June is done (1st-8th). I haven't been getting in the time on the elliptical like I wanted, but doing OK on the weight loss front. 1st -- 255 8th -- 249 15th -- TBD 22nd -- TBD 29th -- TBD

Works for me.