I am new to the forum and have my surgery scheduled for Monday 6am. I will spent the first few visits reading as much material as I can and trying to absorb all of this.

Sorry, I am subsurfcpo from Florida. Retired Navy CPO submariner and surface warrior working as an engineer.

You will love this sight

Welcome aboard, shipmate. I'm retired Navy, too. (West Coast surface black shoe.) You're in the right place.

There is a ton of information here, and you're bound to get a lot of solid help. As you're reading, try to keep things in perspective when it comes to problems or complaints about the band. A lot of people only post here if they're having an issue of some sort, and there are a lot of "fear of the unknown" posts. Many more folks are having no problems, so they never post about things. The vast majority of band patients don't develop issues, and you never hear about those people.

Good luck with your surgery!

Dave

Welcome aboard, shipmate. I'm retired Navy, too. (West Coast surface black shoe.) You're in the right place.

There is a ton of information here, and you're bound to get a lot of solid help. As you're reading, try to keep things in perspective when it comes to problems or complaints about the band. A lot of people only post here if they're having an issue of some sort, and there are a lot of "fear of the unknown" posts. Many more folks are having no problems, so they never post about things. The vast majority of band patients don't develop issues, and you never hear about those people.

Good luck with your surgery!

Dave

Thanks for the advice Dave. I will keep in mind the old rule, "a happy sailor is a (well you know the rest). I have picked up a few good pointers already and I am sure to find other bits and pieces of help along the way. There is a recent post with post-surgical photos that I find interesting. It resolves the staples vs. glue question.

I am Joe; by the way, I was a nuke electrician

Thanks for the advice Dave. I will keep in mind the old rule, "a happy sailor is a (well you know the rest). I have picked up a few good pointers already and I am sure to find other bits and pieces of help along the way. There is a recent post with post-surgical photos that I find interesting. It resolves the staples vs. glue question.

I am Joe; by the way, I was a nuke electrician

Hi Joe,

Glad to hear you're finding the info you're after. This site has been around a long time, there are a lot of threads, and there have been a LOT of people who have posted here. As you're reading things, be sure to check the date on the post. Over the years a lot of new information has come along, and there are newer ways to do a lot of things with the band. So an older post (say three or more years ago) may not be the most current information about that topic. As a Nuke, I know you know about the current SOP vs. outdated instructions.

Shoot me a PM if you have specific questions, or need a mentor. I'm one of those "pay it forward" people, and I've learned a fair bit about this whole process. Happy to share lessons learned.

Dave

P.S. I was what used to be called a DP. I had a lot of Nuke friends aboard Nimitz.