Hi folks,

Relatively new here, but thrilled to see support for glbt folks. i post to the obesity help vsg forum a lot but have hesitated to come out to anyone so haven't yet.

i'm ann, i live in arlington, va with my partner of 30 years (in november!) whose name is also ann (i know!) and our two kitties -- no kids.

i'm excited to finally almost be at the ins submission stage and hopeful that things will got thru!!!

i'd love to hear from other friendly folks. everyone is so nice here!!!

do you find issues related to your glbt-hood and the forum or reaction from friends???

so happy to be here!!!!!! xoxoxoxo Ann

Hey all! I'm new and two weeks post op. I'm elated to have found this thread as I've been searching for some support from our community. Hope everyone is having a great 2013 so far. TJ

Hi! I am glad to have found these posts.....I was sleeved 9/18/12....glad to find some fellow GLBT friends. I am from NYC

Hey all! I'm new and two weeks post op. I'm elated to have found this thread as I've been searching for some support from our community. Hope everyone is having a great 2013 so far. TJ

Hey TJ we must have been sleeved at about the same time. I was on the 21st of dec. I have my post op today and I'm hoping to get moved to soft foods! where are you in your program?

Hey Grek! How are you doing with your transformation?

LH - I was sleeved on the 17th. Wishing you a good postop appointment! I get to move to soft foods on Friday. I'm so excited! The place that I had my sleeve done has a different protocol of advancement from what I've seen others do. I've had great results thus far so I guess they know what they are doing. Keep us posted! :-)

^{Just about 3 weeks post-op. Haven't been on in a while. Hope everyone had a great holiday season!}

Hey MiShell, How is postop going for you?

Hey MiShell, How is postop going for you?

Going well. One more week of soft foods then I get to try some other options. Of course, it never seems to go as fast as we would like. It seems like the last 3 weeks have been moving slower than a stoned snail!!! I have had moments of, "holy crap, what have I done." But I know that will pass! I'm currently at my first day back to work and no pain, no problems!

That's great to hear. I just started soft foods yesterday. I'm oh so happy to be moving on to something new. Glad to hear no more pain. When did you have yours done? I'm was sleeved on 12/17 and I'm pain free and no major complaints other then food boredom! Haha. Did you do okay at work with the new diet?

^{Surgery was on 12/14. No pain past the hospital, think I took 1 dose of pain meds when I got home, and that was only because I was scared! No physical probs at all. My only complaint is the slight change of taste and feel of food and liquids going down, but at less than 3 weeks out, what did I expect?? I'm sure a year from now I'll look back and not even remember my petty little issues. Work has been fine, but I have it easy at work (at a desk), so I can do pretty much whatever I need, whenever I need to.}

^{Have you experimented at all with food, or are you just staying with a few things? Ya gotta branch out, be crazy, put hot sauce on your scrambled egg}

Welcome tlj483 & Grek79Ital! Glad to see more guys on here! The board is pretty sporadic with posts, maybe it'll start being a little more lively!

Johnathan

Btw- since I haven't posted an update in quite some time, u started at 274, and am now down to 195 just 5 months later!! Only about 25ish to go!! Couldn't be happier to have made this decision!! Good luck to everyone that has just started out!

Mishell, I've been very inventive lately. I've tried many spices and the flavored syrups have been great! I wish you all the best this next week!

Thanks for the warm welcome Jonathan! Sounds like you are well on your way man. Good job! I hope my results are as well. Keep us posted. I'm so glad I found you guys! :-)

Thank you!

I posted some new pics btw!

I'm new to this. Where do you post pics at? Where is everyone from? I'm in California.