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bamaboy i hope everything went well for you yesterday.. keep us posted on your journey!

All went great... Only pain I have is my drain. The entire experience thus far has been better than expected!

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thats great!!!!!! just take it a day at a time and you will be fine... i never had to have the drain so i don't know what thats like, but hopefully ur recovery goes as planned and u get back on ur feet quickly!

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All went great... Only pain I have is my drain. The entire experience thus far has been better than expected!

Congrats Glad to hear you are doing Well!!

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Hi DcMak72' date='

My psych eval was a problem. It turned out it wasn't to help me in my weight loss but a pure screening process in behalf of the insurance company. I made the mistake of telling the psych that used to be a hippie and I did drugs for about 11/2 years IN THE 60's! Clean ever since. It was enough for the insurance company to reject me. They later accepted me after the bariatric doc appealed.

I advise you to be careful what you say.[/quote']

I had the psych evaluation. I had a 500 question test that asked me "Do I see people and animals others do not see?", "Do I smell my fingers after eating chicken?", "Am I scared of sex?" and "I feel I am being followed?" I laughed so hard, it took me over two hours to finish the test. Seriously!

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LOL!!!

Disneyteach... Thanks for sharing that!!! I needed a good laugh and you gave it to me!!!! WOW... do you feel like you're being followed by a smelly chicken because you ate its fingers??!!! HA!!

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Im here now...

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Im here now...

Welcome to the vst!!!!!

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Sleeved April 2, 2012. Well on my way to my target.

Congrats!!!! you are embarking on one amazing journey!

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ok i know there are way more men out there than this!! i want to see you guys' date=' hear you guys on this forum, your input is as much needed as the woman, and actually sometimes its nice to have a guys perspective.. Are you guys shy or something... lol...

WHERE ARE ALL THE MEN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?[/quote']

I'm right here princess,having my sleeve on 31may then where going out?

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I am a man! Whats up? I am interested by the disproportion of females to males who have WLS.

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I am a man! Whats up? I am interested by the disproportion of females to males who have WLS.

I've noticed that, too. I suppose that some of it is cultural; it's more acceptable socially for men to be overweight than women. Also, I think often the reasons vary why men become overweight vs. women. Men (not all, of course) tend not to be emotional eaters; we like *big* quantities, because we're big strong men. We've worked hard for that trip to Outback, and we deserve their biggest offering. A full plate of spaghetti? Yes, please, with seconds. A 12-pack of beer in the summer in a day? No problem. And years of this made us who we are.

It's a quiet killer, though. In 2009, I took a 2-week trip to China to visit friends. I was lucky to fit in a single seat in the airplane. They were amazed at how much I ate, and the choices I made. There is a lot of street food in China; you can get corn on the cob, steamed dumplings, fried dumplings, scallion pancakes, and a host of other things like fresh fruits and vegetables. I consistently chose things that were fried, or were bad for me (like eating at KFC there), despite my friend's advice. You can see pictures in my profile of what I looked like then. None of them ate the way I did, and I didn't see a lot of overweight Chinese people. :P

Those of us who are sleeved, or pursuing the sleeve, have pulled back from the edge of the funnel. This really is the last station of the diet train; we get off here.

Good luck to everyone!

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I must admit I have spent many hours reading this forum (for a couple months pre op). I'm 4 weeks post sleeve and have had no issues at all. The weight loss is steady and I'm really happy with my decision to have the op.

I feel for everyone I read about who has had issues, I'm on soft foods, but really my diet is pretty close to normal (no junk and tiny portions).

I do get a laugh out of how many ladies reply to the 'Man Room' threads.

I'll make an effort from now on. :)

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Good to see some men getting sleeved as well! :)

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Man here! Crapband OUT!! Sleeve in just this weekend June 1, 2012!! Feel like a million dollars!!

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