ok i know there are way more men out there than this!! i want to see you guys, 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?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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!

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!!

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.

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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!

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!!

Im here now...

Im here now...

Welcome to the vst!!!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

Good to see some men getting sleeved as well!

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

Good to see some men getting sleeved as well!

Yep. We are the minority here for sure! Too bad we couldn't find a place with men to women ratios like this when I was single!

Anyway, congrats to all the fellas that are sleeved and that are getting sleeved soon. Had mine done on 5/15/12 in Tijuana, Mexico. So far including pre-op diet I'm 42 pounds lighter!

Also, if you are on MyFitnessPal, look me up and add me. Username is jeffmanion. If your not on MFP, then create an account and look me up! It's a great tracking and accountability tool.