OK guy's,:clap2: lets have our Own thread and take about our bands and stuff..My name is Ted and I live in Oregon . I'm going to get my band Jan. 31st in TJ. Mexico with Doc. Kuri and his team..I was on the Jan. bandsters thread but I think I was the only guy there and felt left out.. A bit back, there was a few guy's that thought our Own thread would be fun, so here it is lets get started..Ted

Looks like a lot of soon to be bandsters here. Good luck to you all

Okay ladies, fess up. How many of us saw the subject line for this thread and IMMEDIATELY clicked on it? Ha!

Ha ha! Me!

You guys are so funny. I can't help but read!

Good luck to everyone getting their bands soon!

Hey ! Its 3:30am :faint: and were getting ready for the trip. Still have that cold but I'm a little better , were going to do a little shopping in Mexico for some of that good vanilla and kahlua they have there..Well its time to wake the wife and get this show on the road, we get back Fri. eve will try to say HI then..Later Ted

Good luck Ted, Keep us posted when you get back

quiet here!! thought I would bring this back up.

Chris

Cool, a guys thread! I am 18 months post op and at goal. It was kind of different, I bounced from support group to support group, not that I needed a lot, but I was usually the only guy there. That made me feel

kind of out of place. Hope it takes off, and I'll be watching, and there for anyone needing support.

18 months post op.

Starting BMI of 54, 24 now

210 pounds lost!!!

Life is good:clap2:

Wow Jackal, that is a crazy weight loss, good work. I hope to be in the 210 range 18 mos. post op. To be in the same BMI as you I would have to weigh about 177lbs. I dont think I have weighed that since grade 5.

After seeing some of the stat that the guys are putting up, it makes me more hopeful that it will be the case.

What ever happened to that males forum that I proposed? Based on the replied from the guys here, I think that would still be a good thing.

Andrew

Greetings from Tijuana, Mexico.

Was banded yesterday and everything went fine. Also saw Ted quite a few times and rode over to the hotel with him. I believe he's doing fine as well.

For those worred about going to Mexico to have this done, don't be. While it might not be for everybody, it has easily met my expectations so far.

I'm 35, married and have a 6 year old daughter. We decided that my wife would stay home with our daughter and that my mother would come with me. And that was really helpful at times.

Biggest problem is that most of the nurses do not speak English. (Why should they, we're in Mexico). But they try really hard. We've had no problems communicating with anybody.

Was picked up at San Diego airport by Miguel on Tuesday and he took us across the border to Mexico and straight to Dr. Pedro Kuri's office. I filled out paperwork and had an EKG and a few other tests before going to the hospital (It's next door). Both facilities are very nice and very clean.

I had blood drawn at the hospital and was checked into my room, which had a chair, a couch, a bed and a very nice bathroom and shower.

We were told we could eat whatever we wanted at that point and there are several choices across the street from the hospital (mexican, italian, pizza, TGI Fridays). We also took a $6 cab ride to the Revolution Arena to do some shopping. That was interesting as well.

Tuesday evening, we met with Dr. Kuri and he explained the whole process again to us. They sent us to our rooms and gave us a sleeping pill.

On Wednesday, they woke me around 6 a.m. and took me to surgery. It seemed like I was there quite a while, but I fell asleep. They finally wheeled me into the operating room, gave me a couple of shots of gas via the mask and that's all I remember. I woke up in recovery.

They took me back to the room and I slept for a while, then we decided to get up and walk a bit (you have to walk to get the gas moving out of your body cavity). Did that several times and only ate ice chips to that point. Rooms have cable television with about 1/2 the channels in english. Also has a DVD player in the room.

Met briefly with Dr. Kuri again Wednesday and went to bed.

This morning, woke early and went down to check the status of the band. Drank some nasty stuff and got to watch it pass through the band. That was pretty neat. They also gave us a copy of the xrays.

Dr. Kuri stopped by around 8 a.m. and discharged the three of us who had the procedure done. We were then taken to the Hotel Palacio Azteca, which is where I am right now. Food now consists of Jello and Apple juice, though I really don't have a lot of desire to eat very much right now.

Will head home tomorrow. Overall, I'd say it's been a good experience with very few complications of any kind.

Jeff

Good Job, buddy...take it easy. Do a lot of walking it will help.

Awsome Jeff, glad things went so well! :confused:

What's going on fella's? Congrats to everyone who has been or getting banded. I got banded on the 15 of Jan. Man, I feel good. No adjustments yet but all of that's supposed to happen on the 27th of Feb. anyone know what the rate of weight loss is for us (men) after being adjusting. I have been walking my butt off trying to lose what I can before they adjust, but not straining my wounds yet. How satisfied is everyone so far. I have lost 16 pounds in 3 weeks but kind of hit a halt this week for some reason. What's Up?????

What's going on fella's? Congrats to everyone who has been or getting banded. I got banded on the 15 of Jan. Man, I feel good. No adjustments yet but all of that's supposed to happen on the 27th of Feb. anyone know what the rate of weight loss is for us (men) after being adjusting. I have been walking my butt off trying to lose what I can before they adjust, but not straining my wounds yet. How satisfied is everyone so far. I have lost 16 pounds in 3 weeks but kind of hit a halt this week for some reason. What's Up?????

Not sure what the rate is for us guys, but i think being a guy has really help my loss. I am down 147 pounds since May. About 15 pounds from goal.

It has been by understanding that if you can loose 1-2 pounds per week that is good.

:clap2: Hey Guys, just got home about 45min ago from Mexico, as Jeff said were all doing real good . I still have no pain just GAS !! Farted all the way from Mexico!!:heh: Well got to eat drink slurp or what ever with my soup.. Talk later,Ted:)