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

Hi guys. I was banded 1/31 (rescheduled from 1/25 because they couldn't get the tube down in my esophagus). Recovery has been pretty good. Slept on a recliner the first 4 nights. The Doc shaved me and it really itched! It helped to wear a real loose shirt and apply lotion often. Still itches a little.

I've been on liquids just short of four weeks; lost 25 lbs. I'm going to ride this train as long as I can stand it!

Shaved, what are we wimps? Shaved = Less infection. Call me a wimp, I do not want infection problems to prove that I am a guy. How ever the panties that I was given to wear for sugery about killed me.

Shaved, what are we wimps? Shaved = Less infection. Call me a wimp, I do not want infection problems to prove that I am a guy. How ever the panties that I was given to wear for sugery about killed me.

I think if we were real men we'd just tear off the hair with our own bare hands while lying on the operating table.

No, I will not post the pictures that my girl HAD to take. She has them hidden. It still brings tears to my eyes, I laughed so hard...

I don't even want to go down the "paper panties" trail. I could do with out that mental picture all together!!!! or thought of dealing with them for that matter. On another thread that was a specific topic with the ladies not wanting the male doc there.... to me, whatever, lets just do this and move on the weight loss portion

JBT

What paper panties???? I got no such things when I went, I just got a catheter, that I really DID NOT WANT ! woke up after and suprise suprise suprise:omg: :faint:there it was. Wish I had them panties instead!:tired

What paper panties???? I got no such things when I went, I just got a catheter, that I really DID NOT WANT ! woke up after and suprise suprise suprise:omg: :faint:there it was. Wish I had them panties instead!:tired

Uuuuuuug. The "C" word. I personally think this C word is worse than the other C word. I was lucky that my doc didnt require the use of a catheter, but I did have to get up to tinkle every 90 minutes for the entire hospital stay. That was a pain in the rear, but at least it let me avoid the pain in the...front! haha.

Let me tell you Jack ! you didn't miss a thing!!!! Nobody told me they were going to do that to me (and others ) during the banding.. and when I got back to my room I asked to have it removed, it seemed that the only English the nurse knew was sorry as she RIPED that thing out :think:faint:

Hey Mike, and who ever wants to know,

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Hey Ted,

Thanks for the info, I have mine now. :clap2:

This morning I was thinking about our shaving conversation. Last weekend I went to a relatives house and one of their friends is an RN. When I showed her my incisions, she noted that the hospital shaved me, but not down to the skin. They left about a 1/16" of an inch of hair. She pointed out that the reason they do that is to not cause an infection accidentally. I guess by shaving down to the skin right before the surgery, there is a risk of something from the surgery causing an infection. Fact or fiction- I dont know. But check with the doc before you shave!

It's probably one of those "one in a thousand" things, but why increase the odds against you?

Has anyone ever nicked themselves while shaving? It a place for infection to start. Who wants more trouble, let the nurse do it.

Guess I missed out on the panties and the catheter too, darn! They didn't let me drink (or eat) anything after midnight and my surgery was at 3 PM, so I was a little dehydrated, it would have been a "dry well".

My belly hair is making a come back. Still looks weird...

Hail hail for belly hair, and its return !!! :heh:

I hope this is a right place to ask. I am banded 3 months ago, and lost 40 pounds,for about two weeks I am experiencing an increase in libido, and sexual activity, almost every morning, my wife is quite happy about it. I am 44, definetily I see an improvement in our sexual relationship, my wife is much younger than me, this has been a good suprise for me, If anybody have similar opinions, please let us know.

Dorin

:phanvan hey guys, how long does port pain last. Mine just started yesterday , ( if I get up fast or sit too fast or walk too long) but not very much, but it lets me know its there sometimes. My scars are healing just great, almost no red to them, not bad for 9 days out.