I've been spending a lot of time in Rants & Raves since I joined LBT, partly because it's fun, but also because for the most part it's very GLBT friendly. Unless I haven't looked in the right place, I don't think there's a support thread for us, so I decided to start one!

A little about me. I'm Eddie & I'm a 42-year-old Gay man. I have a partner of just over nine years (henceforth referred to as DH), a 17-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter. DH and I are stupid. Don't believe me, just ask our kids. DH has hypothyroidism and had not been able to lose any weight after his thyroid "went nuts" several years ago. I've just been overweight all my life. He was banded on 2/21/07 and I'm getting mine next Wednesday (5/16). I can't wait!

Anyway, I would love to hear from all the GLBT folks out there. Hopefully this can be a place for us to freely discuss our unique issues and get support we may not be able to get elsewhere.

Hi All, Hope your all well.:clap2: Mark have you tried the Mederma gel for scars also? I think it costs like $45 at the chemist.

Yay it is nearly friday peeps!

Susannah

MsDad glad to hear you are doing well. As far as the editing... i'm the queen of typos so i've mastered editing with all the smilies! copy the post from this screen when you see an error, click edit, highlight all the smilies then paste what you just copied over them, then edit and re post! works every time. hope that helps ya!

And for the girl/girl sex... and the mulitiples, i'm a multiple girl and my partner is a one and done. lol she's always like "how many more!" hahaha i say till i can't take it anymore! and again i say "ah the joys of lesbian sex"

who would of thought a thread for the gay community full of info on lapband with bonuses on sex, masturbation, and RVs. could it get any better!? The others aint got sh*t on us!

i have a request... could everyone post a pic of themselves on here so we can put a face to the names? Pretty please. I've posted some already. I just want to see everyones smiling faces!!!!

Hey Dee, it's a 42' diesel pusher with five slides. Yeah, I know, it's a big one. A couple feet longer and we would have had to have a tag axle. But Sean and I are going to be living in it in a couple of years, for at least a year, maybe two so we decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and go for it.

I had my post-op appointment this morning. I can eat real food (whatever I can tolerate). Woo hoo! Skinny City, here I come!!!:clap2: The down side is that I do have to go back to work this afternoon. :tired <crickets chirping>. At any rate, I do have time to do to the gym for my (hopefully) 20 minutes on the treadmill.

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I went to the gym yesterday! Did a full circuit' date=' all the machines. The ab machine was a little rough, but...HAHAHAHA!!! Bet I got a bunch of you with that one!! quote]

You so got me! You DOG! Good to know you are walking and getting you butt to the gym.

Where do you work? I was thrilled to have my full two weeks off with the surgery. I want another extended time off, but with out surgery!

Juli

I work for a bank. I could have milked it for a little longer, but I have a new employee and I didn't want to throw her under the bus for any longer than necessary.

And I did get in my 20 minutes on the treadmill this morning!! YAY!

We are nasty little bunch of banded folk, huh? Let me add to it!

Eddie I love your humpin' 'nanas. Gets me all steamy cuz you know us girls (with the help of silcone and leather) like it like that too.

I love this thread!

J

I went for my second fill today, and found out I have a 10cc band and was filled 3.4cc. I also have lost 4 more pounds, I'm really excited......

Just wanted to fill everyone in,

thanks, Rhonda

This is definitely the best thread on here.

What, Stevee, this isn't enough of my face for you? I'm just a little shy...

You are brave to head back to work so quickly, Eddie. I'm taking more than 2 weeks off. I have my own company and I work out of the house, so I don't have to deal with bosses/coworkers/etc., but I have clients. I'm not telling anyone that I'm having the surgery, but I've told all my clients that I need to dedicate those 2 weeks to another client's project, and they are all cool with that. And, frankly, it's the truth. I am the client and my lapband is my project.

nope it sure isnt.. gimme more! please

Lucy

That's fantastic. The band is indeed a project that needs some focused attention, especially in the beginning.

Good for you.

All-

I'm off in a few hours to head north to the GF's place for the weekend. I'll be on the road in 3 hours if the cost of gas doesn't bankrupt me! RV Eddie, you've got to tell us what it costs to fill your new road machine so we can all have a collective gasp!

We have bike rides on the agenda, shopping for bras and grilling some good for us food planned. I'm so excited I could burst!

Yeah, the bras, you know you have a good friend when she tells you, wow you look great, you'd look even better if got a new bra to pick the girls up! This is from a 50 year old straight woman! God love her.

So I'm going to see what I can find this weekend!

Peace my queer buddies.

J

Juli~ Hve fun this weekend. Enjoy every minute!

Stevee~I posted a really bad pic of my nephew and I a page or 2 back. He is much cuter than I am. I can't post a pic of DP because of her job in the military. But she looks just like Ellen, and actually had a number of people ask if it was Ellen. She to the taping of the "Ellen in the Park" show 2 weeks ago, and everyone was going crazy at first thinking she was Ellen! Like Ellen would stand in line to see her own show, but acutually, that is something she might do! Anyway, she is a cutie!

I had the pleasure of testing out the "old stomach muscles" last night, and I am happy to report...all is well.

We are off to Phoenix today to visit MIL and relax!!! Have a great weekend...be careful (I can't help it, I am an Italian woman)...wear your seat belts. Eddie, enjoy the "shakedown cruise". Wonder if DP could handle a rig like that???? Sounds like fun, I just could never drive it.

ENJOY...HAPPY MEMORIAL WEEKEND!!!! XOXOXOXOXOX

Yeah, the bras, you know you have a good friend when she tells you, wow you look great, you'd look even better if got a new bra to pick the girls up!

I can relate. My friend at work actually had a "talk" with me about my saggy boobs! She said she had even consulted with her mom to figure out how to tell me that my boobs looked horrible and I needed to get new bras! Her mom said "you just have to come out and tell her" LOL. She was very happy when I walked in with some new underwires. Hey, losing 90 pounds is great but it sure doesn't do the boobs any favors, ya know?

Hello Everyone! It is really nice to find a GLBT group (thread) for LapBand folk. I didn't think there was one out there for us. I have just started doing my research, and attended a seminar this week. I really like the thought of having the surgery done. I think I would do it in a heartbeat, but I need to make sure I have the money first. I think the benefits to my health will outweigh any costs. I am 31, 5'11” and 302 lbs and my BMI is 42. I would love to lose the weight so I can do more and get off some of these meds. Anways, I just wanted to drop and thank ya'll for sharing your information on here. Ya'll are a cool and funny bunch.

I went for my second fill today, and found out I have a 10cc band and was filled 3.4cc. I also have lost 4 more pounds, I'm really excited......

Just wanted to fill everyone in,

thanks, Rhonda

Thanks for filling us in! Seriously though, how did it go? My appointment for my first fill is July 3 and I'm more than a bit apprehensive about it. DH has had two already and says they're no big deal, but both times he was still sore a day or so afterwards.

Have a safe trip Juli! Don't do anything I can't do yet!

Lucy, I would have loved to take two weeks off, but it just wasn't feasible. It's great that you're able to take that time off.

Everyone have a GREAT weekend!

Yeppers, agreed ... most lively thread.

I'm new, just joining -- I'm on a countdown to be banded on 5/30.

Another Lez, married (of course not legally since we live in Texas) with 2 kids. But, at least we live in Austin, which is the only blue county in the whole red state.

Gladd I found ya'll

Attach ... it was a very Brady X-mas this year ... LOL:Banane20: