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.

Hey gang, been gone on spring break. Went to Zion N.P. had a wonderful time. Climbe Angles Landing which is about 1 mile up, it took us 2.5 hrs to do it. and we went hors back riding, I would have not been able to do either one of the things two years ago.

Hope everyone is doing well, take care

Dee

Amazing!!! Great picture, of you and the secenry. nice to SEE the results , encourging to know where we are going in this adventure. :thumbup:

Hey all

I'm getting banded on April 11th :scared2: I'm liking this forum... being a lesbian and all, lol. :sad:

Hi Whisper Lightly.

Nice to meet you. Welcome!!!

dez,

Great pic! Sounds like a great time!!!

Hello everyone, I received the insurance nod today! :tongue: My journey begins! I'm sooo excited, but the reality kinda hit as well. Before it was a dream. Now... I'm ready to look at, "the good, the bad and the ugly!" I think I was afraid if I read about everything, I'd talk myself out of it. One thing I know for sure, I can't loose the weight on my own. Thankfully, I have my Best Friend and Life Partner of 18 years to support me at home.

Dr. OH - St. Francis Hospital - Federal Way, WA

Seattle-

Hi!

Congrats on getting the band. You'll do very well. Sounds like you've done your research. It's great that you partner is by your side. Mine has been fantastic.

Keep us posted!

Juli

Hi all!

That it's but they said I had to write more because it was too short.

Congratulations on getting approval, and you are so lucky to have such a supportive partner. It will be a life changing experience for both of you and I am so happy that you both will be together throughout the journey. I hope I will be as lucky.

Thanks all for the welcome. :biggrin: D and I got together in 1990. I was just out of the Army, and weighing 135lbs. I guess we got a little too comfortable and gained too much weight.. but it sure was fun! :tongue: She doesn't qualify for surgery, but will change her eating habits with mine to loose about 50lbs. We've been on many diets together. Problem is my weight always came back and doubled. I finally had to admit that I couldn't do it on my own anymore.

I had my EGD on Friday, and I have a hiatal hernia. But the nurse said it won't stop me from getting lap band. I'll find out more in a couple of weeks. Hopefully he can fix it at the same time. Or later, and give me a free tummy tuck!! :thumbup:

Did I scare everyone away?? :redface: Hey, I just started here! Did the thread move? I like to read how everyone is doing. Or how about some newbies, like me? We know your watching.. :hurt:

..OK, I see the surgeon Friday. To go over my EDG, blood work and other tests. Monday is the Nutrition Class. Tuesday I have the Psych Eval. Looks like I'll be busy, busy! Can anyone tell me about the Psych Eval? When I called they said it was 100 Q&A. How much can they really learn about me from a test? That I'm not loopy! :rant: What if I am.. just a little bit. I mean, aren't we all?

hi seattle... i think a lot of us had trouble logging onto the site over the last 48 hours, so blame technical difficulties for the radio silence.

as for your psych eval, don't sweat it. imho: be yourself. my appt was pretty straightforward with the therapist asking if i'd had weight probs most of my life, why i wanted to lose weight, what was the source of my overeating and what kind of support systems did i have in place.

good luck and welcome

Hi you two, seems that you are only two! I just don't know what happened to everyone. They have been doing things to the site, evident by all the new little design changes and such. like the new little green dot with numbers , what the heck it that all about? can't find any reference to it. I've been trying to figure it out, we had such a great thing going, as you can see by the 72 pages of "family time". I don't think it is a glitch, but who knows. I'm not sure how I found this thread in the first place, kinda dumb luck:confused2:. sorry we don't seem to be here for you:frown:. I'd like to think of it as a good sign that people get to lose , become "normal" what ever that is, and move on to a new and better life, the band being just a stepping stone to that life that no longer defines us.

I don't really feel qualified to advise any one, as I've been in limbo here for all together too long. I need to move over to the turtle thread. Slow losers unite!!! Just went for a 6th fill last monday. we'll see...... I'm really working the exercise thing, not doing so well with choices. it's really still a diet in my book. again, still don't do well with diets. I really shouldn't go on, just discouraged at the moment. My one year just passed, I should be happy that I am a lot smaller than I was a year ago, but not where I should be. My only redeeming though is that my cousin had the bypass about a year before my band and she is no further than me. So when I ponder if I made the right choice, I think of her and all the complications she went though, including nearly death. for sure none of this is easy. but all said and done, would I do it again? YES! for surely other wise I would have put on 20 lbs this year, and not lost 48. Good luck to you, and do keep us posted.

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I'm new to this site and wanted to say to the fellow texans, I'm in SA

Hi I'm here....just not got much "LBGT" specific to talk about.

XO.