Okay, fellas, this is probably gonna sound like a dumb thread, but here goes anyway. Now that a lot of us guys have lost some weight, are any of the rest of you getting looks your way that you didn't when you weighed more, or getting comments to you about looking nice after losing weight? I'm married, and there's only one woman for me of course, but it's kind of nice.

My wife tells me she's thrilled with the progress so far.

Oh yeah. People seem to make it a point to compliment. It is certainly flattering.

the best NSV there is (outside of health benefits)

Sorry, rookie here. What is NSV?

Non Scale Victory

Hey Jack....I'm scheduled for consultation on May 20....I'm having a real hard time trying to decide which surgery to do...the Gastric or the Lap Band...One of the only reasons I didn't want to do Lap Band is because I don't know anyone that has had it personally, and I wanted to hear from someone that had it done for a while.....and what a blessing....your "old timer" thing made me write you. Any regrets, problems? How have you done, what made you go Lap Band and not Gastric? I know you won't have all the answers for me, but i need your wisdom on this "old timer"

Dflippo, I'm a gal in Upstate NY and had my lapband 3 months ago and have no regrets. The surgery was easy and recovered in 10 days, back to living my life, just a new way of eating. I still eat, a matter of fact, I eat more then my support group pal Tom who had bypass the same day as my banding. He's lost slightly more weight then I have, but I like that I can still eat, enjoy myself and lose weight. I love my band! You will too! Keep us posted on things and good luck! -Dineen

My daughter had gastric RNy November 2007 and as of May 2008 has lost 90 pounds. she weighed 270 pds. She can never eat anything with high fructose corn syrup in it ever!! I had the lapband march 2008 and have lost 28 pounds. I can eat the high fructose items without "dumping" Everything is like before my surgery but I cannot eat large quantities. You still get hungry, I am in my "fill" stage so food can still be eaten, so you have to use a lot of control. Protein, and more Protein. If you eat protein, you do not get as hungry. This is the only difference as far as food goes, medically speaking lapband is easier surgically My daughter stayed in the hospital 2 days , I came home the same day.

Since I have lost over 70 lbs......people are coming up to me saying I am looking good...and one lady at church asked me was I looking for a girlfriend.

Loprofyl - I love that - awesome ! Good for you and keep it up !

I am getting alot of comments that I did not get before. It seems almost everyday there is at least one or two comments.

somebody actually said at my softball game last night - "we can't call him big mike anymore, we have to call him something different - like medium mike". no kidding...

Just checking to see if anyone has had their band taken out? I am thinking about it. I have had my band for 6 years and it seems to always be sore around the port. I was diagnosed with nutcracker syndrome and it maybe due to the pressure from the lap band.:smile: Is there a support group in Portland? I am head down to Dr Ortiz soon.

Marbobz - sorry to hear you're having problems. What the heck is "nutcracker syndrome"? It doesn't sound good. I think there are better forums to post in about this, though - this is the Men's Room, but the traffic is a lot higher in the areas where both male and female bandsters participate, since far more chicks than dudes have bands. AND, I think, far more banded chicks than banded dudes are likely to talk freely about their experiences. There is a forum just for complications of bands somewhere around here...

Good luck with the issue, either way.

Mediummike - great story!

And Loprofyl - watch those church ladies!