Men, I have some questions...

That's because you know that every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten. All name-calling and obvious "This is the Men's Room" statements aside (which I happen to agree with), I know I'd be touched if my sister was trying to help me out like this. So - I will leave it at this: Tell your brother to get on here.  Have him ask any questions in the Men's forum he wants.  We'll answer anything with facts and personal experiences, and a smart-ass joke in there, too. Tell him to read EVERYTHING on OH - there's a lot of good information on here. Other than that - the journey, while very individual, is an awesome one.  Did I cry?  No - but my situation was a bit extreme.  I had done everything I needed or desired to with regards to food.   Do I miss anything?  No - other than being able to eat wherever I want to when I go out with friends.  The flip side of that, is, I can get out and go places now.   I wasn't able to before. My only real controversial vice right now is coffee - some people will tell you it's a big no-no after the surgery, others will tell you if you can tolerate it, go for it.  (Which is what my surgeon told me, and I have gone for it.  In spades.) I went from multiple 2-liter a day of diet soda to zero.  And I don't even miss it.  The one time that I thought I might want some, I took a tiny sip of diet Dr. Pepper and gagged.  I don't know what I ever saw in that crap. Other than that, make sure that it's going to be safe to have both surgeries so close together.  I'd be concerned about it, and I'd make sure the doctors know about the concerns.  Especially since he's doing this per his doctor's suggestion rather than because he wants it.   The lap-band already has a higher failure rate than the RNY, and you don't lose as much weight.  But, it's a bit less invasive, so there's a bit of a trade off there.  I just know that according to statistics, somewhere in the neighborhood of 60% of pepole who have lap band convert it to RNY eventually, anyhow.  (Depends on the reference materials.)  So that might be something to discuss with the surgeons as well. Beyond that, as it has been pointed out, this is a Men's board.  We were basically run out of the main board because of the hens there, or as in my case, the strong desire to avoid the drama and whining of the main board.  This is one of the few exceptions, so it's okay as far as I'm concerned, but tell your bother to join up and come in here.   He's welcome to PM me any further questions or anything.  I can help, or I can point him in the right direction if it's something I'm not so sure about.  Dr. Dirk can help out too - he's a new poster in here and is a WLS surgeon from my understanding.

"That's because you know that every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten." If that's the case, I've "offed" more ***** than feline distemper 

   

   Thank God pillowcases can't get pregnant!    &:-x)

 I cry whenever I watch Deep Throat   ::sigh::       &:-x)

OK, I gotta say somthin'. Probably shouldn't, but I gotta. I don't mind helping anyone - male or female. In fact, I enjoy helping folks.  But, something just doesn't make sense to me - why would a legitimate cardiologist push for a patient to have WLS so soon after heart surgery?  I know mine wouldn't. So, it appears to me that: a) either this cardiologist is an idiot,  b) someone has misunderstood his wishes concerning the timing, or c) this is a B.S. post If it is legit, then I applaud her for trying to help her brother.  PM's are in order or it could be addressed on another board.  And if " a) " listed above is correct, the best way to help her brother might be to get another cardiologist's opinion.   Now, if you gents will excuse me, I have to go cry while I binge on chocolate bob-bons and coffee with French Vanilla creamer to drown my miseries. 

Hey now, don't dis on my coffee. You can keep the french-vanilla foo-foo creamer, though, for me it's straight up (fat free now) Coffeemate, and not much of it.  

Not dissin' the coffee, Dave - just the foo-foo girly creamer and the chocolate bon-bons.  I like my coffee same as yours!

A very eloquent and succinct assessment of the situation at hand, Paul.  My hat, if I were to wear one, would be off to you - Maestro  She was obviously as full of ****  as a Christmas goose.  I smelled something fishy from the get-go.... and it wasn't just the eye-watering stench wafting from her moth-eaten Brillo pad

"wafting from her moth-eaten Brillo pad " Just the visualization I needed this early in the morning. Thanks loads, Baja!!   Boner