elkhunter

Hi all. I guess I am the first man to reply here. I got my band in May 2007. When they finally got it dialed in, I lost 50 pounds, gained back 20, and have been there ever since. I should lose about 120 more pounds. I picked the name elkhunter because I am far too heavy to drag myself up mountains with a pack and a rifle, but if I can ever get to that point, I WILL go. I am 55, 6 foot one, and- sorry ladies- happily married. LOL I look forward to chatting with all of you, perhaps some encouragement can help me get this thing going again. Ray

Surgery today <HR SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->I found this site a few days ago. Please let me introduce myself. My friends call me Ray, but I chose the name elkhunter for this board. I have never been elk hunting, because there is no way I could climb around in the mountains with a pack and a rifle at my present size. My goal is to be physically able to do so, and to carry out elk quarters if successful. I realize not all of you may like hunting, but I love it, and that can be a different discussion sometime. I am male, 6 foot 1 inch, 336 pounds, (all-time high was 340), 52 years old, and have struggled with weight since junior high. My surgery is tomorrow at 8:30am at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Meriam Kansas. My surgeon is Dr. C. Thomas Hitchcock. He has performed over 100 lap band procedures, and no has died, so that's good. I have been on sugar-free liquids only since I got up Monday, so I am blaming any misspellings and grammatical errors on my headache (don't know what I'll blame next time). Any last-minute words of encouragement or advice would be most welcome. Hopefully we can all help and encourage one another as we take this journey. Thank you in advance, Ray elkhunter My surgery went well. I got home about 2pm. My largest incision hurts, and my throat is very sore from being intubated. The doctor said only clear, sugar-free liquids for a week. I got the large (10CC) band. I think the volleyball tounament I was planning for this evening is not going to happen. Now I need to learn how to put on one of those graphs to show my loss. Thank you for you support, Ray These are copies of my posts on the intoductions thread. Now I have found the guys only thread. I have one suggestion- maybe we should put our heights along with our weights to put things in perspective. Ray

I found this site a few days ago. Please let me introduce myself. My friends call me Ray, but I chose the name elkhunter for this board. I have never been elk hunting, because there is no way I could climb around in the mountains with a pack and a rifle at my present size. My goal is to be physically able to do so, and to carry out elk quarters if successful. I realize not all of you may like hunting, but I love it, and that can be a different discussion sometime. I am male, 6 foot 1 inch, 336 pounds, (all-time high was 340), 52 years old, and have struggled with weight since junior high. My surgery is tomorrow at 8:30am at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Meriam Kansas. My surgeon is Dr. C. Thomas Hitchcock. He has performed over 100 lap band procedures, and no has died, so that's good. I have been on sugar-free liquids only since I got up Monday, so I am blaming any misspellings and grammatical errors on my headache (don't know what I'll blame next time). Any last-minute words of encouragement or advice would be most welcome. Hopefully we can all help and encourage one another as we take this journey. Thank you in advance, Ray elkhunter

My surgery went well. I got home about 2pm. My largest incision hurts, and my throat is very sore from being intubated. The doctor said only clear, sugar-free liquids for a week. I got the large (10CC) band. I think the volleyball tounament is was planning for this evening is not going to happen. Now I need to learn how to put on one of those graphs to show my loss. Thank you for you support, Ray

Thanks for the kind words. I guess I should have dated my entry. My surgery is May 2, 2007. I will let you know how it went. Ray