FreshPerspective

hey I'm not finding alot of males doing vsg surgery! wondering if there's any reason. my date is 1/16/14... getting nervous. I weigh 349 lbs.

that's cool. i read alot of posts by people post op just now and they say they can't seem to eat OR drink anything without ALOT of pain. how are you doing with getting the protein in? also, how long do you think a person should be away from work after surg?

That's great...are you hungry? thinking about eating? how long were you in the hospital?

Thanks so much for the responses and the encouraging words! I'm on day 10 of my 14 day pre op diet and I had decide I was going to have a salad with chicken in it (I did that once before a few days ago)... I am losing weight though. But coming here reading actually encouraged me not to have the salad -body - mind. lol.. glad to know there's plenty of guys doing it too.. as a guy i was about to worry that maybe it's not good for me .. but then again I'm worrying about EVERYTHING related to this right now lol.. my biggest worry - "I hope I don't have a leaky staple line... I didn't have much gray hair prior, but I'm sure I'm growing some now ha ha ha

Thank God Everything Worked Out For You!! My surgery date is 1/16/14... I'm getting nervous!

Wow! That's really interesting man! Hey I don't see a lot of male VSGers.. any reason?