Male VSGers

[FreshPerspective 4]

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.

[magtart 603]

There are plenty of guys on this forum. There is a specific forum for guys only called "The Guy's Room".

[SuperFab 689]

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.

Lots of guys! You'll find lots as you navigate your way around.

My date is about a month after yours and I'm already an emotional wreck. Lol. I hear it's normal.

April

[lilbootch 28]

I'm here. Had my procedure 08/29/13. Looks like you're only a few day out from your date. Being nervous is natural for something life changing as we all have gone through or will be going through soon here. I actually had no issues with pain after my procedure and have had an easy time with adapting to my new lifestyle. My support system has been fantastic and the fact that I can come here anytime also when I may have a question or concern is great. Congratulations on your upcoming procedure. As I've seen others post here, we'll see you soon on the loser's bench with the rest of us.

[gmanbat 5,889]

This forum's founder is a man...and, most importantly to me...I am a man.

Granted, there are many women here. They are, for the most part, easy to get along with.

It is natural to be nervous, you would have to have delusions of grandeaur not to be. You can do this.

I was 340 to start, 210 now. It's a life changing release!

[SuperFab 689]

Granted, there are many women here. They are, for the most part, easy to get along with.

Not me. I'm mean!!! Grrr!

[Who Dat 70461 331]

Plenty of guys on here, as mentioned previously, there's a forum specifically for men....not nearly as lively as the Ladies Room though! LOL

Being nervous is normal, no worries though, it'll be over before you know it. I was sore for a few days, but off pain meds the third day and back to work within a week. Seems like a lifetime ago...I'm 8 months out and hit my goal two weeks ago (101 lbs. of fat gone forever my friend!).

Good luck and get ready, you're in for an awesome ride!

[gmanbat 5,889]

Plenty of guys on here, as mentioned previously, there's a forum specifically for men....not nearly as lively as the Ladies Room though! LOL

Being nervous is normal, no worries though, it'll be over before you know it. I was sore for a few days, but off pain meds the third day and back to work within a week. Seems like a lifetime ago...I'm 8 months out and hit my goal two weeks ago (101 lbs. of fat gone forever my friend!).

Good luck and get ready, you're in for an awesome ride!

Good work!!!!

**gives a manly slap on the back** hooorah!

[FreshPerspective 4]

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

[mplaisance 1]

I had my sleeve surgery 1-9-14 everything went great,I think the most important thing I did was walking right after surgery and having the mind set I was going to do that

[FreshPerspective 4]

I had my sleeve surgery 1-9-14 everything went great,I think the most important thing I did was walking right after surgery and having the mind set I was going to do that

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

[mplaisance 1]

No im not hungry at all stayed in the hospital 1 night dont really think of food

[FreshPerspective 4]

No im not hungry at all stayed in the hospital 1 night dont really think of food

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?