Hello....anyone out there?

Welcome to the MD forum.  Congratualtions on your surgery. How did every thing turn out?  How are you feeling being 1 month out?  Are you having any issues with eating, getting the foamies, walking or even getting the required protein and fluids in?  My husband had surgery as well and he always did so well. I believe his pouch is a lot bigger than mine too.

I hope the men forum is active and supportive.  I hope that the MD forum can offer you the support that we once offered.  

Thank you so much for willing to try help us here. Right now you need all the support that you can get and later on you will be able to pay it forward.

Wishing you all the best in your journey.

Cira 

Thats cool with me- I really only asked out of a strange mix of curiosity and a desire not to trip a hidden land mine once it does get busy in here again- LOL- but I certainly understand if people dont wanna share that- its not a big deal- I just hope we get back to chattin ! LOL 

Thanks for the welcome ! 

@ Cira-

Take it easy on me- LOL- what are the foamies ??? Maybe I Dont wanna know ! LOL- but I dont think Ive had them ! LOL- its been 5 weeks on Monday and I honestly cant complain- the first two weeks I was convinced I had made an awful mistake but slowly but surely- Ive come back to life ! LOL- Im pretty damn good with the fluids- Ive been getting all of the required liquids going but I know Im woefully short on protein (for some reason- the SMELL of a protein shake makes me nauseous so I havent been able to go near them)- I told my nutritionist I couldnt get to 60 a day and she just said I should do the best  Ican so...... Ive been eating tuna fish and chicken salad and egg salad and popcorn shrimp (I dont eat seafood) and so far that has been doing OK- I know at some point Im going to have to slay the protein demon but Im trying to solve on crisis at a time ! 

Thanks so much for checkin on a brotha- Its really cool to think that other people are rooting for me that I dont even know in addition to the, quite frankly, real time awesome rooting squad ive got in friends and fam ! 
 

POPCORN SHRIMP... is that breaded and fried???

I lived on mashed crab in the beginning loved it... still turn to it when I'm sick..

Same from me. What are you doing eating breaded and fried?  You really need to do the protein.  If you don't, you're setting yourself up for problems in the way your body metabolizes the carbs and will sabotage yourself.

Kate

I'm a month late in responding to your post but I hope you are still out there. I registered for this forum a while back but didn't really come on much until this past week when I was seeking info about my pending revision.  I've noticed the dr versus dr and procedure vs. procedure and I am a bit put off by it - not to mention the drama is the main reason why I've chosen to go it this time around so far with just a select group of close family/friends.  Back when I had my original procedure (Fobi) in 1991, I started what was probably the first board on Prodigy and it became an unpleasant undertaking with bashing on the part of people against the surgery, others coming in to post derogatory things about the obese, and in-fighting amongst the participants.

Anyways, here I am, surgery date hopefully by the end of October, looks like it will be Dr. Kuldeep Singh, and on my way to skinny by the first of the year.

Kate
Carroll Island, MD

well kate i am still around but the board really is quite dead. three of us tried to wake it up but after a week or two of only us three posting, i stopped. i can keep trying if you like though! it is important to have some other people in your life going through the same thing or have had gone through it. which hospital are you using? I'm excited for your revision!

I'm going to St. Agnes for the surgery with Dr. Singh. 

Originally I was to go to GBMC had attended the information session given by Dr. "Moe" this past Saturday but when I approached him after the lecture about the revision, he told me that since I had lost 31 pounds, I "could lose the weight by myself," that it was "behavioral and not related to my surgery" and that I "needed therapy."  That was after he told the room full of prospective patients that they should "go down the street and eat a hamburger if they were losing too much weight prior to the surgery," and that "obesity was probably genetically coded."

So, with that said, I have the GI series scheduled for this coming Monday, orders for my pre-op blood work in my hand, and mentally preparing myself for two weeks of liquid diet before the surgery. One step at a time and focus on being able to shop the winter sales in the skinny department of Daffy's and Century 21 in NYC. 

I have an online friend of many years in Cali who had her surgery this past summer and I was her cheering squad and support so she's there for me.  It's great to know there are a few people locally to interact with and I thank you.  I have been reticent of becoming closely involved with too many people and trying to avoid what I refer to as the angry militant pushing their ideas and surgeons as the end all and be all, and the BS that can consume these online forums.  On the other hand, you are very correct in having others in my life who have had or are currently experiencing what I'm going through.  I just need to weigh the pros and cons each step of the way and get the facts.

Again, thank you for responding and your willingness to come back around!  I've got to scoot to work but will TTYL.

Kate

I think that's why I only check in infrequently. Perhas we could start doing a weekly roll call. That tends to get people out of the woodworks!