New Member, saying hi

Hello everyone,

I am 11 days out from my Lap-Band surgery. Had it done by Dr Ramiro Cavazos in San Antonio TX. The first few days were miserable, but nothing I didn't expect form the reading and resaerch I had done. Doing much better now, but still looking forward to being able to start on solid foods.

Already had my one week follow up and was down 16 pounds form surgery day. I look forward to one day reaching that 100 pound mark.

I also noticed this forum seems to have a lot more women than men. I hope you don't mind me joining you.

Congratulations on your surgery.

Yes, there do seem to be more female than male members here. I believe that's typical of OH membership in general. There is a men's forum here on OH, but my impression is that they don't spend a lot of time talking about weight loss surgery there. And there are male bandsters on this forum who just don't post as often as the women do, but they're lurking out there somewhere. Anyway, we're absolutely delighted to have a guy join us and help keep the hormone levels balanced out here...

So, welcome to the Loser's Bench!

Jean

Welcome!  We love men here, we just don't get enough of them.  But, we do have some and hopefully they will reach out to you as well.

This is a great place to garner practical information and get support.  I'm 2 year post op and still check in daily becuase it helps me stay on track.

Friend some people that your find you relate well to.  That will give you access to their blog here on OH.  I have a lot of practical information on mine including my post op eating routine and a list of foods I enjoyed early on and still to this day.

Don't be shy and ask anything that comes to mind.  We're here for you!

Congratulations to being off to a great start!

Best~
Lisa O.

Hi and welcome. This site is great. The two ladies above Jean and Lisa are great. They both post a lot of good stuff.

Hi and welcome!!  Yes, men are few and far between on here it seems but we sure would like more.  There's another guy recently on here that just had his surgery also.  I believe he wouldn't mind me saying his name, it's John B.   Hopefully he'll post on here so maybe you two can talk men things!!     Hey! John!!! You out there????

Lyn.

 Oooooo! Fresh meat, and a GUY, too!  Welcome to our madness, Pantala! 

Hello there and welcome!  I'm a newbie too...18 days out.  I'm just starting "soft foods" although I'm not quite sure how that differs from "mushy foods."   I was very happy to move from liquids to mushy food...the plainest food taste so great when you haven't eaten it in a long time. 

 welcome
good luck

Welcome to the forum. It's great to see a man on here.
Karen

Thank you all for such a warm welcome,

I look forward to hearing from you all more and really learning a lot.


Pantala