Newbie - 4 days away and getting nervous by the day

Three simple rules:

1.  No females allowed to post unless they are OH staffers, a female asking something for her significant other or she is posting about surgery results.
2.  No WOW's or Onederland.  We call them FART's and break the 200 pound mark it is Century City.
3.  No more than three emoticons per post or that sparkly crap!

Unlike Obamacare - they ain't nothing too complicated. 

We can't prevent the ladies from reading the board but those ladies who post here beyond #1 understand that they are subject to the wrath that they might incur.  We'll have a few stray in here but for the most part they respect our space.  Same way they would want us to respect the "Preggers" board.

We don't talk about how surgery affects our periods ad nauseam.  FYI:  Due to the loss of fat around your junk it will appear to be getting bigger.  Allegedly 35 lbs lost equals an inch of junk.  True for the first 35-40 pounds but not for EVERY 35 lbs.  Dammit.

Toss anything out here you want to!  Somebody will happen along who has been there or can point you the right direction.  We dole out a lot of support here but we ain't against an ass kicking or two. 

I'm fixing to tell you up front, and to a man I will get unanimous agreement, you and any newbie reading this are about to start out on a ride that you have never encountered before nor could the ride engineers at Disney create.  You will ride highs you have never ridden and you may go to lows you've never seen and are very dark.  Not only is this a physical challenge it is an emotional one as well so be prepared.  It can be a total mindf**k!  If you don't have a therapist you may want to find one.  No shame in your game if you do.  You will thank yourself for it later.

Don't sweat the "last supper" thing.  My "last supper" was my mother's chicken fried steak.  Guess what?  I can still eat it without issues!  May not eat a lot of it like I used to but I can eat it!  I eat beef in almost any form, except tar-tar.  Not of the Jewish persuation so I eat pork.  Being a native coonass I eat the hell out of seafood.  Maybe not fried but grilled fish and steamed or boiled shrimp, crab, lobster and crawdads. 

Just remember this ain't no sprint - it is a marathon!  Oh and by the way we, WLS, patients run a lot of those races.