Bragman

Hi Kimmy, I am familiar w/ Harsen's Island, a friend of mine's grandparents have a place there! Not terribly far from me at all. Thanks to everyone for the well-wishes! I hadn't realized that the vast majority of the posters were ladies, but that's no problem at all! I'll try not to make it seem like I'm losing weight too fast. Heh! And no guarantees that I won't need the tummy tuck either, I had a pretty impressive gut that needs to go away first before we make that determination. But I figured that being 32 now and on the verge of blood pressure & cholesterol medicine, was better idea for me to do take a dramatic step like this now, while I'm young enough to be strong & heal quickly, than to wait for more serious problems later. My sister-in-law in San Antonio had it done just before Xmas, and she's lost 65 lbs.! She was really the trigger to get me to do it too, after seeing the success she'd had with it. I decided that I'd had 32 years of being able to eat whatever I want... I wanted to try the next 32 of being able to WEAR whatever I want. Here we go! -Aa.

Hey folks, Just wanted to say hi & introduce myself! I'm Aaron, I'm 32, 310 lbs. (and dropping), from Michigan, and am currently on day five of my lap band recovery. Had my operation on Monday at St. John Oakland hospital in suburban Detroit, and found this forum through the Internets! So far, so good... recovering well, getting some appetite back. So far, the only issue I've really had is being gassy & unable to actually burp to relieve bloating pressure... It's escaped through... heh... the, uh, other end instead, but it's been steadily lessening. Have also noticed diarhhea (sorry for the unpleasant topics, but just wanted to see how my experience is comparing to others'), but I chalk this up to the IV antibiotics they gave me on Monday likely killing my intestinal bacteria. That, and I haven't had any real (semi-) solid food since Saturday. However, this morning I started back on "full liquids," (my surgeon had me on full liquids for 10 days prior to the operation, so I'm used to it by now). Found some yogurts I quite like (Wallaby Organic Low-Fat from Whole Foods is fantastic, completely smooth, and comes in flavors like Bartlett Pear), have dismissed Cream of Wheat as vile, and discovered that chicken broth used to make polenta can be quite tasty. Great to find this forum, I look forward to experiencing this with others! Aaron