Re: Guys....gender specific concern.

[Guest guest]

Ford,

Hey, you were 500? I'm at 475 and I feel like I'm out of place here

even among super-morbidly obese folks.....what a crappy feeling.

Anyhow, did you run into any extra problems or complications due to

it? I know the heavier we are, the riskier the surgery is.

Where/who did you have?

Thanks.

Joe

> As a side note, it also feels a lot more exposed. When I was VERY

fat (500

> pounds), you could kick me in the crotch all day and not hurt

me....you just

> could get to it when I was standing up. Nowadays, it seems so

VULNERABLE!

[Guest guest]

Usually they wait to put it in when you're asleep--so you wont know

who done the deed!!

Pammi

> > As a side note, it also feels a lot more exposed. When I was VERY

> fat (500

> > pounds), you could kick me in the crotch all day and not hurt

> me....you just

> > could get to it when I was standing up. Nowadays, it seems so

> VULNERABLE!

[Guest guest]

Yep. I was 502, and now I'm 238.

I was near death...high blood pressure, diabetes, congestive heart failure,

arthritis, Mitral regurgitation (leaky heart valve), sleep apnea.....you

name it, I had it.

I now have the valve problem and chf, but both are controlled a lot...the

rest are gone.

I had Dr Elariny, here in Fairfax, VA....I was on the table for 10 and a

half hours, and my chances of living through the surgery was about 50/50.

I lived.

<grin>

I'm doing great. I have a few problems, like some neuropathy in my feet left

from the diabetes, and arthritic shoulders, which, near as I can tell, has

NOTHING to do with the weight, but I'll take what I got over what I had

every time.

Ford

Re: Guys....gender specific concern.

Ford,

Hey, you were 500? I'm at 475 and I feel like I'm out of place here

even among super-morbidly obese folks.....what a crappy feeling.

Anyhow, did you run into any extra problems or complications due to

it? I know the heavier we are, the riskier the surgery is.

Where/who did you have?

Thanks.

Joe

> As a side note, it also feels a lot more exposed. When I was VERY

fat (500

> pounds), you could kick me in the crotch all day and not hurt

me....you just

> could get to it when I was standing up. Nowadays, it seems so

VULNERABLE!

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[Guest guest]

At 3:28 PM +0000 12/5/01, jjamineteoj wrote:

>Ok Men....sorry to bring this up, but the ladies here sure aren't shy

>about stuff like this.

Not only that, but about a month ago, they held quite a conference

about if/why/how Little got bigger as weight was lost. What

glee flowed through their messages.

>

>I am, concerned, shall we say, about the whole foley catheter thing.

Nahhh. As Ford and Pammi reassured you, it's a great assist, and you

are asleep when it goes in. It was better than having my wife hold

the urinal up to when I had to whizz.

>Yes, I know, when compared to the big picture, it should be the least

>of my concerns. However, as we all know, most men think with their

>johnsons, and I don't want any brain damage, know what I mean? Wink

>wink, nudge nudge!

will be safe. My came out just fine. Not to worry.

>

>So, what's it like? Does it hurt?

Didn't feel a thing. I was out.

>Who does it?

Amahl and the Night Visitors. Who the Hell cares?

>Will little joe and the boys be OK?

Depends what you do with them while you are recovering.

>How do you walk with a bag of piss dragging behind

>you everywhere?

Slowly. Carefully. But with great pride in your accomplishments, my man!

Actually, by the time you are up and walking, I think that the

catheter comes out, so you can just dribble on the floor as you walk

triumphantly through the ward.

>

>[whisper]

>By the way, strangest thing.....as I've gotten larger, other

>things... have gotten smaller. TELL me this reverses itself when I

>lose the weight?

You've been hiding your " . " My came out to play as I

lost weight. Same size, but he looked bigger without the camouflage

of fat.

--Steve

--

Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 12/01 = 39 (-80 lb.) on a bumpy plateau!