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It's been a while since I've posted on here. Just scheduled my gastric bypass revision surgery after unsuccessfully trying to resolve a stricture with dilation and stents for the last almost 2 years. I have a rough go of it since first discovering th

Has anyone ever gone from loving their decision to get surgery to regretting it?  I've posted most of my problems on this this board the last 7 months or so.  Basically my first 7 months were fantastic, everything went smooth and I hit my goal weight.

Anyone else develope bad sleeping habits after surgery? I don't want to call it insomnia but I certainly don't sleep like I used to. I used to be able to fall asleep in minutes after my head hit the pillow and sleep through the night until my alarm clo

Jesus Christmas why the heck did I wait so long to try it.  I've been (and still am) dealing with a stricture that seems to be pretty stubborn and after my latest dilation last Friday I was looking for something that would be easy on my stomach and get

Today is one year since my surgery. I've been below my goal weight for about 5 months. Although I've had/still have some problems I'm glad I made the decision I made. Although it's hard to see it some times I try to stay positive and think that eventua

Anybody who's had one, how many times did it take before it was finally opened up enough?  Had it done twice so far with a third one scheduled for two weeks from now and I'm still not eating very well. Still pretty much just eating soft foods and it's

Anyone watch?  Pretty good show.  Gotta say it was disgusting watching the trainer eat as much as he did to gain the weight and realize thats how I used to live.  

Screw it heres my before and after pics.  Before pic is from probably 2009 or so and I was probably at or close to my heaviest (around 310-315)  After pic is from 2 weeks ago, right before my recent hospital stay.  

Ended up in the ER again yesterday with severe stomach pain and it appears I have a bowel obstruction again. Two months ago to the day I had surgery for the same thing so here I sit in the hospital again waiting for my surgeon. This pain is ridiculous

Ok so maybe I was a complete asshole at some points.  For some reason I was very angry this holiday season, I dont know if it was basically having 4 days in a week where I used to eat everything and not being "able" to this year or what but I was witho

Since having my surgery in Feb, I've had my gallbladder removed in Sept. and a bowel obstruction a month ago.  Before the bowel obstruction I was having problems with heartburn and some bloating after eating so my surgeon wanted me to have an endoscopy

Went to the ER yesterday after having the most excruciating pain in my stomach and ended up in surgery to fix the problem a few hours later.  Apparently I had an internal hernia that had twisted my bowel.  Thankfully I was transferred to a hospital tha

So apparently I found out that I have gallstones. Been having stomach pain for a few days so I made an appointment to see my surgeon today at 4:30. Last night about an hour after eating dinner I was doubled over in pain. I had what I would describe as

Right now I'm about 17 pounds away from my goal weight and the weight loss has picked up in the last 2 weeks or so.  My question is were any of you worried about not being able to stop losing once you got to your goal?  I'm doing pretty good protein wi

I guess its not necessarily a bad thing but nothing makes me say yum anymore.  I used to get excited about eating but now its like a chore.  I'll make something and look forward to eating it and than it disappoints me.  The other night I made a cheese