I'M FALLING AND I CAN'T GET UP...

Wow, Gano, it sounds like we are going through identical situations! I can't tolerate bread of any kind, haven't dared to try rice, and the chicken is exactly as you describe. PLEASE DO email me a copy of your doctor's/surgeon's list, I would love to look at it. Email to me at [email protected]. Thanks so much! M.

If there is a fax number where I could send it, please email it to me. If there isn't, I'll just enter it tomorrow and send it along by email.

Hey Maureen, I've eaten just about everything since surgery but scrambled eggs, and even now hardboiled eggs, make me nauseous. So far no problems with chicken - but some days I can eat half a breast and some days I eat four bites. It has really helped me to make peace with a protein shake. I'm on autopilot in the mornings now, where I don't consider anything else for breakfast (there's really nothing great out there for breakfast anyway - mostly carbs that I know will make me looney hungry way before lunchtime.) I think it's good because it keeps me steady in the morning, I'm basically guaranteed to get my day's worth of protein, even if my pouch clamps down unexpectedly at lunch or dinner, and it's a nice easy going thing for my pouch - kind of gives it a warm up to the day, I think. I buy premade shakes in a can because I'm perennially late for work and can't be bothered doing dishes. I drink it in the car on my way to work (45 miles). I slacked off recently with my excercise and got real permissive with myself and carbs - even have eaten pretzels. The problem is that I'm getting near my typical fighting weight - where I start attracting men again, etc., and I think it has weakened my resolve. My weight loss is slow from my perspective but remember that the more superstellar your loss is, the more likely you'd be to post about it - so try to remember the hundreds of slower losers that are not posting - you are probably in the majority. The other day I wanted pretzels and coke (a binge favorite) so bad, and I couldn't even tolerate a sip of diet coke b/c of the bubbles, and I got p.o.'d. I didn't think I was going to have any emotional withdrawal but I guess in a way I resent that I can't just give myself what I want, when I want, as much as I want. But THANK GOD I CAN'T because it's my (temporary) physical inability to do those things that is helping me to change my ways. Slowly, but they are changing, and hopefully in the future my permanent mindset will not be such that I'm always thinking about what junk I could be eating. Hang in there. I realize this is a rambling, discombobulated post but my point is: hang in there. We're with you, and this will pass, and we'll all be better for it. Jen

I HAD SURGURY ON MARCH 31, 2004 . I HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE TROUBLE . AT ABOUT 2 AND 1/2 MONTHS I WAS ALLOWED TO EAT WHOLE WHEAT BREAD. I HAD NEVER THROWN UP SINCE THE SURGERY, BUT I FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN HIT IN THE STOMACH AND IT ALL CAME BACK !! I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE EATEN TOO MUCH . A FEW DAYS LATER I ATE 3 TURKEY MEAT BALLS AND 1/2 SLICE OF BREAD , I GOT SICK AS A DOG. SO I HAVE NOT EATEN BREAD ANYMORE AND I HAVE BEEN FINE EVER SINCE. HOPE THIS HELPS. JUDY