Hi Jennifer, Did you have to fast before you had your blood work done? Thanks, LaVonn

Hi Toya! I had some post-op problems that caused me great grief for about 7 weeks. I had to have my esophagus dilated twice. I didn't have a stricture at the bottom of my pouch, it was in my esophagus right between my breasts. Maaaaan it was miserable. I couldn't get much of anything to go down. I even had trouble getting water down sometimes. It would pool up right at the restricted area and I could literally feel it drip, drip, drip to go down. I haven't lost the whole amount of weight since surgery. I lost 24 lbs pre-op (between April 19th and August 2nd) and since my surgery I've lost the remaining 48 lbs (as of this morning). My total loss is 72 lbs as of this morning. I normally don't weigh everyday, usually only on Sunday or Monday, but I thought it would be interesting to see how my weight looked on a different day. You'll learn your "full" feeling eventually. I know mine now and it's more of a feeling of not being able to swallow another bite. When I'm done, I'm done and there's no more need to even try to swallow even one more bite. Depending on the liquid content of what I'm eating, I'm usually eating 1/2 cup of food. If it's something like soup, chili, yogurt...I can eat about 3/4 of a cup. I'm glad you're not having trouble with eating. I was more than miserable when I had my problems. You asked what kind of surgery I had. I had lap RNY. I figured if I was gonna make a permanent change, I was gonna make a permanent change all the way. No half-way stuff. LOL. You keep up the great work! Have a blessed day!! Brenda

Brenda, Thank you for your reply. Which surgery did you have? Wow, 71 pounds since your surgery 3 months ago, that is a wonderful blessing. I'm alittle concerned about my weight loss because I have had nothing get in the way of my eating anything I want to. Everything goes down with no problem. I don't always fill full sometimes it's just a head thing, I tell myself to stop. Well, I'm going to put a call into the Dr. Rupp's office just to check things out. Be Blessed and Thank you for your response, Toya

Wow - wish I had been in Vegas, I love Vegas and haven't been there since last December I'm glad to see you post, I was worried since I hadn't seen you here, but now I know you were just having fun! Take Care, Tanya

Thanks Tanya for starting the thread this week. Normally I try and set it up on Sunday night, but this past Sunday, I was playing Poker in Vegas! Here are mine: Start: 355 Pre Op: 335 (pre-op dieting) Surgery date of 8.17.07 Current: 284 Post op loss: 51lbs Total loss: 71 lbs