I got home today, and yes it is nice to be home... No more waking up in the middle of the night to someone saying we need to check you blood sugar, or we need to get vitals. Well, the adventure has begun lets see where it takes us. Happy New Year

Hey! Glad to see everything is fine Welcome home! I got home Saturday, and I'm still adjusting...I hate this drain, because I'm so afraid I'll pull it out or somthing

I really understand what you are talking about. Then, again I am only 3 weeks out with an RNY. I lost 22 1/2 lbs those first 2 weeks and then I was able to get on real food and last week I didn't lose anything. It is so very discouraging. I am with you with the eating like a bird and trying to resist temptations when it is "holiday time". It is hard, but eating 6 tablespoons of food a day is ridiculous to not lose. I talked with the nutritionist and she said I may not be getting enough calories in. She said when you eat an egg (medium one) cook it in butter. What? It is quite opposite of what my life use to be. So, I was told to add a 5.5 oz V-8 for a snack and 1 oz cheese for another snack. If I eat lunch meat, chicken... use mayo with it. In little ways get some calories with it since the portion size is so small. With one meal a day eat 1 oz of potato with butter or canned fruit. She said she didn't want me to go in Ketosis... which on the Adkins diet you want! So... it is all discouraging. This certainly isn't the "easy way out" of dieting as it does take a lot of work. I am just hoping some numbers will go down on my scale when I weigh in this week. I am a little impatient too. They said the first 6 months is the biggest weight lost... so I wasted a week with no weight loss... I feel I am competing with time. I guess this all is one day at a time. Keep your chin up! Becky

Thanks, Ms. Donna! I know you're in surgery right now but I just wanted to know that I'm praying your surgery and recovery go smoothly. Let us know how it went. ~Laura~

I had my RNY in July of 2006 and I smoked the morning of surgery before I went in and after surgery with out any problems my Dr gave me the patch while in the hospital