I had surgery in March 2011 and I went from 292 and I think my lowest was about 180. Over the last year or so I've gotten all the way back up to 220 and I just feel horrible. I feel horrible about myself and my clothes don't fit and I am just a mess. I know what I need to do but I am so addicted to food still and it is just so hard. Over the last year I've been focusing on going back to school and now I am doing my student teaching in an Elementary School. I feel like it is so stressful and so much work and I never make time for the gym and I eat to make me feel better. I am feeling so discouraged and I would just love some support and tips. I can eat absolutely anything and I can eat huge quantities of food at a time. I know that I need to get back on track but I would love to hear from others. 

Hi everyone. I haven't bern arrived in a while. I had surgery three years ago and I've been talking to my primary doctor about this but it's late at night and there's nobody I can get in contact with right now so I just wanted to post here and see if any of you have any experience with this.I think something is wrong with my gallbladder. Everything seems to point to that. I am burping nonstop and it isn't just a little bit but it is all the time. I wake up and I'm burping and it hurts whenever I eat or drink I burp. This was not something that started at right after my surgery. It just started about a month ago and it's getting worse and worse and more painful. I have a lot of air in my body and I can tell somethings wrong. Under my room right rib cage it hurts and there's a lot of pressure and some of my incision place and my back hurts.today I had an ultrasound and apparently my gallbladder looks fine but it's just too hard to believe. Could something be wrong involving the surgery? Even know it was 3 years ago?I told the Dr that I want to figure this out because my husband and I want to start trying to have a baby and I don't want to have to have surgery after we get pregnant.I know this is a lot to post about but I just figured maybe you had trouble with your gallbladder or have some information about it or can share personal experiences.my Dr just keeps giving me powerful and acids but that seems silly because this just started a month ago. My diet has not changed in a month. Okay I'm going to stop rambling now and thanks to anyone *****ad this.

I got the test tuesday morning and I just got the results a couple of hours ago. I am so terrified that I won;t be able to start my new job on Monday! The site was red and 20 mm one way and 30 mm the other. 

 

That is good to hear that it could mean I was just exposed to it!

Thank you for your opinions on it! I think I am going to do it! I'm nervous but I think it will be a nice change... I hope. I think I agree with a lot of you about the color Don't think I m going to do the color but maybe something like paul said,  copper kinda reddish brown maybe. I am going to wait  few weeks but I will post pics when I do!

 I tried other quest bars and they were okay but the peanut butter and jelly one tasted like cookie dough...or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich... It was so good. It had the perfect texture and perfect saltiness/sweetness.

SO GOOD!!

 I am thinking of buying the Tanks a Little.

It looks like good shapewear which I am really trying to find but it is so expensive!! I'm also wondering if there are ever coupons and if I should just wait for one to come out. 

http://slimpressions.com/catalog/the-top-sleekret-collection 

 Thank you so much everyone for your kind words and encouragement! It has been so much fun reading the comments throughout the day!!

In December 2010 I decided to have weight loss surgery. I had only been married 3 months, had a new job, and was settling into married life. I knew that this was something I needed to do though so on March 15th I did it! I can't believe it has been a year!!
  This picture sums it up for me. I look at this picture and think...WOW I was big.   It was not an easy journey for me to say the least. I couldn't eat more than a few hundred calories a day for several months. I was sick. I was hospitalized 6 times for the first 5 weeks. I had a stricture and needed to have several procedures to fix it. I was isolated in my apartment. 2 weeks of sick leave at work became 2 months and it was just overall not a good 2 months. I was one of the unlucky ones with complications. Thankfully they weren't horrible complications but they did affect my life. For a time I even thought I had to get a reversal. OH people helped me figure out that my surgeon was just trying to threaten me to do better.... I guess he thought I wasn't doing what I supposed to...even though I was. Pretty crappy of my surgeon I must say.

  The night before surgery....from the side.

I went back to work after 2 months but I wasn't doing well. I called out, left early, and got to hear all day long that I looked so pale and week and sick. I also heard talks of me being let go because I wasn't reliable because I called out all the time. So I quit on as good of terms as possible and decided to take the summer to rest and recover. 
   

The summer wasn't much better. I got a kidney stone in July which was not a fun experience! But then I started to feel better by the start of August. I started feeling more like myself and I could eat a little more without getting sick. I got a job at a bathing suit store and even though I still had difficult times it was soooooooooooo much better!
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I got my old job back in October and from then on I was doing better than I could have ever imagined. With over 110 lbs lost I felt great!

I FEEL great! I feel like this was the best decision I've ever made. I can now eat basically anything which is both a good and bad thing. I can run up stairs without having another thought about it.  I have more energy than ever before. I am more productive, and make healthier choices. I still struggle and don't eat as well as I should all the time. But I am working through my issues with food. With the tool of the surgery it makes it much easier to make better choices.
     

I am so happy that I had this surgery. I fit in a size 10 pants and a medium shirt. I love to dress up and get my picture taken. I have more confidence than ever before. AND the best thing is, I am at a healthy weight to have a baby which I will hopefully do in the next couple of years! That was the main reason I had the surgery after all! It was not an easy journey but it was more worth it than I could have imagined.


I posted nonstop throughout this time on OH. This place was my safe haven. I am so thankful that everyone was so supportive. People gave me ideas to help through my struggles. I felt like I got to know many people and I am so glad I had the RNY forum.  Thank you so  much to everyone!

You better believe I had remorse over the entire thing. Mine lasted a little longer than a lot of people but after a little while it was completely gone. Now, a year later, it was the best decision I've ever made.

 I was prescribed Cymbalta today and I'm a little nervous about it. Has anyone taken it? It is delayed release, which I have read is okay because it is not extended release. I need it for anxiety and depression.

 Thank you!

 I can have a glass of wine but it hits me pretty hard. Hard liquor though makes me sick and it trakes a lot for me to dump. Be careful and drink at home first.