HELP, I've gained 50 pounds!!!

Okay, I need a swift kick upside the head!! I went to the GYN recently and got the whole lecture on how I had been gaining weight. However, he didn't know the whole picture as to what I had really gained. I almost died when I stepped on his scale and had gained 50 pounds ... FIFTY!! I took my children to the doctor and the nurse there has been following my progress. I told her I had gained 50 pounds in a year. She informed me "people don't gain 50 pounds in a year". HELLO, apparently they do. I was at 235 when I went in for a tummy tuck a year ago May. When I got on the scale at the GYN, I was at 285. I am freaking! I have really been trying to watch my snacking (I know that is my biggest problem) and carb intake for the last three weeks. I have managed to lose about 7 pounds (I also had a breast reduction in that time so that is part of the loss.) The thought of a revision frightens me. It is all I can do to get in one or two protein shakes a day. The thought of having to be attached to five or more a day to keep from malnutrition ... I don't know. Yes, I know I need to exercise ... it is hard with a hip that needs to be replaced. What frightens me the most is if I can put on 50 pounds in a year WITH the malabsorbtion ... now what? Is it possible my stoma is wide open? Could my Celexa have something to do with the gain? I am trying to remember when I chanced from Wellbutrin to Celexa. I am thinking it was right before my tummy tuck ... which was when I started gaining. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!

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