Congratulations on your weight loss!!! I had my 6 month appointment last Friday. I have lost 116lbs since surgery. I went through an ulcer, a stricture and a post RNY gallbladder removal. My B12 is low so I have to take extra B12 vitamins right now. Just trying to be patient as my new stomach seems to have a mind of it's own deciding when and if it want to have food in it. But hey- the weight loss makes up for it!!!

I am almost 7 months out now................ I am doing great............ Survived a leak and I am down 91lbs............ I am not sure where I am going to stop losing at............. I platue all the time........... I will not lose for a while and bam the next day 5lbs gone! Hard to tell............ Glad that everything is going well for you hun!

I wasn't even thinking hormones. With the weight loss it seems like everyone is checking me out. It feels good when I am dressed, but naked..... ahhhhh. It is sag city and quite a turn off for me at this point. I'm sure it will all bounce back. Dawn -85

I'm 6 month on july 28th. I Feel great I've lost 112# total. 100# from surgery. I need to excersize more & need more protein but can't find the room. My ONLY bad side effect is MAJOR hair loss. I've lost over 1/2 my hair It looks bad. POUT any suggestions for vitamins? I take a chewable centrum, b12, tums. Hope everyone else is doing well!! Ang~ 280/168/140

Kathie, A few things I've learned that make some sense to me... We are all burning fat cell at a rapid pace...and fat cells trap hormones so they can't be used. Now, when we started loosing this weight, all those hormones were released, which explained the increase in our sex drives. Depro provera is an abortificiant, which causes the uterus to basically act like you are already pregnant so that no fertilized eggs can implant. This drug not only effects your uterus, but other systems in your body. This might cause your body to slow down its production of all those cool sex drive hormones like testosterone, etc. and start producing more progesterone, and estrogen, which are in rocket levels during pregnancy. These hormones don't really help with libido at all. The bad thing is that most all oral contraceptives will do this to a womans body. It might even slow down your weight loss, because a pregnant womans body is programed to STORE fat. Also, you should probably kick up your calcium/magnesium intake, because contraceptives also suck these from your system (more of a risk with our malabsorption issues) and you could start having some real trouble with your teeth (as soon as your next dentist appointment) and bones. What do you think? My husband and I already have two, so we opted for a vasectomy and future adoption if we wanted more children. It was liberating. But I've walked down the oral contraceptive road before. What a trip. Let me know how things are going. Catherine