I'm so glad you posted this because I've been thinking of joining WW. I'm 8 months post op but I think I need the extra help and support to get to my goal and to maintain that goal. My previous problems with WW or any other diet I was on was portion control. Some days I would eat up all my points by lunch time But now with the help of my tool I'll be able to keep that under control and the program will work for me. Keep us updated on your success. Sylvia

Jenni Coincidentally, I just had mine out Tuesday. Due to gallstones. Your symptoms sound like mine. Upper right side pain. Can radiate around to the back and chest. depending on the severity of the stones or disease, you can live with it for awhile. I'd definitely go to your doctor. It only takes a quick ultrasound to determine whether you have stones or not. The surgery is easy, my surgeon used two of my scars from the Gastric Bypass and also an opening in my belly button. The surgery is NOTHING like the Gastric bypass and I'm already feeling a lot better. Sore...but better. Tracey Bateman

We took the kids to the Corn Maize out at the Agricenter tonight. We all had a blast!! It took us over an hour to get out of the damn maze!! Once it got dark, I had all I could do to not think about the darn Children of the Corn movie!!! They had a corn cannon to blast **** out in the open field, a bonfire and smores, a hay ride, and music. It was actually cold tonight (ok it was like 64ish, but I froze my booty off)! The album link *should* work! Just click on the picture after you click the below link. If it doesnt work.....well hell I will try to fix it I guess!!! ......no I wasnt drunk either, I just look that way in some of the pics!! http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=b5gvf02.ksl0gzu&x=0&y=-iow6zn

I joined on Tuesday evening. I really want to establish good eating habits with something I know is easy to follow. I started counting points today and it's cool to see how well my pouch is still working [compared to years ago when the first few days were brutal, now I'm trying to find enough points!]. I am still having my protein shake for breakfast [4pts] and then I have 22 pts for the rest of the day. I thought it would go quickly, but today was fairly easy and I have 7 pts left and I'm not at all hungry. They say not to go below 20 pts, so I will try to add some strawberries later on. I don't think I will be telling any of the folks there that I had WLS, I'm tired of explaining that WLS isn't just an easy cure-all. It seems like at the WLS support meeting I hear, 'why do you need WW?' and from non-WLS people in my life I get, 'but, WHY do you need WW?' I'm a normal fat person trying to eat well and lose weight, well, at least I'm trying to be. I KNOW this is still the 'honeymoon' phase, but I DO NOT want to be a year out and like 'whoa' when my appetite comes back, my body adjusts and can absorb more calories, and my pouch can fit more food. I did not have life-threatening surgery to go back to sick and morbid. I will continue be pro-active with my mind AND body. I do have a few friends from my mom's group that I may go to meetings with, and they know, but like I said, I doubt I will be telling all [though keeping a secret isn't my strong suit, either]. I started today out with counting points [Flex] but may switch over to the Core plan if I find counting points becoming cumbersome. Not a day has gone by that I haven't logged every farting thing that's gone into my mouth on FitDay since February 15th, I'm sort of looking forward to just having to count 26 points. I was finding at the end of the day my calories were high, and I didn't want to be on FitDay with every meal, so I really think this will help me be a little more normal. Anyhow, thanks for reading this far, I hope this kicks the weight loss back up to 10lbs a month! xosm

TRUST ME!! (had my gall bladder out pre op many years ago) You would not beable to stand it for 2 days. There where times i had to go to the hospital to get a shot of a pain killer to make it stop. The pain is dead center of your chest you might think you are having a heart attack. you cant sit up you cant lay down you just want to curl up in a fetal postion till the pain stops. it can come on with no warning and just STOP. I used to think people would think i was faking it cause it would come on fast last for many hours then stop like nothing ever happened. I was glad i got mine out but when it did come out i found it induced irritable bowl syndrom which now all i have is constipation lmao. Good luck and yea if it doesnt stop go to the dr. J