you could have a gluten issue- check into gluten free things-google it

i worry that my stoma is stretched that my pouch is stretched...i cannot afford to go to get checked-my own surgeon "did me a favor" -NOT --by not making my pouch as small as others cuz i was a lightweight-BS --i alos think i have thyroid problems-again- no doc no money no ins....

i need to get 50# off and would go under again-(but no money or ins for such) to get that part of me working--IF it is in fact mechanical--if i were truly intereste din revision i would be studying feverishly-however- i am not at this point due to the above mentioned lacka fundage or ins..... ( sorry i feel like a broken record!!)

i also feel that a big part is simply will power and desire and stick to it iveness...i hav enone of the above...(in my personal case i think i would be more successful at my loss if i wlere alone -however i am not)--see -this is where i feel like i failed-yes; i have kept off 50 # but i regained #0 when michael got sick and have stayed there- so i feel like i failed at my surgery....like i fought ins and i spent all that  time and money etc for nothing.......................and i cannot eat and i cannot drink-simple things like coffee with creamer without dumping like i did last friday nite...i know-no crying in baseball!!!!!-sorry to take over your thread!!!!!

as for carbs- your body needs some!!!!!!!!!!! not as many as you and i both crave but some--they assist your brain ...depriving your bosy totally of carbs is detrimental and that is where my low sugar episodes kick in.......

hugs to you

Your right everyone is different. it sounds like your on the right track. the hard part is sticking with it its always been that way for me too. i think we all know how to diet. its making it work.
i remember the first coupl eof years after i had the surgery. i never felt like eating. i swore they did brain surgery a nd not stomach cause i just didn't thnk about food. then it was like a switch got turned on and all i could think about was food. my stomach growled too it hadn't done that in ages!
ahhhh to go back to eating 1/2 and egg and feeling like i'd just had thanksgiving dinner!

Hi again - I just found this post on the Revision Board - at the very least, there are people there who need friendship and support in trying to understand what's happening:

Post Date: 11/20/08 11:50 am
I gained weight, and cant feel full, i constantly want to eat..

BUT i still dont eat large portions of course..

i went from a size 28 to a size 12 to a 18 now..

Im terrified, because nothing is working.. and if i dont eat i get really shakey and im forced to eat something sweet to stop the feeling...

I feel like i failed myself.. Im so depressed which doesnt help..

I know i need to excerises but because of the weight gain i am just mortified...


did i fail my surgery???

food just feels like it goes right through me.. something just isnt right.. :(

 278 PreOp

See, this where each person differs. For me, carbs make me feel terrible. (i mean breads, pasta and the like) not fruit. Breads and pasta make me hungry as aaallll get out and always make me feel sluggish and just genrally icky. Whenever I cut them out I usually feel better. As long as I get in my protein and my fruit. unfortunately fruit sometimes makes me hungry too. I guess its that bit of sugar in them? ack who knows. But its better than the breads and pasta. I think each person is sooo different. For some reason...also...and this is a bit weird.... sometimes when i eat breads and pasta it hurts my tummy hurts (not my pouch as in it stretches it) i mean it upsets my tummy. which i think is strange. someone mentioned to me once about being sensitive to yeasts and the like in breads and pasta.  possibly? Never really gave it too much thought.
Oh Maureen...you are right on the money there...In fact, I just got an email from a surgeon in New Jersey who specializes in revisions and the pouch suturing and the like. He sounds like a nice guy and has support groups for everyone that has had every type of surgery. Thats what this was...a support group meeting to meet with other people who've had the stomaphyx procedure and the rouxny and all the others. I don't want to go that route, but I swear I was just sitting here thinking...why am I still HUGE? i mean i know I'm eating messed up but WHY? I really DO have to get in to see the surgeon. I have to wait till after January since i have no time left to get off work... but I mean, WHY can I eat SO MUCH FOOD. and honestly...I think thats EXACTLY whats happening...its totally bypassing my stomach and going straight to my guts. I can literally FEEL it going right through. it hits my guts after i've eaten and i'm like MAN. IN FACT...and i KNOW this is gross...but have to share... once... i ate some pasta dish my mom made and, I don't know it didn't sit well with me and i got SOOOOOOOOOO nauseous that RIGHT AFTER i ate the darn thing i ran to the bathroom to throw up and NOTHING was in my pouch. and i wretched and wretched. I mean nothing was there. it went straight through!!! I mean it was RIGHT AFTER! At least SOMETHING should have been there. shoot. that happened before too. i dont know...i also, still to this day, think she made my pouch bigger than normal. I had that feeling from the get go. Something in her eyes after the surgery. Also a friend of mine that had the surgery the same year/month is having the same trouble as me. She also feels like her pouch is bigger. I don't know. You're totally right though, I should get it checked out... but here's my thing... im thinking of going to the guy in new jersey to have it looked at, because if i go to my surgeon who KNOWS she made it bigger, she may just shrug and just tell me im fine. Even if my stoma is bigger. I dont know if I can trust her 100%. i know last time i went to her and asked her about it...she told me just to get the plastic surgery, i was like...but im so so far from my goal weight! i want to be about 20 pounds above my goal weight before i even consider plastic surgery. it was a strange request. ok...ive rambled but you brought it out of me   its definitely frustrating and im tired of feeling like such a loser regarding loosing all my weight.

I missed you while you were gone. Welcome home. Judy