Just wanted to post an FYI to my fellow April surgery partners. I have had very few complications or problems since having my surgery and have lost almost 70 lbs in the last 5 months. Occasionally I have a problem with chicken and it winds up coming right back up. I really felt that I was through the worst of it and that life was starting to resume some normalacy again. A few days ago, I had a problem with some grilled chicken and it came right back up. Later that night, a protein snack did the same thing. Breakfast and lunch the following day - the same thing. For dinner on the 2nd day I just made soup - wouldn't go down either. At that point I was getting pretty nervous because fluids wouldn't even go down. I did call my surgeon who was a bit snotty that I didn't call after the first episode. I tend to be someone who doesn't like to over react and was just hoping this would clear up. He told me that once something is stuck, everything will swell up - since the opening is so small, it doesn't take much to make this happen. My repeated attempts to eat and then vomitting had created a ton of swelling so that nothing could get down. Dr. urged me to STOP taking anything in for at least 12 hours - not even water. At that point, if I could take water I was to go to the emergency room for fluids via IV. He also order two full days of the liquid diet to help calm everything down. I'm happy to say that fluids went down and that I'm sipping a protein shake once again. I guess I learned a tough lesson - we are not out of the woods - and we have to listen to our body. When something doesn't go down - don't keep trying. I've had a miserable couple of days, I hope the worst of this is over. Good luck to everyone! Linda B

CONGRATS to all of you who have made it to the losing side. Keep up the great work. My surgery was APril 27th, and I have lost 95lbs so far. Still have a long way to go.

Seems like us April baby's are doing wonderful. So far we have lost a total of a 474.5. Y'all keep adding because, I am leaving for vacation today and will check back in to see our total's of how well we are doing. This is AWESOME isn't it!?! Gina

hi 4/11/05 surgery date i have lost 77lbs nadine

Congrats! My surgery was 4/13/05 and I have lost 70.9 lbs. Keep up the good work! Brenda