Hi everyone . . . So you ladies won't think I'm a miserable whining gloomy gus all of the time . . . want to share with you what happened this morning! I have about 20 Rubbermaid tubs full of clothes that were too small, but I couldn't bear to part with anything over the years. (I still have the Levi's jeans I wore in my early 20's -- and I'm 42 years old now, LOL!) Today I opened one of the tubs up just for kicks . . . and found that I can fit into 22's and 24's . . . and even one pair of 18/20 pants. Woohooo!!! I may just get into those Levi's yet! It's been hard for me to "see" the weight loss in my clothes that I've been wearing all summer (you know, my "uniform" consists of baggy tshirts and stretch leggings, sizes 30/32 and 4X's). I'm definitely losing at a different proportional rate than I was at on the way "up" . . . for instance, blazers that matched skirts/pants were too tight, yet the bottoms fit. Hopefully this will all even up eventually. There were two tubs of sweaters that I think I'll be able to wear through the winter season here . . . . . . so I'll just set aside what I would have spent on new clothes (and save it for the plastic surgery that I know I'm gonna need!). -bj

bj, don't know if this will help. yesterday, brkfst - 11oz protein drink and a mozzarella string cheese stick lunch - 4-5 chicken gizzards dipped in hot salsa dinner - 2-3 oz of au gratin potatoes and 2-3 chicken gizzards. sometimes I can eat quite a bit, sometimes I can't and please, no one, jump on me about what I am eating. Don't really care what others eat or don't eat. This is me. smile. mary kay

Sorry to hear you're having problems -- sounds like a stricture to me. -BJ

I had surgery 6/22/04 and starting at 3 weeks out I vomited several times daily. On 8/17 I had an endoscopy with dilation as my small intestine was closed off completely. Then about 2 weeks ago it started again, I ended up in the hospital last Thursday night with severe pain in rt side and back ended up I had another stricture in the same place and severe dehydration which caused kidney stones. I understand completely where you are coming from its hard to read about other people eating real foods when you can't even keep 1-2 bites down. Hopefully your endoscopy is sheduled for the very near future. Let me know if I can be of any further help. Please push your dr to get the endosocpy done soon so you don't have further complications. Michelle Guess

Glad you called and are being seen. I haven't thrown up yet but live in dread of it ever happening. I KNOW what's happening to you is not normal. Please keep us posted. Hang in there! Hannah