Hi everyone, boy do I feel good now. I have become Princess Plateau and discouraged beyond belief. After reading all your posts I find I am right about where you all are. I had lap RNY on 6/23 and have lost 33 lbs as of today (obgyn scale). So I guess I'll put away the pout for awhile. But these damn plateaus can move on, I have one after another. And I've been constipated since surgery. Now when someone tells me I'm full of crap I say "Yes, yes I am" lol. I have a stricture that can't be dialated until the ulcer they found heals up abit, soooo it's pureed everything. I miss chewing but I don't miss the pains and puking for sure. Hopefully they can fix that on the 7th of sept and I can chew food again. Congrats June bugs and any other bugs reading our posts. I would still be toting around these 33lbs today if I didn't have this surgery. Keep up the good work. Robin

Thanks Diana.......I truely hope that things get better for you as well, I will keep you in my prayers!! I have my doctors appt. on 9/7/04 so I will keep you guy's posted as to what he says. Take care of yourself!!

Hi, I am 8 weeks out today! I can't believe it. I remember being so scared before the surgery and then confused for a few days and then being home and finally being able to sleep in my own bed! I seem to be doing okay with the food side of things, though it seems that sometimes I can eat quite a bit of soft food, compared to more solid food that actually fills my pouch. I am unable to eat bread of any kind or anything else that hard or dry. I have had problems getting in the liquids and at first was not getting enough and my skin was really drying out. I finally figured out that if I take a swig of liquid into my mouth, and then swallow tiny swallows at a time, this seems to work better for me. Just this week I've been able to get more normal-sized swallows down. One of my greatest problems has been focusing on what I am doing at meal-time, without distractions. I'm constantly reacting to something on the radio or tv; petting the cats, or talking to someone and then I suddenly am in trouble for not chewing enough or swallowing too big a bite. I need to work on giving my meal-time full attention so I won't goof as much until this becomes more natural. I have lost 40 pounds and I know others have lost more than that, but I have not been as good about the exercise part of things mostly from being so tired whenever I exert myself much. I walked a lot over the weekend and did fine and was so proud of myself only to crash Sunday evening and sleep most of Monday away. It is hard for me to keep that up every day. I still need to work on this. One good thing I am proud of:I have left the 300's hopefully forever! Yea! Hope the rest of you are doing okay. I have a few down times, but mostly am doing fine. Thanks. LM

Vitamins suck!! They taste nasty and I cant wait to swallow them instead, that I can do no problem. I dont eat very much and im stuck at same weight too long for not eating a lot. Protein drinks suck! I cant find something that is good enough to drink every day, someone said to put the powder in s/f tang or sunrise crystal light, they suck! So so far this whole thing sucks, my bloodwork is 9-24 at 3 mths, we will find out then... Good Luck Pammy 370/317stuck

Open RNY_ June 16 Pre-op weight ~ 259 Current ~ 207 (this includes the weight that I lost before surgery too) LeAnn