JULY 26 2006 This is a real WOW MOMENT , went to work today and weighed my self on our gym digital sacle and I was 265 lbs , that nearly floored me . I'm doing some major walking and that has been a big reason , I feel, for the major drop lately , I have now lost 285 lbs since June 23 2005.

Hi everyone! I landed up back in the hospital last Friday night. I went to the ER because I was having a lot of pain and it looked like I had a bulging out of my abdomen just above the repaired hernia site. This hospitalization was a nightmare from beginning to end. I had so many blood tests and special xray exams. I was on IV's the entire time I was there. I was taking IV morphine for the pain, that only took the edge off the pain. I spiked a fever of 101.7 on the weekend. I found out that my gallbladder has a lot of stones. I only had one stone pre lap RNY. It's not inflammed so nothing was done except for a soft low fat diet. My white blood cell count was high so they were worried about an abscess. That was ruled out by CAT scan of which I had two, thank you very much. Had to drink barium for the contrast study. Yuk. Today I came home. I was told that there was some inflammation and probably a subacute infection around the hernia area. It is resolving with antibiotics. The distressing thing too was that when I was admitted, they weighed me and I was 10 pounds heavier. Today I weighed myself at the hospital and lost that 10 pounds plus another 8. So I lost 18 pounds since Friday night. I was so upset about the gain. But it came off and some more to boot! I still have my drain in and that will be taken out on Monday. I am so sick and tired of hospitals... Thanks everyone for your well wishes in my previous post. I hope this is it for me and that I'm on the mend. Hugs, Lucy 484.8/383.4/184.4 WOOHOO, 199 pounds gone.

Hi Laural, Feels great doesn't it? Congratulations, goal is right around the corner... Alesia

Thank you Lynn. I am not exactly sure how it happened. All I know is that I started walking more regularly (at least 2.5-3 miles at a time), watched my calories carefully, and drank or ate popcicles (sp?) at lot more. I just hope this continues. Again thanks.

Congratulations! That is awesome. 9 lbs in a month that is great. How did you do it? I never lose that fast anymore. Tell us your secret. Lynn