I had surgery 8/25/06 I have has 4 strictures, with 4 Dilations then God gave me a miracle this last time, and my stomach had not closed! I am still only eating mush foods, I am scared of food because of my horriable 1st month. My mother through the grace of God saved my life, because it was just about over! I have lost 83 pounds, my hair is thinning out alot, I havn't smoked since my surgery, just trying to throw out some conversation starters!!! Bekah

Melissa, I am 4 months out and my hair is falling out just the same, I take my biotin,protein,mul vit. I have done some research, and I think that I will start taking mega amounts of Folic Acid, I have had 4 strictures, and am still on mush foods, but I found it in a powder form, I'll let ya know what happens. Bekah

The change in your face in amazing Pam from the first pics you posted, you look like a different person.. Congrats on all you've done.... I'm down from a tight 28/30 to a 20 , there are still a few things that are 22's , I have a shirt that seems to be pretty small, and then there are some 18 pants I fit in, for the most part I'll say I'm in 20's .... not to shabby 8 dress sizes in 4 months!!! whoo hoo down from 338 to 238 oh yeah!!!!

Me tooo!!! I had mine a week before you and hit 100 pounds gone forever today!!!! Congratulations to us and a Protein Shake Toast!!! whoohoo

Hi Pam! Good to see that all is well with you! I just had a doctor appt today to get some bloodwork done! I'm down 67 pounds. I'm 218. I haven't been 218 in over 10 years!!! Anyways, I still tolerate everything that I eat just fine. I mostly eat chicken, shrimp, fish and some veges like cabbage, cucumbers, baby carrots and collard greens. I started to try and introduce carbs into my diet slowly. I had some whole wheat pasta here and there and I can tolerate almost a slice of wheat toast. I was thinking of making myself a wrap tomorrow with some lunch meat or something like that. I still drink protein drinks to help get the protein in. I found some that I tolerate just fine. And I finally found a couple of protein bars that don't make me gag. I've been drinking the Nectar protein drinks and I can eat 1/2 power crunch bar at a time. I also really like the protein delight blondies and brownies. Those are really good. I have to say that I do eat potato chips and microwave popcorn every now and then. I wil have a couple chips and be satisfied. Amazing, because before surgery I couldn't stop until the bag was empty. I still haven't had an apple or a banana. But I really love strawberries and melons. So far so good! I'm glad that I haven't really vomitted or had any major dumping experiences!