Hi Sherry, Looks like alot of us are having this same problem with low blood sugar. There has been several times lately that I have felt bad and would check my sugar. And it would be low. A wk ago, I got sick.. dizzy, nausea and numb feeling all over. Hubby helped me ck my blood sugar. It was 35. I had broke out in a sweat... honestly thought that my life on this earth was over.. That's how bad that I felt. He fixed me 2 peanut butter and crackers and it made me feel better. I have to keep a ck on my blood sugar now. On good days it runs 70 and below. Hope all works out for you. Jo

Hi guys, happy anniversary. It is so hard to think back to what my life was like two years ago. I am still amazed daily at how much my body has changed and how much different my life is. I retired in June to stay home with my disabled husband and spend more quality time with him in hopes of working more on his physical therapy myself to see if we can get him stronger to do some traveling. Seems to be working. Can't get used to being retired. Seems like I should have a schedule or something and each day I feel I need to accomplish something. Hubby laughs because I have about five projects going at the same time. He keeps waiting for me to burn out. My starting weight was 299.5 and I'm at 160 this morning. I am looking into PS to remove the excess skin from my belly as it is starting to cause me problems with both my back and I now think the problems I have been having with my stomach is caused by the excess pulling of the hanging skin. My doctor says that I have about 10 lbs of excess skin that they will be removing. I'm not sure why but I am more afraid of going through the PS than I was with my RNY surgery. I think it is because the message boards are full of complications, results not as expected, bad surgeons, etc. My life now is amazing. I love every new day. For the most part I am pain free almost every day and I cannot believe my energy level and the fact that I got my self esteem back. I actually like myself now. Wishing you all much success and happiness in your new lives. Thank goodness of WLS.

Hi Doreen It is so nice to see how everyone is doing going on our two year anniversary to a new life. Can you believe it is already two years???? A lot has changed since September 21, 2004. I went from 265 lbs down to 150 lbs by the end of the first year. Then I discovered that I could tolerate sugar and chips and just plain old crap. So little by little the numbers on the scale began to increase back up to 175 lbs. I became so disgusted with myself because no matter how I tried my body began craving more and more sugar and crappy snacks. What was I to do???? Well, in May my insurance company approved my TT surgery. I had my TT done on June 27th. My surgeon who is also my WLSurgeon asked me what kind of a diet I wanted to be on in the hospital. I told him I wanted to start all over again just as I did as a new WLS patient. I figured cold turkey was the only way, and what better place to go through sugar withdrawls than in the hospital where I could not give in to my addiction. To make a long story short, I have lost 10 lbs off of my abdomen in skin alone, making my tummy for the most part flat except for when I swell up in the evening, which is normal for about 6 months to a year. I have also lost an additional 15 pounds bringing me back down to thin and trim 150 pounds. I am trying to get down another 5 pounds to reach my final goal but if I stay where I am I am perfectly content and happy. I watch everything I now eat. I no longer eat chocolate, ice cream, chips etc. I weigh myself every morning to keep myself in check and I enjoy the fact that I can now wear my shirts tucked in without seeing a tummy bulge popping out. I feel wonderful, have become a big time shopaholic which I need to now stop because I have so many beautiful clothes, shoes, boot, handbags, oh and high heels! Life is good and my only regret is that I did not have this surgery 20 years ago rather than waiting until I was 48 years old. This October I will be celebrating my 51st birthday and I no longer hide from anyone wanting to take my picture. I wish everyone a very Happy Re-birthday and best wishes for continued happiness in the future! Hugs Marianne

Doreen, You have done so well. Congrats on your weight loss. I am doing great but I am dying to get a tummy tuck. My clothes will fit so much better after the tummy tuck. My ins. doesn't cover tummy tucks but I have a small umbilical hernia so ins. will probably cover the anesthesia and the hospital charges, just not the fee for the tummy tuck. I have been on a major stall. I lost one lb in March and one lb in June. At least I am not gaining. I would really like to lose another 10 lbs, but I am happy if I don't. I wear mostly size 8 and I used to wear size 32. Lynn J., lap RNY 9/29/04 306/146/135 5' 4"

I understand what you are going thru. I started at 474 and am now at 237. I have lost half my size but find I can sometimes eat more then I could in the beginning and then I get these guilt feelings. I feel as if I will never reach my goal weight. I had a remedial thigh lift done due to the excess skin hanging and hoping for another one soon to at least make my legs look a bit more normal. I think that is some of my problems. I used to feel so freakish when I was huge that it is hard for me to feel normal. I can see major differences in clothing sizes and in things I can do now that I could not do before. So I try to focus on that. If you feel like talking, email me anytime. Just remember how far you have come from this time 2 yrs ago. Good luck! Doreen 474/237/?