Hi Barb, Look at it like this half the battle is knowing what the problem is, your half way through this battle now. Everything that happens , happens for a reason and although we sometimes never know those reasons God does and if he brought you too this he will bring you through it. When that granbaby gets here give her a big hug from all of us and tell her some crazy woman named shelly said she just got the most amazing grandma any baby could ever have. Hugs, Love you Shel

Well not to good. My heart is 30 % working...... The front of the heart is a little blocked. He is not concrened about that right now. He is mainly concerend about the muscles in my heart...... My day sucked. I am so depressed. I feel like I am on my last legs. He up all my meds and did get me on other medication. He said he doesnt know the outcome. I am now being very closlely monitired. And we will decide what to do in the near future, Hugs To all. Why me 48 years old. I have so much to live for. My little grandaughter will be here in 4 weeks. Hugs Barb

Hi Linda, So sorry for your experiene... You may actually have dumped...Fruits have a lot of "natural sugar" and we still have to be careful how much we take in. You may have eaten it too quickly and got too much sugar into your small intestine too quickly, thus sending it back up. I hate when this happens....I get all shaky and nauseaus...awful... We need these reminders once in a while to keep us from forgetting the "rules"! Paula

barb, I dont get sick either, sometimes fruit makes me feel funny though. I wish I would too so then i would learn my lesson. so your not alone. heidi

I agree with everyone with what they've said about the show. It made me very mad but I was not at all surprised by it because I know Oprah is against WLS. In my opinion the show really had nothing to do with WLS, anyone could expereience becoming alcoholic or sex addict or any other number of things. The WLS had nothing to do with that. Most of us do have addictive personalities but I for one have not developed any addictions after surgery. A lot of people do eat for emotional reasons, sometimes it is because of something in your past that you need to deal with like being molested or whatever but a lot of times it isn't something like that. I never had any big trauma in my life and therefore I have had an easy time after WLS because I didn't have a lot of demons to battle with. I think there are a lot more people who do NOT have these problems after surgery. It made me so mad that she said "most" people who get this surgery are doing it for a quick fix. I dont believe that is true at all. I'm sure some people are looking for a quick fix but I think "most" people do their research and know what they are getting into. And if anyone is looking for a quick fix I"m sure they are quite disappointed when they find out it is not one at all. The whole show ticked me off except for Carnie but she didn't stand up for "us" as much as I would have liked either. Oprah has lost and regained weight so many times, well good for her being thin again right now....maybe it will last maybe not but some of us need a permanent tool to help us. Some of us can't hire trainers and cooks and this is our only solution and it DOES help and it does save lives. She's just clueless!!