Hi All, It's been a long time since I visited the board. I used to be here most every day. I've got a question for you all about dumping. When I had the RNY my doc told me never to eat sugar and I've been very good about it. I think I've had a couple of dumping situations over the last couple of years but they were pretty close in time to when I ate the sugar. This weekend I went to Starbucks and ordered a sugar free vanilla latte.... about 6 hours later I had a dumping episode. The only thing I ate all day that could have caused it was if the starbucks person didn't do the sugar free and gave me the regular vanilla instead. Can dumping occur that long after you eat the sugar???

I battled another down fall with my addiction beer. and my husband got me on track real fast. He doestnt drink. I was drinking at 10 in the morning when he was at work. He figured it out. And back to rehab again. This cross addiction has been a nightmare for me. But im clean for 2 weeks now and doing great. I think the big move and moving from my family put me back into my addiction. Hugs Barb

yea it's not good to live your life unhappy so yea glad to see your finally happy..you deserve it!

Hey Christine, Email me anytime at [email protected] and we can help each other out, ok? This board was so thriving when we were all losing, then when we were done, we all fell by the wayside, and some of us re-gained some back. I guess the surgery doesn't cure our "head problems" that we have with food. I've had an awful stressful time of it of late and used food (especially during this past very long grey new england winter) to comfort myself. This past week, I had even more stress added, but it was so traumatic, that I lost my appetite and it kind of shrunk my stomach by not eating as much. Now I actually feel nauseaus when I eat too much, and that's a good thing. So, email me, ok? I ended up only going to one of the group meetings that I paid 120 bucks for cause of the problems at home here. So, I have to go it alone, I guess. The woman did forward to me all the handouts she gave out, so I worked some on them. Take care and hang in there. Oh, btw...I thought you looked TOO skinny when you got down so thin. You didn't look healthy, so, just plan on losing ten or 12 lbs, ok? Paula

I am in the same boat. I actually got down too low, I was 135 and gained 10 pounds which I was kind of happy about. I would like to be 145 and I am not at 158 so that is about a 23 pound gain. I need to get into some type of support group because I am a mess. I eat constantly and most of my life is a mess. It seems no matter how hard I try or what I do I can not lose a pound. I even started drinking protein shakes which I never did when I first had surgery. I really miss the days of being able to log on here and having my "family" to talk to and understand what is happening to me. Now I kind of feel like I am stranded with no end in sight. If I have gained 23 pounds in less than a year what am I going to weigh 5 years from now? I don't want to go back, but I don't know what else to do. Christiine