Thank you Phyllis! I'm now 9 months out too and almost to 100 pounds down! YESS! Thanks for the advice. Good luck to you too! Nicole

Hi Christine, I too was stuck in my 5th & 6th month but then I just decided to watch exactly what I stuck in my mouth & the scale began to move. I am now 9 months post op & only 10# away from my goal weight. Even if you know you can now eat sugary type of things try your best to stay away from them as this will help the scale move some more. Getting enough protein will also move the scale too. Good luck & keep going! Phyllis

I too found out that even though I take the multi.....I also have to take another pill for just the iron! Check with your personal doctor (not the gastric doctor) because they don't always catch it! Phyllis

I just cannot believe that there isn't ANYONE who has had gastric surgery living near "Selinsgrove, Danville, Lewisburg, Mifflinburg, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Beaver Springs, Northumberland, Middleburg, Richfield who is looking for a post-op group in this area!.....now, come on, there's got to me someone out there somewhere! All I keep finding is people so darn far away. They do have groups in Evan & Geisinger Hospitals but they are mainly for people who are going to have the surgery not people who have HAD the surgery! So.....if there is ANYONE near these towns interested in going to a POST-OP support group, would you please contact me as I would LOVE to start a group in my home. I live in "Kreamer"......3 miles outside of "Middleburg" off Route 522! Gosh ..... come on, write soon...Phyllis S.

I so hear you. I too try to dress up everytime I leave the house, then I complain about all the attention I get. Can you say CRAZY. I just am scared if I slob out that I will become that slob again for good. I bought a wig to put on when I don't want to do my hair too. People are all gossiping I am sure about my mid-life crisis or that my marriage is in trouble but that is so not true I just always want to look good. I am scared to look at the vehicle next to me while waiting at a light because men smile or flirt with me and I so do not want it. I have never learned how to brush off unwanted attention and I feel guilt that somehow I am causing it and must want it. I have caught myself eating through a bag of chips before I realize I am unconciously trying to fatten back up so I can feel safe again. I walk alot and I never use to worry about being attacked but now I am aware of it everytime. I do not want to become invisible again (men would pick their noses in front of me because they seriously did not have me on their radar as important) but I do hope I grow into being comfortable with being a normal good looking woman. So to answer your question I am trying to figure it all out, mabey time will help us, the longer we deal with it the less forgein it will feel. Paula