CRANKY!!

Usually I'm just a reader and sometimes I may post a reply here and there but I just wanted to vent and to share with all the Dec 2003 post-op's. I HAVE BEEN CRANKY AND MISERABLE FOR ABOUT A WEEK!! My poor husband is taking the blunt of most of it. I get so confused because I'm supposed to be so happy right now for all that is happening to me, but then I could just spit nails. I'm crying at the drop of a hat. The littlest things annoys me to death. I keep thinking this is PMS but geez, is it going to be this bad all the time now- every month??? I'll be divorced in 6 months if thats the case!! I didn't have PMS that bad before and I had a regular cycle before surgery. I've seen a couple post's on here lately about the same subject and just wanted to share that I'm dealing with it too I try my best to snap out of it when I flip out or I start crying for the goofiest reason, but it sneaks up on us so quickly!! How long will this little "stage" last?? I feel like Sybil Take Care, Kathy 12/10/03 -99 lbs!!! Yeah- that makes me sooooo happy!!

Hi Kathy, I think the Depressed and yucky stage seems to be lasting different amounts of time for each of us. So I have heard, estrogen is stored in fat, as you lose weight that estrogen is flooding back into your system causing these homonal mood swings. Sad to say but I think we will have these mood swings until we reach goal weight. UGH! Mine only lasted one day, I know it isn't my last but I take comfort knowing that it is hormonal and not something wrong with me. Hope that it helps you too. If it gets too bad, talk to your doctor about going on an anti-depressant. That can make you feel like yourself again! Tracy

Hi there Kathy, I can understand how you feel. Not only are we dealing with our emotions, we are dealing with our new bodys. We are happy at least I am. We have said goodbye to the old and are trying to accept our new us....Sometimes I feel like . We are lucky to have this opportunity for this wonderful surgery I keep telling myself.. Lets hold our head up high and be thankful of the new us... to all of us who are going through this.....LORRAINE FOR YOU AND FOR OUR SUCESS. RNY 12/15/03 -80 PDS NOW ............ 165 PDS

Kathy, My moods tend to go along with whether I am losing weight or not. You are doing so well with your weight loss so I don't think that is your problem. Just know that we are all here for you Sybil Jackie