hey all, I am so bummed

WOW !!! Im in the same boat you are in..I had my surgery the same day and i have lost a total of 82 pounds but only 58 sence surgery...i take pain meds also for an auto accident i have when i was only 3 months out...Im down to 199 and have not lost another pound sence i was about 4 months out ..im on a major plateau...i JUST WANT TO WRITE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR NOT ALONE..I was in a size 20 now im in a size 14..would love to be down to 150 by christmas . I dont see that happening unless i get off this plateau...((((((hugs))))) Stacy 281/199/150

Tina, Sorry to hear you are having so many troubles. I do understand the no more weigh loss thing, I am 19 months out and haev not lost anything since I was 10 months post surgery. I still have 65 pounds to go and it is driving me crazy. I don't know that I am officially depressed, but I do have definite times where I say what the H*** and eat choclate and give in to all the old things I craved. Of course makes me sick if I go too overboard which is good. I then decided I did not go through all this risk of dying from the surgery etc and leaving my kids without a mother so I kick myself in the but and start at it again. Now that kids are in school I can get in some time for me, I have an hour between taking my oldest and youngest so my youngest and I walk that hour it helps me, and him and is a great way to spend some time outdoors with my son to talk. Then afterschool I have an hour with my oldest to do the same. It helps us physically and mentally. I know you are in pain and I am sorry I can not help you, but as someone on here mentioned that maybe swimming may be the way to go it's relaxing and supports your body. Vent anytime. Also maybe you are not eating enough. I have really started to keep a close watch on what I eat and keep a food diary. It is amazing to realize that I do not get enough of the right food in, I also can not drink water so I do a lot of the s/f koolaid and generic crystal light and s/f chocolate milk. Milk is the best as it has protein. Would be glad to communicate with you more if you like, just email me. Good luck and God Bless.

Hey Tina, I can really relate to the meds doing head things, I've taken Percadan sp? in the past, all I could do was sit and cry with no idea why -till I stopped taking it. hmmm I also have 3 herniated disks in my back - major back pain. For the first year after my WLS the depression was horrible, I would read the posts here and just wonder what the heck was wrong with me everyone else here sounded so normal and happy. Also after the first 50 lbs my upper back pain got a whole lot worse. Now that you're probably really depressed reading this -- around the 90-100 lbs loss, the back pain started getting a little better and I figured out some of the reasons I couldn't eat anything, got some better meds, instead of anti depressants I got a anti anxiety med which also helps me sleep - which I really agree with the other poster, that is soooo important to everything. I didn't post because I was sure I was the only one having the depression I was having. I'm at 2 years now 170# gone (hopefully forever!) My depression has gotten better, I still have back pain but it's better and I started seeing a pain specialist for that also. I really am trying to convey -- it will get better. Maybe not immediately but it will get better. I hope you get on the right meds pretty quick. Don't hesitate to email me and whine -- it's my turn to listen to someone else LOL Nut