Didja Miss Me?

Hello Everyone!!! I'm here I'm here. I'd first like to thank you all for all the and support that you have given me. I was overwhelmed to say the least with all the emails and everything. I'm happy to see that the board was going pretty good while I wasn't forcing you to say something. Tuesday I was three weeks post op. I couldn't weigh myself because of Dr. T's faulty scale. (Are they ordering a new one yet? I have no clue) So I dusted off our scale and tried to fix it the best that I could. (Two 3-year-olds thought it was a trampoline) According to the scale....which seemed pretty accurate by weighing others.... Get this.... I'm down to 334. Now that will of course be give or take a few pounds but 334!!!! That would make me down ANOTHER 24lbs!!!!! I got on and off about a million times to make sure. It kept going to the same spot. I am, of course, PSYCHOTICALLY excited! My clothes are getting bigger. I went to Dr. T's support group the other day and Crystal said, "Your clothes are just falling off of you!" That felt good. LOL I'm gradually going into pureed foods now. I'm not doing the blender thing. I'm just chewing really well. I hear that is what most post-ops do. Last night my husband ordered pizza. I had a cheese stick, top of the pizza ONE PIECE (cheese, some sauce, sausage and black olives) and a little bit of potato. I ended up chewing the top of the pizza too much and spit it out it was so nasty. LOL I had no issues and was drinking water in an hour. It's so funny how we have SO MUCH pizza left over. Usually he and I would put down a pizza like nothing. Now we have pizza for DAYS. It was hard to eat the small amount that I did. I wanted to eat piece after piece after piece REALLY REALLY BAD. But that was it....I WANTED to eat it. I definately felt full when it was time and I had to stop. My daughter kept giving me food out of habit. I had to explain to her that Mommy couldn't eat that. It was hard for her to understand. So that is what's going on with me. Sorry it's kinda choppy but I was trying to get everything in without making this a novel. Melissa Lap RNY 8/31/04 391/334/190

Well, that kinda is a loaded question, you are libel to get a gazzillion answers positive and negative to it. Why don't you update your profile and tell us where you live, what doctor you went to and that you are post op. I always like to see if someone is close by me and that maybe we could get together in the future.

Hey Melissa--No fair, you are leaving me in the dirt. I thought I was doing so great at 353! Oh well, in answer to question, yes I did miss you. I always enjoy reading your posts and emails. By the way I am just kidding--I am seriously glad about your humungous weight loss! And to be honest -- I could be a little less or a little more than 353 because I am using my home scale too and it has seen its better days...I will have the "official" weigh in on Friday at my one month post op appt. Keep up the great work!!! P.S. How tall are you? Joy Lap RNY 8/31/04 391/353/150