Update! I've been gone awhile. crazy how life gets in the way.. Almost 2 years out heading out for my appointment next week, I started June 2012 at 276 lbs and surgery December 17 at 235.. My lowest was 154 in November 2013 then I sit now (November 2014) at 160-165. I understand the weight loss but I now want to lose fat. I have belly fat (not skin) to get rid of and would love some tips to shed some pounds. I've minimal eating issues other than with gluten and sugar (don't eat wheat products d/t severe pain and swelling but not celiac and sugar d/t extreme hypoglycemia). Any help would be appreciated !! How are yall doing??? Here are some updated pictures too! can't wait to hear from everyone ❤️  

   

 

I was trying to post my own..sorry, I'm new to this...I googled Charley Horse in stomach also because for the past 6months I have been having severe pain..It first started when I was in a bent down position It was the worse pain..I thought it was my appendix, I could barely get up and I tried walking it off, thought I was ok then bent down again and the pain continued...I had to drive home in pain for an hour and stop several times...I thought that was weird so I chalked it up to some real bad gas..took some gas ex and felt ok but really sore in the stomach for the next several days. about 3ms later I had a full on attack, I did have a pain killer that day and it was hot outside and I was bending alot doing things for a yardsale...I started to feel sick with a migrane, then I sat down with a towel on my head and bowl and vomited...had to jump up because the vomiting triggered the most horrible attack all over my stomach. My sister called the ambulance and they told me I had a cyst on my ovary and it would need further testing. They intially thought it would need surgery then after further testing decided to put me on birth control...I had several tests...I argued with my doctor because I said there is no way that could be causing me so much pain...and I felt it was coming from somewhere else. What am I suppose to just wait till I'm in excrusciating pain and it happens again...I don't want it to happen again. I'm thinking of removing that ovary just as a precaution. The pain generally was on my right side, well lately it has moved to my left side also and almost anytime I bend over now I start getting it...I'm wondering if it is something with my colon or intestine..I'll be going back to a different doctor for answers...I have never had by-pass surgery but i'm just heavy and I do think my weight has something to do with it.

We are currently stationed in Virginia. I had a barium (CT)done last Spring in the ER.

Dema and a CT done by drinking g barium and they will find the hole.  I'll let you know when they call with my surgery date. By the waywhere do you live at?

At 5 days post-op, you're still healing from having all of your nerves severed.  You can't trust your stomach for anything, since it's a liar.  You're also unlikely to feel any sense of fullness until you're eating solid foods.  

This is why it's super important to weigh and measure everything you eat right now, since you don't have any reliable signals to listen to and you don't want to damage yourself by overeating.