Hey all, been a while

I have been missing you guys, now that I am a few days past one year of RNY I know I need to keep a presence on this board as the people are so kind and knowledgeable.

I have lost 60 something lbs. Been hospitalized with something the doctors could not figure out (full body rash, high temp, mouth full of canker sores) the last two tests they did were for parvo and HIV! Man, they were really scraping the barrel test wise at the end. I even had a rash on my ears, but not my face.

I recently had another dilation, completely shut. I weaned myself off all narcotics so I am seeing a pain specialist and that is going okay. She used to work with my bariatric surgeon so she understands where I am coming from.

I want to have a baby within a year but if the opening to my pouch keeps closing, I dunno what I will do. The last dilation was not entirely successful, I believe it is probably 50% open, as I cannot eat as much.

What do you take for trace minerals? I believe that is why my soaps and shower gels smell sooo good to me. I constantly crave fruit and finding organic fruit in Michigan in the winter is a trial. Lots of pears. Apples are not juicy enough.

I will read through and get up to date.

Rose

Hey there! It's so good to see you!  

Trace minerals, I supplement a few extra such as selenium, boron, etc. and I get what ever is in 2 multivitamins. I've also started supplementing omega 3-6-9 with Barlean's Omega Swirls. How are your last labs looking and what is your vitamin regimen?

--gina

 Rose  if I craved fruit that much  ... I might  just resort to pureeing  entire  fruits and eating them that way .. also  start eating soft  highly nutritious fruits like raspberries , blueberries  and  papayas  whole .  

I WOULD eat the skin .... pureed for the fiber and because the majority of vitamins  lurk right underneath it ...  

I dont  find  I dump on  fruit  in  normal sized quantities and i REALLY dump   - I can eat  almost an entire  box of raspberries for instance .  My body tells me when to stop too.  

Good luck Hun  Im so glad Ure listening to Ur body and its talking to U  !  

Rose,
It is so good to hear from you.  I've been wondering where you were.

I am sorry that you have had such a hard time.  Hope the doctors can get it figured out for you and get you better soon.

Linda

Welcome back.  Sorry you can't keep your pouch cooperating.  Hopefully it will happen soon so you can have that baby you want.

I don't suppliment other than my multis and so far so good.

Rose - good to see you again!  I'm sorry to hear you're still having problems... I was really hoping you had those resolved.

Can't help you with fresh fruits in MI during the winter... Only place I can think of are COOPs....