Am I too skinny?

I will be 2 yrs. post-op in Nov. I'm 5'7 and weigh 135 lbs. In the last several month's I've had people tell me, I'm too skinny, I need to eat, I need to gain weight, I even had some jerk that I hadn't seen in a couple of years ask me if I had AIDS! I thought I was looking kind of skinny, but kept telling people it was because I had lost a lot of muscle. My weight came off really fast. I think that was due to a longer recovery period (3 mos.) I had a really bad infection. (A whole other story!) After everyone telling me I was getting too skinny I guess you could say I "fell off the wagon". I've gone back to my bad eating habits. I started drinking Mt.Dew (not diet either) eating chips, fatty foods and even my favorite, Suzy Q's. Sometimes if I eat too much sugar or eat too fast I get nauseated and have had dry heaves maybe three times but have never thrown up. It was the only thing I knew to do to try and put on a little weight. I haven't gained any. I don't know if that's good or bad. I don't take my vitamins because they make me gag and choke. I had had my blood work done with my family doctor and it's fine. My support group moved their meetings to a town that is much farther away, so I don't go to those meetings. I guess I'm just trying to figure out what I should do now and I figured this was the best place to find help. I finally got the nerve to come here and ask for help because my 22 year old neice is having a gastric bypass in a few hours. She decided to have the surgery because of what it has done for me. I want to be a good example for her...I just don't know how to get back on track. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help.

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