Well it really has been a while. I had a complication at one month out and was in the hospital over a week. It was an abcess. Ouch. I am doing fine now though at 8 1/2 months out. I have lost a total of
TWO~FREAKING~HUNDRED POUNDS

now! I can hardly believe it. I fel amazing and can walk again. I didn't realize how bad my life was when I weighed almost 500 lbs. It WAS bad. It sucked. I can do anything now. It feels amazing. Evry ache, pain, doubt, barf session and painful medical...

I feel icky. I stopped taking Vicoden today and woah do I feel bad. It's like I went into insta-depressed mode. It sucks. I feel a little paranoid too. I keep having thoughts of leakage. I am outwardly optimistic most of the time but inside I have a darker paraniod "if it's BAD it will happen" kind of thinking. I am thinking of going to a counselor. I have tried before and always ended up frustrated and a little insulted. I wish I could find a therapist who had undergone weight loss...

Well here I am on day 11. I am doing sooo much better now that the surgical gas or whatever they pump ya' full of is OUT! I am no longer hearing gurgles and roars coming from my innards and the pain and PRESSURE is gone

Eating real food has been going well too...I am not scared to anymore now that the awful bathroom "action" is over. I had blueberry applesauce,tomato soup,protien pudding and fat free cottage cheese today. When the awful bathroom stuff was happening last...

HI~
I am new here and looking to make friends who understand what is happening in my life now. I had Gastric bypass 9 days ago but lost 81 pounds on South Beach in the 10 months beforehand.

I have been overweight since my late teens/early 20's. What some call the "freshman 15" turned into the freshman 85 when I moved away to college in 1993. I was unhappy at nearly 300 lbs but still functioning and couldn't seem to stay on any diet longer than a week or two. After...