Lost 36 pounds the first month, was in the hospital one night, but back in the hospital two weeks later with the stomach flu, couldn't stop vomiting and dehydrated. Stayed in for three days. Quit my job prior, so that wasn't a factor, but I could not have gone back to work for at least four weeks, the way I felt. I don't think anyone can explain how tough the first week or two are--the combination of pain from the operation, pain medication that made me absolutely psychotic, not being able to eat, head hunger (your mind says you're hungry, but your body tells you not to even try to eat), only being able to eat tiny amounts after decades of stuffing yourself. We call it "hell week" for a reason!
All that said, my only regret is that I waited until I was 45 to have the surgery. As far as addiction transfer, for me it's less that than, as Zen said, old bad habits keep cropping up. Nonetheless, it changed my life for the better, and more able to deal with the old problems now that I can't eat my way through them.
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Lisa M
Lap RNY - 9/26/05
surgery/ lowest/ goal
Weight: 303/ 137/ 150
BMI: 56/ 25.1/ 27.4
Now in maintenance stage, with desired weight range: 150-153 pounds
Current weight: 143 Updated 7/16/08
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein
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Originally Posted by Gina in NY
Doesn't matter what you can eat, just matters what you do eat.
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