Breakingtheshell

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful words and your advice!! I am so sick of being around people who think that they have a doctor's degree and knows everything about gastric bypass surgery!! We are the ones that went through six months of counseling went home with a Bible to go by for the rest of our lives it is nice to finally find a place to talk to people who know what in the heck they are talking about!! Unfortunately I cannot do any type of exercise my back is so broken I need to have rods and screws inserted and I don't know what they're going to do from there. Washing my hair and showering can be a chore I do the majority of it but even raising my arms in the air for a small length of time really aggravates my back and causes great pain that is when my husband takes over and helps me out. Don't get me wrong I really adore my doctor but I think before the surgery they all get you so hyped up and then the surgery is over the money is in their pocket and then when you ask questions over and over without getting an answer that satisfies you or make sense they want to quickly run to the next patient. That is very unacceptable to me and I will raise my voice when I see him again. I am very grateful don't get me wrong of all the weight that I had lost and 86 inches is a great deal when you take out your measuring tape and hang it on your wall. I always felt sexy about my body when I was between 185 and 200 and if I can get to 185 giving myself wiggling room in case I do gain a little bit of weight. However I still feel like I am hitting a brick wall I know that you're not supposed to lose after so many months as quickly as the first few months I am not being delusional about my expectations I have sincere questions that need to be answered as to why it is stopping and I am gaining a few losing a few gaining a few losing. Thank you all once again for supporting my concerns. I have to figure out how to post my pics! Lol Great day to all! Xoxo. Tina finally breakingtheshell.

Hello everyone my name is Tina otherwise known as breakingtheshell. I really want to share my story with you I am so glad that I found this website. I am sure that there are many others out there with my situation maybe somebody can help me understand this because I asked my doctor my dietitian and they just seem to give me short answers and then there in a rush to get away I started out at 347 during my six-month counseling sessions and the day of my surgery I was 327 my surgery was on October 26, 2012. I wore a size 5x tops and bottoms or a 32/34 and my bra size funny funny was a 54 Double D. I never wore jeans after my disability which was a big contributor to becoming morbidly obese. Oh this is funny, I used to wear a size 13 wide shoe now I'm in a 12. How did that happen?? The surgery was extremely painful for me and it took a great five hours for them to poke and probe me and rearrange things rather then the simple 2.5 hours. My liver was extremely enlarged because I suffer from nonalcoholic liver disease so they needed to go in other places it was hard for them to lift my liver to work around it. I have been on the highest strengths of morphine for so long that when I got into the recovery room I felt all the pain and there was nothing else they could do for me so I stayed at the hospital for three days straight crying and begging for help to get rid of the pain.........I felt like I was butchered. By the way I was on pain medication for so long because I have severe back injuries I need to have a Nother three surgeries on my back I have fibromyalgia rheumatoid and osteoarthritis degenerative disc and joint disease spinal stenosis sciatica And everything else that causes pain. This is how I got started on my venturers for a gastric bypass surgery my back surgeon had to do another surgery on me but because I was so morbidly obese he refused to open me up on the operating table for fear that I would die. He told me I needed to lose over 100 pounds and in order to do that I had to go have the gastric bypass done so I quickly did my research checked my insurance and was approved quickly after six months of counseling. I lost a lot of weight I'm talking about 85 pounds by the end of my third month. I felt horrible I felt lethargic and spent most of my time in bed because I was so tired. My skin dried-up like you would not believe my face looked horrible like I had aged 10 to 15 years and I still with having pain in three months in my stomach area. Oh and the hair loss ......it's still coming out!! My six-month mark was on April 26, 2013. I had lost 122 pounds and my clothing sizes got to an extra large top a size 16 trying to wiggle into a 14 jeans and my shoe size went down and my bra size is now at 38b. When I look in the Mira I see a totally different person I look like a skinny person but I know that I need to lose at least 60 more pounds!! my husband says I should be grateful for what I have lost but darn it I didn't go this far to stop here but the problem is it STOPPED!!!! I understand that there are times that you will Platau but mine has lasted two months now losing only 9 stinkin pounds. I started solids a little late because of having Strictures and having to be dilated three times but I noticed that when I started eating solid foods my hunger started and I always feel hungry again an hour after a meal. I can only eat 1/4 to 1/2 cup of solids. I mentioned this to my doctor and that was hysterically crying and he says to me well that means your metabolism is working again that's a good thing and then got up and walked out!!! Wtf???? This is my life. This is my dream. I am doing everything by the book I am drinking my Protein I am actually drinking the whey protein bullet (with approval) which is nice because it's only 3 1/2 ounces to suck down to get your protein and I don't know what else to do. I cannot exercise because of my back injury. I'm going to be having surgery again rods and screws put in my back and I just don't know what else to do. I've kept logs, drink my liquids,snack on a little fruit or fat free sugar free yogurt. UGH CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME ADVICE ON HOW TO KICKSTART MY WEIGHTLOSS AGAIN????? I don't want to be skinny because I love curves. I'm not being selfish! Thanks in advance for your input. Tina