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Thank you for your lovely replies! I'm not a misserie guts, just lost and trying to think ahead about how life will be now, without that best friend food!! It has helped to write down and post how I feel- in this new way of being! I need some sunshine!!!! Keep in touch, Julie

Hello everyone, I'm new! I am a friend of CLAIREC. My name is Julie and I live in England with my husband and I have 2 sons. I had my gastric bypass on the 8th Feb, 2014 in Chichester . I am 5 weeks post opp today! I am over the worst of the surgery physically, but now am dealing with learning to live with the bypass , and the realisation of what have I done to myself? I do not regret it for a second, but my life seems to be governed by waiting drinking times, pills and I'm always wondering what is the best thing to eat when it's time. It is a huge learning curb and I feel a bit lost. It's all going well and I have lost including the milk diet, 29LBs so far. I feel much better in myself but more fragile since the food intake has been drastically reduced. Is this normal? I have posted more on the main gastric bypass forum- I'm not sure of this forum for posting what where- so being a Feb girl, I should be here I think. Please read my main posting . Wishing everyone the best of luck with their surgeries, from over the pond, Julie xx

Hi everyone, I'm new! My name is Julie and I live in England. I am a friend of CLAIREC. I had my gastric bypass on Feb 8th 2014 which makes me 5 weeks out today! I'm over the worst of the surgery. And now I'm trying to come to terms with what I have done to myself!! This is a completely new routine and I am trying to adjust to this new life . I have written a post on the general gastric bypass forum! Wishing everyone the best from over the pond, Julie x

Hello everyone, My name is Julie and I live in England and had my gastric bypass on the 8th Feb, 2014, which makes me 5 weeks out today! I'm over the worst of the opp, physically, and now I am trying to deal mentally with what I have done to myself- and what this means- living with gastric bypass. I am delighted that I have gone ahead with this huge decision and I feel that I have researched it well- but honestly- research all you like - nothing will prepare you for how you will feel deep down inside as the weeks go by. I can't put my finger on it- but something has been lost. I am lost. My new life is governed by times and drinking waiting times, eating duration times, pills and in the early post opp days self injections. I was so relieved when these were finished. I just don't like injections!! I have lost including the milk diet weight loss which I did for 10 days, 29LBs. I am delighted. I have a long way to go , but it's a good start and I am still learning what to do best for me as an individual and not just a bypass patient. I feel very well supported- my family and friends mostly have been great- but I did not tell many people till the last Minuit , not even my mum! I had to get used to the idea first before I went public with this ! I was afraid with what people would say, like oh, did you hear about Julie? She really must be desperate to do that! I know that comments like that represent lack of information on Bariatric surgery, and they simply don't understand that we are fighting a disease like any other and it is a very distressing disease socially at the least... I also have fabulous support at Streamline with the team and the forum there. We have monthly meetings and the people that I have met have been very supportive. Everyday my main focus is on what I should be doing for the best for the bypass living- I have many other things in my life and I guess I feel guilty for thinking about these things secondly- guess I am not used to putting myself first. Everything takes so long to do. I walk for an hour briskly then I come home exhausted and don't really exert myself after that. Just potter around the house and do jobs that need to be done, that I feel I have energy for. I aim for 10,000 steps a say with my FITBIT device. Don't always manage it. Before my surgery I had high blood pressure and was morbidly obese. So I decided to improve my health for now and the long term. That was my aim. So I had the gastric bypass. I had good energy levels and now I am tired very easily. I will be happier when I can regain my energy levels, eat a wider selection of normal foods- eat out, I haven't done that yet, and do what I need to do without feeling like I am wading through mud! I am probably a very impatient patient!!!! I don't know myself how I feel but I feel different, more unsure of myself- it's like a knock back. This new life is a learning process. I am aiming for happiness. Wishing you the best from over the pond, Julie