msracefan

Jennifer, I have had everything you described going on the 2 years I've had my band plus port pain that my surgeon just blew off as "in my head" type thing. Today I visited another surgeon and am having my band removed on August 18th...Thank God!! I wish I would have looked into removal a year ago, but I kept hoping it might get better. Thank you for your post...I don't think I'm "crazy" anymore. Jackie

Thanks everyone for your support! You all gave me some great input. Jack, your post was excellent! It really made me look deeper inside myself. I know I can do this!

I've gained back 15 lbs. since my surgery in April, 2007 because I've reverted back to the way I use to eat and I quit exercising. For Breakfast I have yogurt & sometimes yogurt & Cookies. I usually can't eat anything solid at lunchtime because it is so stressful where I work, I can't keep anything down. Therefore, I've got into the very bad habit of going to DQ for a Blizzard. I graze at work too with candy or chips and when dinnertime rolls around, it's whatever I have in the fridge, healthy or not. And not that I'm making excuses, but with food being so expensive, it's hard for me to buy stuff that's good for me. I've always hated to exercise and did exercise for about the first 6 months after surgery. I live out in the sticks and my road is not safe to walk on. Plus, who wants to walk outside when it's 25 degrees and dark when I go to work and dark when I come home from work?. I am depressed over this whole thing and my surgeon isn't much help. Any advice or support would be greatly appreciated!!

Accountess--I have the same situation as you, but I haven't tried toast and with my past experiences with bread, I don't want to even go there. I miss bread and pizza, but who needs the carbs anyways??