Hi, My name is Faye. I started my journey in August 2012. I am 34 and have been, what doctors call morbidly obese, most of my life. My surgery date has been tentatively scheduled for 21 may. I'm nervous about not knowing what to eat, eating the wrong thing, and then suffering from post op symptoms like ulcers, kidney stones, etc. I've lost 32lbs on my pre-op journey and while I'm excited about progress, I know that this surgery is just a tool to changing my life and living a healthy life. Thanks in advance for your support and advice. Faye

Hi Faye

One thing I noticed after my surgery was that I was no longer hungry. I found it was not hard to lose weight when you are not hungry. There was a lot of complexity following surgery and it took me 6 months to get to my happy state. The meal plan, the Vitamin regiment, the Protein supplements, the time spacing between these regiments - all made this process overly complex. I put down my experience in an article "How I Survived Bariatric Surgery". It is posted on the internet at http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf