I had gastric bypass surgery in 2007. I thought life was finally going to go my way. I lost 199 lbs in the last three years. One year after the surgery I started experiencing terrible bloating and gas that would put a skunk to shame. I called my weight loss doctor and was told that I was probably drinking to much soda and as for the smell, I could take an internal deodorant. None of this worked. I lived with this problem for another year. I recently had to have some surgery and while in the hospital was feed intervenously. I felt great the only problem was that my blood pressure dropped and my white blood cell count dropped dangerously low. None of this could be explained by my physician. Once I was allowed to eat again, I of course went back to eating sugarfree products again and started feeling terrible. I went on for another month, and decided to research the possiblity of toxic posioning from the sugarfree products on the market. I was surprised once I started researching. I realized from the list of side effects what was wrong with me in a matter of minutes, and doctors all keep telling me it was just normal because of the weightloss surgery. I have been off of the sugarfree products for a week now and am feeling better every day. I was a label reader because of my weightloss surgery, now I read the labels for a new danger. I am making an appointment for a hair analysis so I can have some kind of documentation. I have started finding alternatives to all sugars, honey and stevia are my sweetners. I have to watch what I eat and drink much closer now, but at least I found the problem early before I had a more severe or deadly reaction.

I posted this message in another forum room and didn't get a very good reaction due to not being very scientific, sorry that it wasn't and I wasn't looking for sympathy. I didn't realize I had posted in the wrong forum room. I was just hoping to post something that might open someone elses eyes as mine were. People who have gastric bypass surgery are suffering with this more and more everyday. I found the website sugarfree blues a very eyeopening experience. Thanks.