Wanna know if your ****'s gonna stink after the DS???

(deactivated member)
on 4/9/09 3:08 pm, edited 4/9/09 3:08 pm - TN

I already have terribly stinky, smelly gas. I mean, it's awful. I can't say that I fart in front of everyone, but I'm not the most modest person about it. I guess it is really easy for me to say as someone who is pre-operative, but I really couldn't care less if my poop or farts stink worse after surgery. Sick to say, but I'm kind of curious just how much more vile and putrid my farts can be. But, after I satisfy my curiousity, I need to get some probiotics or something - at least for my husband's sake.

mquirkygirl
on 4/9/09 5:59 pm - New York City, NY

DS on 03/10/09

My gas issues have improved since surgery. I used to fart at least 30 times a day. Not kidding. It was awful. It didn't matter what I ate or drank, it was just all the time. And they didn't smell like roses either. I'm much happier with my 8 or so sometimes stinky farts a day than 30 that were guaranteed to be stink bombs. Truth be told, since surgery, I've only had 3 that were just textbook awful.

5'10", HW: 326/SW: 280/CW: 181/Goal: 165

MsBatt
on 4/11/09 7:03 am

DS on 12/11/03

On April 9, 2009 at 10:08 PM Pacific Time, Starbelly wrote:

I already have terribly stinky, smelly gas. I mean, it's awful. I can't say that I fart in front of everyone, but I'm not the most modest person about it. I guess it is really easy for me to say as someone who is pre-operative, but I really couldn't care less if my poop or farts stink worse after surgery. Sick to say, but I'm kind of curious just how much more vile and putrid my farts can be. But, after I satisfy my curiousity, I need to get some probiotics or something - at least for my husband's sake.

Wouldn't hurt anything to start probiotics NOW.

Batwingsman
on 4/9/09 3:08 pm, edited 4/9/09 3:10 pm - Garland, TX

DS on 08/12/06

I was doing fine the last few days .. even had solid "medusas" .. but hten this afternoon I must have misate something , b/c right before I left the office I squeezed out the "gold toothpaste" and smelled the men'sroom up so bad that I was lucky they weren't calling 911 down on the lower floors of the building ..

The only thing I ate out of the ordinary was a little packet of CheezItz out of the vending machine a couple of hours earlier .. Can't believe that small thing would make that much of a difference, but I guess it did ..

Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "

HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )

(deactivated member)
on 4/9/09 3:16 pm - TN

DS on 04/22/09

WTF are Medusas? Are they little curly turds or what?

Batwingsman
on 4/9/09 3:19 pm, edited 4/9/09 3:20 pm - Garland, TX

DS on 08/12/06

One of our fellow forum members (can't remember her name - anyone?) dubbed the "normal" DS stools as looking like a Medusa's hair .. long, thin, squiggly .. When I read that, I knew she had hit it spot on!

I guess I take credit for coming up with "potstickers", which are the ones that stick tenaciously to the porcelain and usually have to be scrubbed off .. They are caused by an unusually high fat content in them ..

Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "

HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )

Laurie LOVES her DS
on 4/11/09 3:26 pm - Southern, CA

DS on 11/30/04

Paul,

Step away from the vending machine. Problem solved.

PRE OPS ... Want a surgery that has the least chance of long-term re-gain, is BEST at curing your Diabetes (98%+), removes much of the hunger hormone Ghrelin, NO DUMPING, NO MARGINAL ULCERS and NO STOMA / STRICTURES? CURIOUS WHY I CHOSE THE DS? VISIT MY PROFILE.

Batwingsman
on 4/12/09 12:06 pm, edited 4/12/09 12:07 pm - Garland, TX

DS on 08/12/06

Good point, Laurie. I used to bring beef sticks, jerky strips, Pure Protein bars, etc. to work to snack on instead, but got so burned out on the same ole after 2+ years, and slowly felt the "call of the vending machine". I need to kick myself in the butt and go back to those original snacks, instead.

On a positive note, by otherwise watching my carb intake I have apparently managed to lose about 10 lbs. of my 23 lb. recent regain .

I'm glad our new office building where we're moving our offices at the end of the month does NOT have a vending machine (and I hope it doesn't for a LONG time!)

Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "

HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )

Kathy H.
on 4/9/09 3:12 pm - Kent, WA

DS on 05/04/09

ah. Okay. I found the post that set this off.

I get it, now. I'm not so quick on the uptake, sometimes.

~laughs~

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bordumsetzin
on 4/9/09 3:22 pm, edited 4/9/09 3:22 pm

DS on 09/16/08

Even though my mom and sis had the DS 8 years ago and I was fully aware of the gas and poo stink, the whole potty thing was ALMOST a deal breaker for me . Then I got over myself and reealized that I needed to be there for my family - gas and all - not obese and dead. The DS is the gold standard surgery and I knew it was the best choice for me. There are trade-offs with anything and I am more than happy with the results and "consequences".

Dana

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