Body Odor After DS ??

OMG I was worried about this same thing and now that I am post DS I feel like a total moron. My surgeon told me it was a terrible, reprehensible rumor and I have found that to be the case. The only thing I can figure out is IF anybody smells a DSer it is because that person is a nasty @$$ to begin with and has not washed his/her nasty @$$ in a while. I don't stink and none of my fellow DSers stink. I find I am now equally offended by this question. Edited to say...however I do understand your need to ask it and why we need to respond. Good Luck and I truly hope you choose the DS!

 Yep, I reek.  I smell like health and vitality and a busy, busy person.  I'm not tied to my couch anymore, I'm out living life.  So, if in running around after my daughter, playing in the yard, gardening, working out, ect make me stinky, then yeah, I guess I stink because of my DS.  Because there was no way in hell I could or WOULD do any of those things as a preop.  Heck, I'd sweat to death just climbing the stairs as a preop.  Now, it takes a great effort to get me sweating, and it feels damn good :)  But, I clean up a lot better in my daily showers than I could preop as well, so any funk is easily (and quickly) removed these days :)   I keep myself out of ketosis to avoid the breath issues (and it can come out of your pores too), plus I feel like crud in ketosis.  As for smelling in general, nope, can't report that.

Sniff----Sniff....SSSSNNNNIIIIFFFFF.....I smell something! SWEET SUCCESS with my D.S.

None here!

 Smell?  Geesh, I'm just glad I survived!

jan

This is so interesting. At my first visit at the surgeons office, the doc who I saw (not the surgeon) told me that was one of possible side effects of the DS.  He said some people have to take chlorophyll supplements to help control it? At least I "think" that was what he said. He has kind of a strong accent, so ya never know.  But also at the discussion group where the surgeon was explaining all the surgeries and how to choose, one of the things he mentioned was that DS'ers couldn't eat much fats, which clearly there is no indication of that on this board. In fact it seems quite the opposite.  Things that make you go hmmmm..... I wonder if more docs should hang out here. :)

The SURGEON said that?  OMWord!


"I wonder if more docs should hang out here. :)"

 I wonder if you are right!

 I think that it would be a very good thing if more WL Surgeons hung out here. In fact I was thinking we should do a roll call. How many active DS'ers are here. Their stats. Etc. 
The reality of the DS is different than what the Dr's are saying. 

And I just got done talking to Crookes over the weekend. So I know that to be the case. Their patient experiences are just not jiving with the life experience here.

This is one of the myths that the RNY and lap band docs perpetuate.  NO, body odor is not a side effect of the DS.  Both me and my husband have had DS and the pekes still love us!  And as to the other part of your question, "if you even survive" -- all I can say is hmmmm DS surgery is no more risky than any other surgery. 

Red

Pharmacological and Surgical Treatment of Obesity." Southern　California Evidence-Based Practice Center. RAND Corporation. July　2004: for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department　of Health and Human Services.
 

Rand reviewed articles dating from 1966 to 2003 regarding gastric banding, VBG and other gastroplasty, jejunoileal bypass, RYGBP, and BPD/DS. The report found that surgery controls obesity-related comorbid conditions more effectively than non-surgical treatments. No clear differences in mortality or complications exist between different surgical procedures. Overall mortality for bariatric surgery remained between 1 and 2%. No recommendations were made beyond future research priorities. There was limited discussion on bariatric surgery and this assessment did not address bariatric surgery in people 65 years or older.