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Thank you for sharing
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
I'm here. I check it the site most days and respond when I feel I can add value. I read the DS and the General boards.
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
I started dieting pre-puberty, but despite also being athletic, I still gained. My mom and I were doing diets together since I was 8, on and off. I still gained. I understand your plight. I also understand a surgeon being hesitant to do a DS on you at such a young age, despite it is likely the only thing that will give you success.
You're older now, wiser, and they can now believe that you are perfectly willing and capable of doing what is needed to be healthy. I concur with everything the two before me said.
The terms for the hybrid versions that surgeons (that never EVER did a real DS) are peddling are called SIPS, SADI and Loop-DS. We are already seeing revisions from these to regular DS, and the last thing you need is a 3rd procedure, right?
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
At my lowest, I didnt look very vivacious, according to others. Regaining 15 lbs filled my drawn facial features back up, then the next 10 lbs made me look normal, even though I'm officially overweight by the BMI charts. I'm comfortable as a size 8-10 right now. I'm not perfect, but I'm maintaining this comfortable spot with no effort at all.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I visit weekly, but most have moved on to other social media to converse.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
If you want this next surgery to be your last surgery, I suggest you talk to a real DS doctor. You shouldn't have been recommended the VSG in the first place at your starting weight. IMO - that was irresponsible and just wanting your money. The Loop is by any other definition still "experimental". The DS was experimental for 20 years before it got respect from insurance. Less than 10 years of data isn't anywhere near a guarantee, especially since there are unsucessful Loop DS (aka SADI and SIPS) people who have revised to a standard DS because of lack of results. Others are learning that they are having way more challenges nutritionally than their surgeon's led them to believe, and they find themselves needing as many vitamins that we have. Add to that the reality of bile reflux, which is a common problem with Loop.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
You can make it more straight forward. your are overanalyzing too much.
Don't even - with the calories. I can consume 3000 without even trying.
Bravo on hydration, now protein, fat, veggies (for garnish). Some have added intermittent fasting if the body resists. You know how to eat. Just don't stress over it so much.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
Fat and hydration are the keys to avoiding constipation. Adding MCT oil is adding fat. You can probably do that with food just the same. I can get in 64 oz before lunch, and I'm working on my second 64oz. Everything wet counts in my book, so not jus****er.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I hate that surgeons are recommending VSG to patients with that much weight to lose! So many are just like your sis. Being that she is self-pay, another option is surgery outside of the DS and will probably be half the cost. Mexicali Bariatrics is the only place to trust in Mexico. Dr. Ungson is one of their surgeons and he trained another surgeon to do DS, but the name escapes me. I wouldn't recommend PS if she intends to lose more weight, or else she will need it all over again.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I've not had any problems at all (13 yrs out). Some do find a need to tweak extended release dosages (but some don't).
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
