I had the 2nd part DS in 2017. My Dr. Made my CC length 300, which made me a little upset. I never got to my ideal goal, but I did get to 179. I have a feeling he may have done that because of my age. My labs have stayed pretty good, so I guess I can live with this weight. I do have to have iron infusions every few years. I eat at least 80 grams of protein, and at least 50 grams of fat. I take 3500 calcium, 800 magnesium, 180 mk-7, 50,000 D3 per day, vitamin E 400, vitamin A 25,000 per day, 2 multivitamins, 50mg zinc. Yours will probably be a lot different, but this gives you an idea. Back when I had my DS someone posted the vitamins they took and that helped me a lot! Mine have changed a bit, according to my labs. Hope this helps! Good luck!

this may not be a vitamin or supplement issue. I suggest you see your pcp who may send you to a specialist. Good luck.

Congratulations on your loss, and your maintenance over time. That's wonderful and takes a lot of hard work and dedication!

Not familiar with this surgeon at all. It looks like his name is still associated with a clinic but the website is in Polish. Could very well be retirement, though!

I hear the forums are a much quieter place these days than some years back. This is the norm for what I've seen, though. The most active forum is the RNY board, though people still check in here! There are some great long-term DSers who weigh in when folks post. Best wishes!

He gave me an amazing life saving tool back on Feb 26th 2008 , thanks to him I now live life,not just exist.I lost 220 lbs and maintaining.

So I was going to do an update with him but sadly I saw the offfice was closed permanently. Does anyone know what happened? Quite possible he retired i suppose.sure have missed the forums over the years.Thanks all,

I have osteoporosis - not sure if my surgery (RNY) was a factor or not, because we never did a baseline on that before my surgery. But I'm in my 60s and osteoporosis runs rampant in my family, so it may have just happened. They do have drugs now that stop the loss, and others that actually build bone. I was on Reclast for three years which stopped the loss- but my endocrinologist wants to try Forteo starting this summer to build them back some before I head into my "golden years". I'm not saying osteoporosis isn't serious - it is - but they're better able to deal with it than they were a few years ago. I didn't even realize it was possible to build bone until I after I was diagnosed...

P.S. my bariatric clinic doesn't check for copper, either.