Thank you! Appreciate the feedback. Its good to hear the experiences of others. Congratulations on your sustained weight loss. Such an achievement.

Thanks for replying.... I've settled on my DS... which it is cuz of the two connections, with a common channel of 200cm. So it's modified...I think that'll be best for my situation. It's sounds like you're doing great with the sadi...I was contemplating that surgury, but it wasn't covered by my insurance. My surgury is in September... so I'll be reporting back my journey. Thanks

This forum is almost exclusively people with the Hess DS, and although well intentioned, you'll hear a lot of hating on the Sadi DS by people who don't have any experience with it.

It's been around for about 15 years and I had it done 8 years ago. I had the exact same concerns about malabsorption, malnutrition and side effects. I also was concerned about keeping the weight off long term. The Sadi DS has been a gift from god for me, and my common channel is about 300cm. The longer cc does not mean less weight loss or malabsorption. That is a huge misperception. Sometime less is more, and sometimes more is less. I was a lightweight at about 300lbs pounds as a 6'1 male now in my early 60's. My weight hovers around 160lbs but fluctuates by about 5 pounds up and down. I eat about 3k calories a day with about 300 to 400 grams of carbs and 120 grams of protein. As long as I eat mostly healthy (still plenty of snacks) then things are good. My price for poor eating choices is gas or bloating.

You should use these forums for some insight and perspective but definitely do your own research and find a real wls expert who knows the sadi, hess, vsg etc, and then discuss what's really best for your situation.

Good luck!

I took your advice and joined that fb group. It's amazing with all of the collective info. There is a lot of info to support both schools of thought....I still have a lot to contemplate.

I wish him the best and I hope he makes an appropriate choice. But you can't make anyone do anything. Maybe he is smart enough to make the right choice and maybe not, but seeing that all of you have had WLS, he certainly has resources available.

My thought, I wonder if he would take the supplements if he had the DS. Or would he be stubborn enough to refuse? If He won't take the pills, it is not the surgery for him.

As your family already knows the VSG is just another diet with a smaller stomach. I agree with you that your son needs malabsorbtion to be able to keep the weight off.