Any old timers still hanging out?

Hi-

Not sure how I stumbled onto this bc I rarely even come to this site but your post caught my eye. I had RNY in 2007 (Kaiser South San Francisco), revised to a DS by Dr John Rabkin in 2014. I'm curious about your protein malabsorption. My latest albumin level was lower than it has ever been and it really shouldn't have been. I can always be better about eating protein and I'm as prone to denial as the next person, but having said that, I did not drastically stop eating protein. I also dropped 40 pounds without trying and became extremely fatigued. I started drinking 3 protein shakes a day (90 grams total) in addition to what I'm eating and the fatigue did a 180. My pcp ran every test imaginable and I'm healthy. But in the back of my mind I'm still wondering why my protein was so low. I've never heard of anyone not absorbing protein until I read your post. Did yours come on suddenly or has it always been an issue? Did you have symptoms?

I just checked in after years of being inactive on here. I had my surgery in 2007. I have experienced roller coaster weight loss and gain to finally be here today saying I am still down 110lbs, not as much as my highest loss which was 145lbs. Not too bad of a gain over the years. I'm still healthy and still active.