DS - 5.5 years after the Sleeve
Has anyone had the duodenal switch after having the sleeve years before?
If so, do you feel it was worth doing or more of an inconvenience vs the benefits?
I am booked for the DS on the 21st of August and really trying to decide if I still want to go through with it.
I have had great success with the Sleeve itself from 440 down to 265 but have went back up to 299. but then I was referred for the DS and wasn't sure if I wanted it so I used Isagenix to get myself back down to 245 from the 299 within 6 months(which took me off the DS list). But Isagenix costing 1000 a month for my wife , Daughter and I became to expensive, so we stopped. Now I am back to 295.
Interestingly enough with the IsaGenix, my energy was so high that I ended up working out too much and injured my foot. I was literally running 5KM\day -6 days a week. In the past year I feel like I haven't got much for energy at all, and while running daily I was a much happier(not a grumpyol fart) person..
If people had great success with the DS after the sleeve then woohoo - but if the benefit isn't really there I may just have to suck up the expense of IsaGenix and give it another go.
Thanks
Hi Henry, I am 4.5 years out from my VSG which I hadwith DR B at the Georges Dumont in Dec 2013. My highest weight was 420. I got down to 240 with the VSG but at about 2.5 years out I was back up to 270 and yo yo dieted for a year before deciding to have the DS. I had the DS one year ago in July with Dr T at the Georges Dumont and I have lost 90 more lbs putting me at 180. I have 10 more lbs to loose before I go for skin removal surgery which will probably land me at around 155-160 which is my exact target weight for my height. I am so happy I had the DS, I have had some ups and downs but wouldn't change getting it for a minute!
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