Hi there!

Can someone give me the supplement/vites list for us DSers or direct me to where I can find it?

Thanks in advance!

 

HI Debbie,

Thank you for providing this information.  I am a RNY ( 4/2003) and al beit I lost 103 lbs I did not get anywhere near my goal weight of 145-150, so I was considering the DS and all the information I have been reading has really scared me.  I only need a jump start and something to stop the dumping.   I had considered the band but it seems if you get a band revision you will eventually have to have another surgery to have band removed or there is slipage and issues with the port.

 

Good Luck with your continued weightloss!

Agree with Msbatt.... I had BPDDS in 2002, lost over 150 lbs easily, with several health issues resolving, thought I had hit the jackpot. But I have struggled with anemia, low vit D, low calcium, low protein, horrible digestive issues every day. I have other chronic health problems unrelated to the weight. I now must take more than 2 x the amt of meds needed to achieve proper amt in my bloodstream due to the fact that I do not absorb them all as I have only 4 feet of working small intestine (the other 20 was bypassed). Think 40 or more pills a day. And I did get lucky just recently to find that if I eliminate wheat products from my diet (think gluten-intolerant: breads, pasta, pizza, all that good stuff) my digestive issues resolve. But here is where I just have to be blunt... Every day since my surgery until I eliminated gluten, I suffered extreme abdominal bloating, painful cramps and gas, awful smelly flatulence to which I could not control when it would happen or stop it from happening (out in public...). And the worst-daily diarrhea, sometimes even preventing me from leaving my home because once it got started, it continued off and on up to 3 hours at a time. If I had to have a bowel movement away from home, sometimes I would just cry because of how mean other women would be that might enter the restroom. And as for the BMs and gas, there was no "holding it". When I had to go, I had to go. Thank Goodness the change in diet has made me normal again. But those negatives had such an effect on me over the years I want each person considering BPDDS to know what could happen. I am sure there are plenty of great responses to that surgery, but if I had to do it over again, I'd do the RNY like my husband.

My Dr is happy with the weight I have lost I am still over 220lbs but I lost 130lbs so he is happy, he is just not great with my bloodwork, he forgets to let me know when things are getting low, so I have decided to monitor my own results, thanks to the DS site.

I have been overweight all of my life at which point now I am SMO. I know some people make it to goal while others do not. I would be fine being in the overweight section of the BMI chart but when I was there many years ago my PCP still said I needed to lose weight. After weight loss surgery and being a few years out some people just can not lose another pound no matter how hard they try. So does your PCP still give you crap about your weight because your BMI is still in the overweight range ? Or have they backed off seeing how much weight you have lost?