Calling all boring DSers...stop hiding. Come bore us with your ordinary life. LONG.

Boring Boring Boring with no complications. I could eat decently early out. I'm down 108lbs and feel great. I can move around better, I sleep better, feel better,I can drop it like it's hot better, Life is better. I occasionally stall but I remember the threads I read and that gets me through it..or is it just my imagination.lol .I can throw my son all over the place,I can ride his plasma car and I can walk without gasping for air....I once thought I was a complete stomach sleeper, but since I lost so much weight ,I wake up comfortably on my back. I purchased a freaking coat from the  old navy sale straight off the rack and not in the plus size section.but, I won't lie I thought I had to get a plus size version of my size. Ya know the size you think you are but you get it in plus size to lie a little..but not me I could fit the regular version. Sometimes When Aunt flow is on her way  I eat a lil chocolate but, I manage to find my way back..Things are great. I love my ds and wish I could spread my joy but people are so afraid of this wonderful surgery...I would do it again in a heartbeat but I won't need to cause the ds is the shiznit.Thanks Nicolle for the boring people's post..I'm boring..

I too am a boring DS'er! Glad there are so many of us showing up here!

I am almost 4 months out I believe that makes me a newbie!

Surgery- Everything went as planned, I was in the hospital for four days and felt like I'd been hit by a truck! Then everyday that passed I felt better and I was on tylenol by 6 days post op.

Recovery- I didn't get dehydrated, I got all my protein in from the start and took all my vites, afterall that IS what I signed up for. I was back to my desk job by 8days post op, I worked 3 half days then  went back to full time the following week. I was tired at the end of the day, but all things considered my body should be tired! I had very few bathroom issues, I was about 10 days post-op when I started having solid bowel movements. 

Weight- I've lost 70lbs!!!!! OMG it's just amazing to me! My mind hasn't caught up with my body yet, but I'm sure that'll come in time. I can shop in regular stores now!

Appetite- Some days it's bigger than others. I don't see a pattern at this point. It's so nice to not be a slave to food. No milk for me, it doesn't agree with me!

Gas- yes I have it, nothing uncontrollable though.

Taste- I tried a bite of chocolate the other day, literally a small bite and I didn't like it!! Whoulda thought! Will my sweet tooth come back, maybe, but for now I enjoy it! I find myself craving meat.

Wows- There are so many! My fingers and feet are smaller, I have collar bones, I'm starting to look like an average person, I fit in chairs, my weight is low enough I can safely climb a ladder (not that I will cause I don't like them), I only need ONE hospital gown, it's easier to get in and out of a car, I'm not eating when I'm stressed out, I am still amazed at how little I eat and I feel satisfied, I went from a size 24 to an 18, I feel my rib cage... it's endless!


Life in general is awesome with my DS! People do wonder why I eat so little at restaurants, making sure everything tastes ok! hehehe it's kinda funny to me!

I am grateful for this board and everyone on it! My sincere thanks to everyone that gives so much of themselves here!

So, although I consider myself a fairly fun and exciting person, my DS life is quite bland! hehehe

Nicolle, thanks for starting this thread, it's a GREAT idea!!

Lisa

I'm so boring and ordinary that I've already "forgotten" the hell of being in the hospital for nearly two months with premature rupture of membranes with the twins and am thinking "yeah, I could see getting pregnant again (with somebody else's baby)." If that isn't so absurdly normal (minus the "having someone else's baby part!"), I don't know what is. I think my husband would kill me, though, if I said that to him. Again - normal!

Oh! And I'm so utterly boring that I completely forgot to mention anything DS related in my post. Now how's THAT for boringly normal?

I guess I should brag that because of the DS, I was able to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight two weeks after giving birth to twins. It would have taken me months, if ever, to get the weight back off before the DS. In fact, having babies is what caused me to gain all the weight in the first place. Not so much anymore, eh?

Wow twins!  I am actually a lapbander looking for a revision.  So far I'm leaning towards the DS I think.  Please feed me with information lol  You all make it sound so much better then my nerves tell me ha!

I have not had children and was worried about that.  Well you definately made me feel better.  I just hope I can get my insurance to cover the revision or I'm stuck with this worthless band!!

I'm just curious though......does everybody have to be opened up or can it be done laproscopy?

Depends on your surgeon's skill and preference on the open vs. lap thing. Some docs say they want you open so they can "see everything" while others (mine included) say with a "camera, they can see even better than if you were open."

As a revision, I cannot stress enough that you need to find a VERY experienced revision surgeon. Just because someone can do the DS does not mean they can revise from anything to a DS. It's a very complicated surgery.

I would get consults from Drs. Rabkin, Greenbaum and Keshishian if I were you. I'm sure there are other good ones, and I will let others chime in on that.

Nicolle

Dr. Peters does open only with the DS, and especially with revisions from lap band. It is not a big deal.

Another somewhat boring DSer chiming in! I had a very easy recovery and no complications. Working on an iron issue but it's noting that can't be fixed.

 I eat pretty much whatever I want. I do limit certain carbs because they just take up too much space.....mainly pasta. I love bread and I drench it in butter or dipped in spices and oil. I ate carbs all the way through my losing months. ( I don't recommend that for everyone) but I was never deprived. I enjoy snacks and sweets daily.

I also don't post on the Food threads for fear of others thinking that I am gloating. I remember as a pre-op reading posts from Scottie and I just thought it was all too good to be true. Well, I am living that too good to be true life now. All of the guilt that I lived with as a morbidly obese person is gone. I remember the shame and guilt every time I ate something that was bad for me. The best feeling in the world is being able to eat guilt-free!

I've been fortunate enough to have some plastic surgery done and I couldn't be happier with my results. I am grateful everyday for my new life. A life that I would have never had without having the DS!

P.S. On one of my boring shopping trips to Old Navy the other day I picked up a pair of size 4 jeans.....WTF?????

Loving this thread.  I do have to admit that I kept expecting "issues" after my DS, and have been so pleasantly suprised to be wrong.  

I, too, am a boring DSer.  My surgery went well, I was in the hospital for 4 days, one extra because of some strange coloring in my drain, it took care of itself though.  I have no real bathroom issues, I have had some constipation at about 3 months, but that seems to have improved.  I get some gas, but it's better now than what I had pre-op.  I've never had nausea, and experienced diarrhea only for the first few days post-op.  I did have food intolerance for several months, which was frustrating, but not debilitating by any means.  I do have some low values in my labs and I am working on improving those and will keep working on making sure I stay on the right track.  I've lost nearly 100 pounds in 6 1/2 months.  Mind blowing stuff, this DS.

I guess you can add me to the boring folks.  I am half of a DS team and while my other (better?) half is just a few months out and far from boring.  Me and my DS get along just fine, no drama, no issues.  I just feel insanely fortunate to have been able to travel this path.

The pekes are even a little ho-hum about it all these days.  As you can tell from my avatar -- the girls are all hyped up on the drama!

Red