Do you feel healthier or less healthy since your DS and are you happy with the DS?

Healthier after 7 months. Down over a 120 lbs from the day of surgery. Off all diabetes meds.

Not yet completely healthy - still on blood pressure meds. Pre-DS I had a lot of trouble with foot ulcers. 
They seem to have healed but I picked up a staph infection in my foot so still some problems there but
so much easier to deal with at my new weight.

The only DS specific health issue is that I was slightly anemic at my 6 month labs. I tweaked my vits with
the Doc and we will watch. Otherwise not sick at all.

I am MUCH healthier.  On November 1st, I will celebrate my 1 year surgerversary!!  I no longer suffer from high blood pressure, sleep apnea, GERD, or severe back and knee pains. 

I am SO happy I chose the DS!!!!  I went from feeling like a sick near-death person pre-op, to feeling young and full of life now!! 

Much healthier now.  I don't have diabetes any more, my sleep apnea is gone, GERD is gone, back pain is gone. 

I am so much more active, working on my house and gardens, building my deck, fixing the roof.  All of these things would not be possible without me having lost the weight and gotten off all my meds.

I also noticed that being really heavy, and being 50 yrs old, it was almost impossible to get good paying jobs.  Age discrimination and obesity discrimination does exist, and losing 85 lbs does make a person look younger. 

I had a few complications with my surgery, but I would do it again in a heart beat.  I'm just glad I did it at the beginning of the year and have dropped the majority of my weight already.

I'm happy and healthy. I celebrated my 5 year surgeryversary the other day and I've never felt or looked better. I'm never sick. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

4 yrs out. Happier & healthier than I could have ever imagined. The range of motion alone is amazing.  If I'm sick, 99% of the time it's what I ate and should have known better.

Coming up on ten years post-op, and I'm MUCH healthier---especially since at the time of surgery I had a life expectancy of five years.

Not only are my chronic health problems resolved, my immune system seems to be much better. I rarely catch cold, etc., and pre-op I usually caught a cold in the fall and kept it till spring.

Dropping all my excess weight in 8 months allowed me to rebuild my body, elevate my spirit, learn healthy habits, and ultimately achieve "the healthiest ever in my life" comment from my internist. Just having the D.S. is only part of the equation for healthy success. Having a super support group of professionals at my surgeons office- GHP, helped educate me all along the way with absolutely necessary changes to make in every category of my life to have weight loss success, and maintain the loss. Nutrition, exercise, psychology, support group meetings, PA's, nurses all helped. My hip and knee arthritis pain disappeared, also easier breathing, a bit of plastic surgery and many more plusses so numerous I can't list them all. I'm a completely new person. My husband said I look and act like I'm 30 years younger. I feel like I'm having a second chance to live the best years of my life all over again. I'm so happy I chose the D.S. over all the other weight loss surgeries. The many diets  I used over my lifetime that never worked for me are a part of my past, never to be revisited again.

I can count on one hand how many times I've been any kind of sick since my DS 8 years ago.  In fact, I'm so stinking healthy that my life insurance company cut me a partial refund because they overcharged my premium and I got the super-healthy rate.

Excellent question.  Before DS I would get sick with flu, colds, swollen ankles and just pains frequently.  Since I lost over 100lbs and started eating healthier and working out consistently....I can say that I have not been sick in over 2 years.  Sure I get a sniffles from time to time, but I don't have to go see a doctor or take meds for it.  Now i go to the doctor for my annual wellness visits.  I'm so happy now and I think my attitude has improved which makes me less prone to getting sick. 

I feel super healthy !!!!!

My energy level increased with the weight loss. Exercising and walking are possible. Pain free hips and knees from arthritis. Don't need any pain meds. Had one cold in the past 2 years, no flu. No headaches, no nausea, no GI issues. My PCP said I am the healthiest I have ever been in my life. Labs are in super condition.