DSers--CC Length and Stomach Size?

I'm sure you guys get sick of answering this question but if you'd care to answer it again, I'd surely appreciate it.

Here are my stats.

Age: early 30s
Height: 5'7"
BMI: 43
Co-Morbs: Sleep Apnea, PCOS, Metabolic Syndrome

DS:  3-5 ounce stomach (60f bougie). 100cm common channel.

Age at the time of my DS: 52
Height: 5'1"
BMI: 36.8
Comorbids: sleep apnea, diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoarthritis, high cholesterol and degenerative disc disease.

--gina

Thanks, Gina! I'm really overthinking/obsessing on this, but I want to find the perfect stomach restriction, though I've heard this isn't as important as limb and CC length, with the least amount of possible vite deficiencies and gut issues as possible, does that make sense?

I can understand why you are asking as the DS lab rat data is still missing in action but I am checking in with the coder to see where it stands.

Anyway, I had a BMI of 35.2 when I signed into the surgeon's office. He and I agreed on a 175 cc and he gave me a 4 oz stomach. It was going to be a 200 cc but I asked him for a 175 just before they rolled me into surgery.

Eight months and 2 days after my surgery, I reached my initial goal of 135. I have now revised that down to 125. This morning I weighed 133.2 so I am on my way. :)

Once the DS lab rat data is back online, it will be easy to research that information.

Liz

How tall are you? I'm sorta drifting to the idea of a longer CC length, like maybe 125 cm, but I don't want to regret that later when I'm losing slowly.  Yes, I'm looking forward to the DS lab rat data being back, I've never seen it; it has been down as long as I've been on OH.

I'm 5'4" and weighed 205 the day I signed into the surgeon's office. Did my best to not lose weight as I was SO close to the cutoff. My last check in at the surgeon's I was still a 35 BMI, but the morning of surgery, I figured out I was a 34.9.

Sometimes I wish my common channel was shorter but all, in all...what I have works well for me. Not sure a 200 would have worked tho.

Liz

 I am a little late coming to this party but here are my DS stats:
Age: 43, 42 at time of surgery
Height: 5'4''
BMI: 40 at time of surgery
Co-morbs: Hypertension, Insulin resistence (Acanthosis nigricans), GERD.  I also had blood glucose levels that were boderline high and same with cholesterol levels.  Degenerative Disk Disease runs in my family (my dad is headed in for his 5th back surgery in a few weeks) so I am sure I was quickly headed there too.

My surgeon use a #39 French bougie and my cc is approx. 100 cm.  So far I have lost 83 lbs and I am almost 7 months out.  I am still on bp meds but down to one medication and it is a low dose, that will probably stay due to the heredity factors. GERD is gone and I only took a PPI for a short period of time after surgery. My blood glucose and cholesterol are great now and now joint or back pain, not to mention I no longer keep my husband up all night with my insane pre-op snoring. 


-shelly

Shelly-

As they say, better late than never! Thanks for your response!

Des