Awesome. I love the new clear. wish they had more flavors. How do you enter the giveaway?

Ugh, that sounds awful! So sorry you're going through this. If you can, I'd try to keep your ovaries if they still look good. That way you have less hormone imbalances longterm. Good luck!

Ok so, I just had a revision from VSG to DS on 4/10. I had great success the first time (114 lbs) and slowly gained it all back. The sleeve is a purely restrictive diet that frankly doesn't have a lot of longterm research on it. My revision surgeon said that now that we have some vsgers that are 8-10 years out, we are going to start seeing more and more of those people regaining and needing revision surgery.

So I'm now 7 weeks out from the stage II DS. Do I regret the surgery? Absolutely not. Honestly, my recovery from the VSG surgery was more difficult that this one the first four weeks. All I kept hearing was how difficult taking vitamins were and how awful your poop is going to stink. Or that you're going to have uncontrollable diarrhea. The vitamin regimen isn't that difficult. Poo stinks whether you have a DS or not. And DS poop smells are largely diet controlled. I have not once, or even come close, to pooping my pants.

Do some research on DS surgery long term. DS has the best success rates in terms of less weight regain, diabetes, hypertension...VSG is still a newer surgery and there's not that many longterm studies out there. The only caveat is because this would be a revision surgery, you're going to lose at a slower weight than a first time surgery. It has to do with metabolism and each surgery you have lowers your metabolism a little bit more. Think twice, cut once. But you only have 40 lbs to lose. I bet you'll lose more and keeps it off longterm with the DS.

Where I did hit a snag was with my iron levels. I've had lowish iron for years (and have done B12 injections and vitamin D supplements since college too). My iron panel plummeted week 4 post op and I ended up having an iron infusion last thursday. I am still on the mend and not liking feeling as fatigued as I do 7 weeks out.

But I would do it all over again. I wish I had gotten the DS the first time around. I really thought I had beaten obesity the first go round and it was embarrassing to gain back all of the weight. Whatever you chose to do, be kind to yourself. Good luck!

Ok so...I was a lightweight WLS a WAAYY long time ago. I had the vsg in 2009, lost 114lbs...practically lived on no carbs and worked my butt off (literally) on a spin bike....and then it all slowly came back on over eight years.

I had a revision surgery to the DS on 4/10. I was the EXACT weight of 238 for both surgeries. What are the chances of that? Because I am a little bit older than I was 8 years ago, I have PCOS, and it's a revision surgery, I am going to lose at a MUCH slower rate than I did the first time.

With all of that said, I am seven weeks out today and I've only lost 12 lbs since the actual surgery. (lost some on my own dieting before surgery) Frustrating? ABSOLUTELY. But that's how it goes. What are you going to do to lose weight faster? Cut your leg off? That's crazy!

The best advice I ever got the first time around is what I'm doing this time around to stay encouraged on this journey. Keep records of your weekly weight AND your measurements. Every monday I weigh myself and I measure my bust, ribcage, waist, hips, thigh, calf, and upper arm. I have found with both of my surgeries that when the scale doesn't budge, my measurements usually do. Even though I've only lost 12 pounds since surgery, I've lost 8.5 inches overall in 7 weeks. I'll take it!

Good luck!

Roz, I like Quest protein. It's all whey but is only 11 grams protein per scoop. I got a variety pack with all their flavors. Also, I'm really liking the Premier Protein I won. The clear protein comes in fruit flavors and is 20 grams protein per bottle. No artificial flavors. It's 90 calories, 1 carb and 0 sugar. There's also chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, caramel and banana protein drinks from Premier Protein. They have 30 grams of protein.

Hope this helps.