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    ANY DS REGRETS?

    Kenyatta W.
    on 2/12/11 9:10 am - Indianapolis, IN
    RNY on 01/07/13 with

    HI ALL!

    I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY DS REGRETS? I HEAR A LOT OF RNY REGRETS BUT NO DS REGRETS.

    I AM TORN BETWEEN THE TWO. YES I KNOW IT IS A PERSONAL DECISION BUT JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY DS REGRETS AND THE COMPLICATIONS YOU ARE DEALING WITH.

    THANKS IN ADVANCE!

    ~Kenyatta~        "....If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed."
                                                                        ~David Viscott~  

      HW: 302 | SW: 272| CW: 246.4| GW: 135

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

        

        

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    kahlana
    on 4/25/11 5:36 am - Stevens Point, WI
    VSG on 01/26/12 with
    I'd be interested in knowing as well since i am planning to go with the DS myself.
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    tammytamm
    on 9/17/11 5:42 pm - Willowbrook, IL
    DS on 10/13/05 with
    I know you posted this a while ago but I hope it is useful info for someone.
    I had the DS in Oct 2005. I was around 350lbs.  It took two years to reach my goal weight of 185-190.
    For the next 3 years I maintained my goal. Then last year all my GI problems started and I am at this very moment in the hospital.  First I started fainting for no apparent reason. Then the stomach pain started. I have been hospitalized 8 times since Oct 2010. I have been told I had everything from pancreatitis/chrons/celiac/e-coli/c-diff but even the GI docs I've seen are at a loss. I weigh a whopping 98lbs now.  Its hard to believe that I have gone from a size 30-32 to a 4.... and still losing no mater how often I eat and what supplements I take.
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    Valerie G.
    on 1/8/13 9:44 am - "The OG", OH
    DS on 10/31/05 with

    Hi Tammy, 

    I just noticed this post, and wondered what the end result was? 

    Valerie
    1 year to lose the weight - 6 years maintaining it with the DS
    There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..next to the mashed potatoes

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    determineddanni
    on 10/21/11 10:44 am
    DS on 12/19/11 with
    To get solid advice on both I would do some lurking on the RNY and DS forums. Also maybe grab a couple vets from each and chat to them. Another thing I would look into is dsfacts.com and other sites compared the two surgeries. See what works best for you.
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    Batwingsman
    on 3/21/12 11:23 pm - Garland, TX
    WLS on 08/12/06 with

      You bet ..    But, what WLS alternative is there that gives (supposedly) as great % of EWL and maintenance of loss?   Until something better comes along, I guess we can't complain much .. 

    Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... " 

     HW/461  LW/251 GW190 CW/313 (yep, a DS failure - it happens  :-(    )

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    susieq35
    on 3/31/12 11:48 am - Espanola, NM
    DS on 04/24/12 with
    Hi

    I had the same conflict but have decided on DS mainly because of the sustained weight loss over time.

    Best wishes
            
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    TravelingMomofTwo
    on 5/16/12 4:09 am
     I'm curious myself....thanks for posting this question.

    Im sorry to hear (sorry I couldn't recall name) you are in the hospital. Did you have health issues before the DS that may have contributed to the problems? Are you on a regular protein/vitamin diet, with regular dr and surgeon follow-up? Just trying to see if there is anything we can do to protect ourselves from medical harm IF we get the DS...
          

    DS Surgery Date Scheduled for July!

    HW: 277


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    ChristyTal
    on 7/15/12 5:46 pm
    Regret that I didn't do it 15 years sooner!  I have my life back.  I'm "ME" again!  Maintaining easily.  Amazing. 


         
          
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