Hi I had my BPD and had lost  180 pounds..Including Breast Reduction and Tummy Tuck due to Hernia..I dont have GallBladder..no problem so far with only a little on borderline of VitB3..

I was thinking to discuss about doing revision to lose some more weight..although I dont put on weight..so I spot this post on google and want to share..what others feel after redo the BPD..I hope you got good result please do post..

 

I'm new here..I do have VSG in 2010 and than BPD in 2011..

 

Shasha

Hi there!

Can someone give me the supplement/vites list for us DSers or direct me to where I can find it?

Thanks in advance!

 

HI Debbie,

Thank you for providing this information.  I am a RNY ( 4/2003) and al beit I lost 103 lbs I did not get anywhere near my goal weight of 145-150, so I was considering the DS and all the information I have been reading has really scared me.  I only need a jump start and something to stop the dumping.   I had considered the band but it seems if you get a band revision you will eventually have to have another surgery to have band removed or there is slipage and issues with the port.

 

Good Luck with your continued weightloss!

Agree with Msbatt.... I had BPDDS in 2002, lost over 150 lbs easily, with several health issues resolving, thought I had hit the jackpot. But I have struggled with anemia, low vit D, low calcium, low protein, horrible digestive issues every day. I have other chronic health problems unrelated to the weight. I now must take more than 2 x the amt of meds needed to achieve proper amt in my bloodstream due to the fact that I do not absorb them all as I have only 4 feet of working small intestine (the other 20 was bypassed). Think 40 or more pills a day. And I did get lucky just recently to find that if I eliminate wheat products from my diet (think gluten-intolerant: breads, pasta, pizza, all that good stuff) my digestive issues resolve. But here is where I just have to be blunt... Every day since my surgery until I eliminated gluten, I suffered extreme abdominal bloating, painful cramps and gas, awful smelly flatulence to which I could not control when it would happen or stop it from happening (out in public...). And the worst-daily diarrhea, sometimes even preventing me from leaving my home because once it got started, it continued off and on up to 3 hours at a time. If I had to have a bowel movement away from home, sometimes I would just cry because of how mean other women would be that might enter the restroom. And as for the BMs and gas, there was no "holding it". When I had to go, I had to go. Thank Goodness the change in diet has made me normal again. But those negatives had such an effect on me over the years I want each person considering BPDDS to know what could happen. I am sure there are plenty of great responses to that surgery, but if I had to do it over again, I'd do the RNY like my husband.

My Dr is happy with the weight I have lost I am still over 220lbs but I lost 130lbs so he is happy, he is just not great with my bloodwork, he forgets to let me know when things are getting low, so I have decided to monitor my own results, thanks to the DS site.

I have been overweight all of my life at which point now I am SMO. I know some people make it to goal while others do not. I would be fine being in the overweight section of the BMI chart but when I was there many years ago my PCP still said I needed to lose weight. After weight loss surgery and being a few years out some people just can not lose another pound no matter how hard they try. So does your PCP still give you crap about your weight because your BMI is still in the overweight range ? Or have they backed off seeing how much weight you have lost?  

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I have not been to this site in forever. It is funny that the only BPDs talking are from Dr. Sifers. He was my surgeon also, on May 12, 2003. I went in knowing about both and that he did mainly the BPD w/o DS, but I hoped to talk him into with the DS. Well, he talked me into the BPD w/o DS. I knew my downfall was sugar and the dumping with deter me.  Hahaha yeah right. A true addict will struggle through the pain. I didn't follow the wls plan completely but I still managed to lose 200 lbs. My goal was 180 and his was 160. I never reached either. The lowest I got was 198.

 

I have yo-yo through the years. I eat bad then when clothes get too tight and I hit the gym and diet again. Bad part about that is the losing quickly in the beginning of dieting again. Example is now I wa****ting a high of 272, I was eating real bad and ended up in the ER with pains from constipation. So I decided to hit the liquids again as stated by SIfer to start back to scratch. I lost 20lbs in a week. Well, that seems great and I feel like a winner. Then the bad foods call me back and I slow down again.

 

Also since my surgery I had had to get back on my bipolar meds which helped to increase my weight before surgery. I did have hernia repair last year 10/2011. Which I believe I had nearly since I had my wls but no doc could figure it out until the pain wouldn't go away on it own and they had to figure it out. I never heard a good word about Dr. Sifers either from other health professionals. I am glad I had it done. I knew all the risks and complications going in. At the last ER they told me I was anemic. I hadn't been low in iron since my surgery. I am usually told I am low in potassium because I also take a diuretic or magnesium. But those are in those crisis ER times. On normal check-up blood work, everything is normal.

I sometimes think of getting a revision to help to lose more weight. Does anyone know of what would be the best revision for a BPD patient?

I am curious also. I had the BPD without DS and wanting a revision. Not sure what to revise to though.

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