I haven't done any updating since my one year surgiversary.    My weight seems to have stabilized between 120 and 124, and I currently weigh 120.   I am wearing a size two or an XS.   It's so strange to wake up every single morning and put on a pair of fitted waist pants, AND a belt and they zip right up and never change in how they feel around my waist.   Pretty cool, huh??   I eat an incredible amount of food, and a great variety.   My gas issues, although certainly still significant, are better than they were.  I can now eat a cookie or a small roll and not drive into the next county with the fumes.   My only real issue is sugar.   If I eat a lot of it, especially something really concentrated like jelly beans, it literally goes right through me.    I will start in with diarrhea 30 minutes or so after ingesting the culprit food, and it will keep me up all night.   

 I just had my labs redone, because my one year ones were crappy and they are still...well...crappy.     Despite trying to up my protein and adding an extra dry A & D, I'm low on all, and my zinc too.   I have been taking Repliva for my iron for three months, and my hemoglobin, although it's come up a bit, is still low.   The good news is that my PTH has come down.  Interestingly, because I'd read here on OH that DS'ers tend to be low on zinc and copper, I took the liberty of adding a few extra labs on my lab order sheet, and now know that I need to supplement the zinc.   My doc, although completely unaware of the zinc/copper thing, was impressed that I was so informed and did not admonish me for creating my own lab orders, LOL.

I am now taking 50,000 of D once a week, adding some zinc and more A, and the doctor is trying to figure out what to do about my low hemoglobin and iron.  

Despite the lab issues, I am thrilled with this DS.   I love my mobility and I literally do not hurt anywhere.  I feel like I'm 20 instead of 46.   I love wearing high heels and sharp clothes.  I love having men treat me like a dainty little thing.   To newbies, I can't stress enough the importance of getting your vitamins, protein and water in.   Even though I'm uber compliant, I still have lab issues, so make sure you get your labs monitored regularly! 

I will post some new pics on my profile tomorrow!