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I had been taking BioTech Cal-Citrate for my calcium supplements for years but I am not able to find them anywhere now. I would appreciate it if the Community could recommend calcium supplements that come in the smallest sized capsules since I have a difficult time swallowing the huge capsules.
Thanks so much!
First goal 120.0: 12/7/13 Final goal 115.0 (114.6): 2/6/14
5'3 SW: 199 (12/11/11) Current: 114.8 pounds 18% body fat BMI: 20.3
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This was SO helpful
I have just made the decision to change from VSG to the switch.
I didnt even know what this was. Didn't want to discuss anything other than the sleeve but have since found people who had DS and given my BMI of 51, shot metabolism, family history of Type 2 and metabolic syndrome I felt this is the best choice for me for long term success
Dear Lazy Poker 5'1 Meatball, I feel your pain. The odds are stacked against all of us by the food companies so a tool like the DS is a great way to balance the scales :).
I was a 39 BMI but still needed to lose a lot more than I could on my own. I choose a variation of the DS call a Sadi or single loop. It worked for me and I dropped 150lbs. Vitamins are pretty simple and 1 major bowel movement in the am jettisons all toxins which feels great. Everyone's different but I can eat any amount and not gain weight 6 years out.
The most important thing is to find a highly skilled surgeon who's a DS expert.
Good luck!
Thanks Patty, Janet, Hollykim, and White Dove! I so appreciate what all you ladies had to say, it's so great to have a community of people who have experienced life with the DS and can provided some guidance. I am currently talking with Dr. Ungson office and had a consultation over the phone with him as well.
dr ungson Did my ds and he and all his staff are excellent.
Thanks Patty, Janet, Hollykim, and White Dove! I so appreciate what all you ladies had to say, it's so great to have a community of people who have experienced life with the DS and can provided some guidance. I am currently talking with Dr. Ungson office and had a consultation over the phone with him as well.
Hi Janet! Thank you for posting, I am hoping to get down to 120-125. Gosh, all this feedback is wonderful, thanks again.
Well, you know you better than anyone else does. I was in the same boat. I could do a 500/600 cal per day diet and lose weight very slowly but eating that little was not sustainable for me long term. I couldn't keep off the weight. I am a superabsorber. Probably just like you.
I had the DS almost 20 years ago and I would do it once a year if I had to. Being a superabsorber makes you less likely to have serious deficiencies and I have yet to have one. I have never had a problem postop. I do take my supplements and it is just a habit. Not a big deal. I just do it.
I never got much of a free ride. I still have to diet and I have just accepted the fact that I am low carb for life. If I do what I am supposed to do, my weight is manageable. I can't cope with eternal deprivation so I give myself cheat days on holidays and out of town vacations. I have to have something to look forward to. On those days, I eat NOTHING healthy. Doing this makes it possible for me to stay low carb. Halloween is tomorrow(YAY) and I am probably having au gratin potatoes, pasta, and several desserts/candy. And I don't feel bad about it either because I have not eaten ANY crap food since Labor Day.
I am now an old bag. I just look like a normal old bag. All these freaking years later, I am STILL trying to get down to a normal BMI and OMG...I am so close I can taste it. For the first time, I think I will actually make it before I drop dead. The shock will probably kill me...
Anyway, if I was in your shoes, I would do it. Good luck!
I love my DS 10 years down the road!
I have pooped my self very seldom, it has happened and that?s how o learned to never trust a fart. It had never been so urgent that I can?t get to a bathroom. I go first thing every morning and that?s usually it.
I will have loose stool and stinky farts if I eAt carbs. Otherwise I lean
toward constipation from the protein and calcium. That is also manageable.
i am very filigent with my vitamins. Have I missed doses? Of course not I get right back on schedule with the next dose.
wjat would you do if you developed type II diabetes that required several insulin shots a day to stay alive? I bet you would go it cause it?s a life saving treatment. So too, is the DS a life saving surgery. The cons are way way way less for time than the pros.
i also would hAve surgery o ce a year of that is whAt it took.
