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I had RNY so don't know if this is a factor in DS. With RNY, most people gain back 20% of their lost weight in during the third year after surgery.
So my surgeon recommends losing an extra ten, twenty, or thirty pounds while it is still easy after surgery. They look too skinny for about a year and then fill out again.
I don't know if bounce back happens with DS, so I apologize if this is completely not applicable to you.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Thank you, I can not tolerate any fruits at this time. I see a nutritionist monthly.
I doubt all DSers need to see an endocrinologist. I only needed one once I was diagnosed dxd with osteoporosis. Not all are capable of dealing with DS. Many want to lump us in with bypass patients. Be sure your doc has that understanding.
Relative to your question about treatment. Fortero is a daily injection so no issues with absorption. I have had great success with Fortero. It is the only need in its class that actually grows new bone. I grew a half inch on it in one year at 54 years old. That's amazing.
Best wishes on your journey.
Blessings
Julie
Wow Paul wow!!!!
This is amazing and inspiring to me. October is my 7 year surgaversary and I stay around 160 with basically zero attention to my diet other than protein and vits. I eat any and all carbs.
I truly would like to get 10 to 15 off. Please share you diet and exercise program.
Blessings and congrats
Julie
Only food but in some cases like the dry fat solubles it helps.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
Well there
is this....
I am just back from 8 days in Florida, eating right and biking twice a day. After 6.5 years I was OK with hovering around 220 but started working a little harder this year on exercise and diet. Truly I never thought I would see onederland. Not sure how long it will last now that I am post vacation but I'm thrilled I made it this far. Healthy, labs are good, Some left over issues from my pre-op diabetes days with my feet and my kidneys but not everything is reversable. No meds for diabetes, no BP meds, just thyroid medicine and a water pill ( for some reason I am prone to high potassium, hence the water pill). I started out my journey here and thought this was the best place to celebrate. So even after this long additional loss can happen of you want it to.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
Number one is funny to me because I still think that if I ate anything that day that would lead me to gas laying down always gets it started. Just ask my poor suffering dog. :)
I did have some thought about women knocking on my door but of course I wasn't outgoing before the surgery and didn't change after it but at 61 I'm OK with it.
These are all pretty good. I mostly just wanted to be healthier and be able to be more mobile and that worked out for me so I think I had very few misconceptions, mostly because my goals were pretty narrow.
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
I get over 100 oz per day so I am peeing a lot. On a normal day 1 BM but always depends on volume of food and type of food but pretty rare for me to go 3 times a day.
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
I just wanted to add a couple of things I have seen in posts. Your labs look good with a good PTH so you may be fighting genetics as opposed to a DS related vitamin deficiency issue.
How much calcium and magnesium are you taking and what kinds. You may want to add something like Jarrow or a different kind of calcium. I've seen people post that they up their vitamins and the mix with some good results but it seems to be a long process.
It's good you have the chance to react before things got really bad.
There really isn't a way that I am aware of to measure the K2 and its effect from blood work. Most people seem to work on their mix of calcium, mag, D, and K2 to make sure their PTH stays low.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
Do you still have as big an issue with any carbs as you did at the beginning? I would start to add more carbs in, baked regular and sweet potatoes, more vegetables, bread, etc. Add slowly to try and plateau the weight loss or at least gain a little more control.
More catbs doesn't mean more sugar but I think at a year your tolerances should be a little higher. You don't say how close you are to goal so depending on that is how much you want to start modifying your protein first diet.
At least that worked for me over time although it took me a year and a half before I thought about slowing things down. For me there was also some idea of wanting to get to the part of the DS where I could eat more regularly rather than a strict DS losing diet.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
