Hi!

I am brand new to all this, hoping to have surgery in October. As I am deciding between VSG and DS, the big scary thing for me is vitamin deficiency. For those of you that are years out, how have your labs been? Does anyone know how common vitamin deficiency is in the DS? Thanks!!

Hi Dnicko,

Quick question, have you tried to reset your gastric? What I mean by reset is you start over like you just had the surgery.

I was in my way to regaining all of my weight and I was back up to 260 for a while. My health had started going back to where it was when I was 356 before my "RNY" back in 2001.

I found that my "New" stomach was still working, I just wasn't "Working" the "Tool" way it was intended. So after almost 15 years out and still 100 pounds from my goal.

(My regain was appx 60+)

I started a small farm to force myself to work my "Tool" again. Toating water for the animals, carrying 40-80 pounds of feed, digging a new garden and building cages takes some getting used to. But by drinking clear water, no juice, no soda and eating 4/6 ounces of protein the again weight off flew in 8 months that 100 went bye bye!!!!!

I also adapted a saying: If I didn't catch it, kill it, grow or make it myself I won't eat it.

I have chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats and pigs. I also go deer hunting, we hike at least 20 miles when we hunt. So protein is my number one food source along w/my garden and small orchard I don't crave fast or convenient foods.

Toned and leaner than I've ever been, I can wear lil girls or boys clothes because sometimes a zero is too big.

You don't have to go as extreme as I did but you can control YOUR tool/fork with or without surgery or an extra surgery by working it daily, hourly, minute and by second.

To make it simple:

A "Tool" takes work to use it.

I'm right there with you - without her I don't know where I would be. My regime is similar to yours but I actually take vitamins three times a day - I take a little more calcium than you do. I've never been able to get my A up no matter how much I take and also take 150K of D. I've also had iron issues over the years - don't take oral anymore and have finally had success with the latest infusion - 18 months ago and labs are still awesome.

My doctor is also amazed how "healthy" I am at 62 - no prescription meds needed :)

Please listen to Larra. A friend of mine was revised from RNY to DS by a doctor who did not know what he was doing and she never recovered- in and out of the hospital for years and then died. Be wary!!

Oil based D is a waste of time and money. We malabsorb the oil so you'll be flushing it down the toilet and not helping your labs much