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Does a longer cc also lessen vitamin deficiencies and improve vitamin absorption?
Hi Jackie, I have the same issue intermittently. I've stopped going to the dr for it bc all they do is tell me to take immodium (sp). So now I just try to be very careful of what I eat. My stomach is always boiling and I have a real problem with gas no matter what or even if I eat or not.
Eve
hw:400+
sw:340
cw:163
Hello y'all
I am 12 years post -op and been having major stomach issues..chronic diarrhea..nausea..they claim its IBS..I have always had diarrhea since the surgery but now its worse than ever. Has anyone else had any isssues? I have religiously taken vitamins since the day of surgery but my bloodwork came back and I am deficient in A.. D ..magnesium and zinc. I have been losing weight uncontrollably..everyone asks if Im sick?Has anyone experienced this?
She's having it done with Sheila Partridge, MD, Center for Weight Loss Surgery, Newtown-Wellesley Hospital, Mass
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Thank you for sharing this portion of your journey, it was very encouraging. Right now I'm addicted to coffee, with flavored powder creamer....but I use Stevia. If I can get rid of that I will be good. The Coke Zero, but I don't think that's bad....but again thanks.
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
Dr. Lederer does a standard DS with a common channel of 200cm. I went to him AFTER I had my surgery because he seemed more interested in my care post surgery than my own surgeon. He's also good with blood work after but needs more work on vitiamins. Not bad, just like most he wants you to take the bariatric ones which really don't work for most WL patients.
HW: 398.8 SW:356 GW: 175 CW:147
You have every right to have a copy of that report. Demand a copy if you have to. I haven't heard it called BPD/DS since I had my surgery 16+ years ago. I'm a little concerned that your surgeon said the length doesn't matter. That is not at all what I was gold, which was that your common channel will definitely define how much you absorb - the longer the CC the more you absorb. I believe the "average" is 100. I've seen some has short as 50 and as long as 200.
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
I never thought to ask for that Thank you sooo much I will ask for it today :)
Tell them you want a copy of your surgical report, rather than asking the length. Then you can find out if he gave you a true DS, a SADI/SIPS, or a modified DS (extra long common channel).
