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Good dry vitamins are expensive, but much cheaper than the complications you would get it you didn't take them daily. Anything that is in a soft gel or that has oil in the ingredients is not going to work. Thrive has a D3 that is not dry, in a soft gel, and has a relatively low dose of 5000 IU. Our doses are higher. Here are my suppliers. Dry A from Biotech, B stress complex from NAturemade, C from Naturemade, Copper from soloray, Dry D from Biotech, dry E from Solgar, Iron from FEosol, dry K from Relentless Improvement, Zinc from Solgar, and multivitamin from Centrum. They are all on Amazon, but I have bought some of them from vitamin companies that have BOGO now and then.
I don't need as much protein as I did decades ago. Over time I started absorbing more. I only need about 80 per day. Makes me sad because I can't eat as much. But more protein is still better than eating more carbs!
The sad truth is I do lose better/more if I give up diet soda. But I am not willing to do that very often! I still drink diet soda every day!
If you have diarrhea, treat it! I probably carried imodium with me for the first 5 years or so.
is it normal to have diarrhea everyday regardless of what I eat? I go at least 4-5 times a day.
hugs,
Esther
I have the revision to the DS surgery in Salt Lake City at St. Mark's Hospital. The doctor there that did my surgery is excellent and I've had my surgery for six years and have never had a problem.
Xifaxan is an antibiotic and should be used sparingly. It is killing ALL of the bacteria in your intestines (good and bad). This is fine for a clean slate, however the next step is to rebuild your bacteria colony with the use of probiotics. Continued use of any antibiotic builds up resistance which will hurt you down the line when you really need it and it stops working.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
Hi all,
I do not post often here. My issues with odor and gas got worse regardless of diet and I went to see a GI doctor.
He suggested that my surgery may have left my intestines with lots of uncontrolled bad bacteria and thought I should try Xifaxan which is used to treat IBS. It seems to work pretty well. I will keep you informed
He did my surgery and I've had my revision for 6 years and have never had a problem.
I'm currently almost 2.5 years out and I had a 6lb regain. I just got back on track and dropped 2lbs in as many days. I know the rest will take a little bit long but the DS keeps working long after we do... Everyone I've talked to before getting my DS said all they had to do was get back to basics and it comes back off. This is one of the reasons I chose the DS in the first place.
As my GP says, the DS can take a licking but keeps on ticking... 
HW: 398.8 SW:356 GW: 175 CW:147
