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The article referenced was highly inaccurate. In a nutshell, the DS is about 13 years old and there are studies that prove comparable weight loss to the Hess DS.
I had the Sadi DS done 7 years ago and lost more than 100% of the excess weight (152lbs). It stays off no matter what I eat, and I have far fewer needs than a Hess DS would require.
It's also not true that an extremely short common channel is better. It substantially increases malnutrition issues and usually doesn't result in more weight loss.
Hi Cali -
I'm down to 203 as of this morning..that's now 28 pounds as of 09/02/2021 after surgery. I'm trying to keep my carbs down really low and eating lots of protein and veggies (love them) and it's working so far...
Barbara
Barbara McKeown 
My aunt looked sick to alot of people but it was because they weren't use to seeing her at the weight she was supposed to be.
It would be nice if our bodies stopped changing all the time!
Have you talked to your doctor about pelvic floor exercises? It helped me quite a bit. I understand that you would like to stop the loose stools (but keeping it in is also the issue). The exercises helped me while I was figuring out what foods were giving me so much trouble and (knock wood) I don't have nearly as much trouble as I used to.
Another thing that might be useful: I would wear a pull up over my underwear at night, just in case. It stayed clean that way so that I could use it every night and not waste a bunch of them, but it was there if an accident happened.
Best of luck to you.
I wish I'd seen this sooner but I rarely come on here. I had gastric bypass and didn't lose weight, despite eating 600 calories a day. They told me I was lying and doing all kinds of things wrong but really? How can I be the problem at 600 calories a day?
I had a revision to a DS with DrRabkin and of course it was my fear that the same thing would happen- because it DOES happen. Rarely, but it does. They have people work out with weights to develop lean muscle tissue, and that gets things going. I was able to talk with one of his patients that it had happened to, at his support group one night. She worked really hard with the weights, but she was really motivated and she lost her excess weight and looked great. And Dr Rabkin never told her that she was doing everything wrong- he just told her how to fix it.
I sincerely hope that your body finally responded and that you don't need this response at all. Best of luck to you.
I will say this too she eats all day long she said the other day oh my I've been eating to much and get on the scale and she weighs the same.
Hello OHELP family! Feels so good to be back on Obesity Help... I had RNY Gastric Bypass back in 2004 (I was 15 years old at the time) and was a very active member on Obesity Help. (DR.ADAM NAAMAN, RETIRED, HOUSTON MEMORIAL HERMANN) I was 430 LBS at the time of surgery. I got down to my lowest weight of 185 after 6 years... which was age 21. I slowly, VERY slowly gained weight over the years... today I am 320 LBS and 34 years old. I have been seeing my Gastric Bypass surgeon for about 10 months (DR.MARIO DEL PINO, MCALLEN, TX RGV HOSPITAL) pondering the idea of a revision and decided about 6 months ago that I wanted to do it... so I am past all of the red tape, dietician visits and have full approval (by the grace of God) to have the BPS/DS revision performed... surgery date is 12/9. I am SUPER excited but also a little nervous, so I wanted to chat here with those who have had the same/similar procedure or in the process etc.
Help keep me honest here, I cant remember for certain but I am almost 100% sure that my doctor told me he wont be modifying my pouch.. he said during my scope that the pouch size was still nice and small (even though I can eat much more than when I 1st had my RNY) and that I would "technically be able although absolutely not recommended" to still eat whatever I wanted because this procedure is malabsorptive in nature and not changing anything with the stomach. He did state the 1st 4-8 weeks its still recommended to follow the clear liquids and then soft foods/puree portions of the diet... Does this sound right?
Question about common channel... should I be asking how much or how little of this he is bypassing? I am not certain that I fully understand that it even truly matters with an experiences surgeon but would like to hear from you all as well.
Vitamins, Vitamins, Vitamins... I am currently taking a daily multivitamin, Iron, Vitamin C (Gummy) and B12 (Gummy) every day, I never miss a vitamin... my understanding is that I will need to add Vit A and Vit K... is this accurate? How much of those vitamins? What other vitamins?
Weight loss expectations? My surgeon said he believes that with the revision, he believes I can lose anywhere between 85-90% of my excess body weight and keep that off... what are your experiences or thoughts? He stated my age is still on the younger end of things and with proper diet and exercise, he feels I can be a true success story. Does this operation generally promote fast weight loss?
And LASTLY... What advice or recommendations do you have? Doing it laparoscopic, any idea about how much time I may need to take off? I feel like a week is ample, what are your experiences?
I would be very careful here....The surgeon you picked does not do the DS, he does SIPS. You will not be getting a DS, you will be getting a distalized RNY (depending on your common channel) so you will have one anastomosis ......
CAUTION here. Your surgeon is telling you he wont touch your pouch since there are only a handful of surgeons in the world that can revise a RNY pouch to a VSG. YES you need to ask questions about what he intends on doing to you.....in other words common channel...is the place where the 2 DS limbs meet and where absorption is. the shorter the common channel the greater the weight loss and PAY ATTENTION the greater the malabsorption. It has been agreed on that a 50 cc is too short, but I know one surgeon that is still performing them. Years later, yes you will lose the weight, but the # and severity of deficiencies could be overwhelming.....you are not at all ready for the # of vitamins/supplements you could be taking if you are distalized.....ask a lot of questions! best to you
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