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I can only speak to Sadi which I had about 7 years ago. I needed to lose about 120lbs and had a few criteria: 1- Lose ALL the excess weight, 2) Keep it off, 3) Be able to eat normally 4) Minimize risk and side effects.
So far all are good and I a lot healthier than I thought was possible for me.
Hello all - I'm going to Juarez in September for either the SADI-S or DS as a revision to my Gastric Sleeve. I would like to hear the pros and cons to either or both surgery revisions if there are any out there!!!
Thanks in advance!
Barbara
Barbara McKeown 
on 8/1/21 7:16 pm
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I had my RNY in 2004. It took me 5 yrs before that though to get it together with my insurance company and Drs. I started doing the fancy pages on here before 2004 also, now it's all so different.
I had my RNY in 2004. It took me 5 yrs before that though to get it together with my insurance company and Drs. I started doing the fancy pages on here before 2004 also, now it's all so different.
I feel for you, seriously! ? I would absolutely recommend you see a gastroenterologist as soon as you can. It may not be from the DS but another issue all together. Either call your hospital for Physician Referral or go online and see who can go to per your insurance company. Don't ignore these signs your body is giving you. Be proactive. Good luck! Let us know how you're doing....?
Hi Denise and thank you for this suggestion. I hate taking pills so I appreciate the suggestion for the lozenges. I'll definitely give it a try and see if it makes a difference in my sense of taste and smell. I did read that this is one of the effects of the VSG due to hormonal changes between the gut and brain but I will definitely try the lozenges anyways. Not being able to taste what I'm eating isn't fun.
Take care,
Maggie
losing it in connecticut
ic4rest, PLEASE get your zinc levels checked..ASAP . that is the PRIMARY symptom of zinc deficiency, which is required with vitamin A for immune response.. One of the best items i have found to boost zinc levels quickly is Cold eze lozenges. taking one every other day until it begins to taste "off". when the levels are low it tastes like a had candy to me...taste changes as level comes to normal.... instead of tasting like berry just does not taste" right.".i use one or half of one to maintain m levels weekly.. easier than taking a tablet that may or may not absorb.
Hi - yes, I'm one of your kindred spirits. I had my VSG in January of 2010. I've since lost touch but am FOREVER grateful for it and Obesity Help in general. I still read their newsletters and posts like yours I get via email now.
I wanted to ask an "oldtimer" if they have noticed a change in their sense of taste and smell. I notice that I really can't taste or smell foods like I used to and so I pretty much eat to stop feeling hungry. I don't need to eat as much but also don't want to because I really don't enjoy what I'm eating. Mind you, I'm now 64 which could also be playing a factor but I read that this surgery affects hormones that stimulate appetite as well as your sense of taste and smell. Have you noticed this effect?
I lost 135 lbs. post surgery. A whole other person! I feel so much better for it too.
Take care
losing it in connecticut
