Janet

I'm hopful you and I will be on the same prolia candance and get great results

Julie

• My Endo who specializes in osteoporosis says Prolia is his go to preference

Thank you Holly. Any side effects?

Thanks Janet,

My Endo is concerned that if my calcium isn't in the medium to high range once I'm given the prolia injection my calcium could drop which could cause issues so in order to increase my calcium levels he provided a 24 hour urine analysis to see what was going on with my calcium.

it seems that my kidneys were not processing my calcium as well So a simple water pill has seen to improve my calcium numbers I go back Friday for an updated CMP and if my calcium is high enough I am assuming I get my 1st injection

I have had 2 wrist fractures. I had fortero for 2 years and saw great bone growth with that but now I need prolia to solidify those efforts

This helps explain things but I've seen this over and over when the DS is done in two stages.

Did they re-sleeve you? For those of us who had the "virgin" DS we had to gradually build up protein (30 grams by 30 days post-op, 60 grams by 60 days, 90 grams by 90 days). Not sure how much protein you're trying to take in. If you weren't re-sleeved, you're relying 100% on the switch now - the DS is a balance of restriction at the beginning and then the switch is what keeps the weight off long-term.

When it comes to carbs, you're still absorbing 100% of the carbs and that's what will help drive weight loss with the switch done as the second part. Not sure what your nutritionist told you, but I would suggest less than 20 grams of carbs per day.

In all of my years on this board, it's common that when the DS is done in two parts the loss is always much slower and generally not as much as when the DS is done initially.

Don't give up and focus on low carb.