Lil' Scared of DS..... Please help!!!!
The above are potential risks that may occur with ANY type of surgery and that includes non WLS procedures. It truly depends on your health condition, weight and co-morbidities that would cause risk and complication to occur from being under anesthesia and in surgery.
1. I would like to know who has had complications of the surgeries and what were they?I had a very slow healing recovery period and severe food intolerance that caused dumping like symptoms. Take note, I did not have dumping like a RNY has from their plumbing, just side effect symptoms that were similar. Mine were directly related to food intolerance and not from the DS plumbing. It took me a good 11 months, to recover from that and had no further negative experiences or issues with that ever again.
2. How long were you in the hospital? Out of work?
I was in the hospital 4 days, 3 days step down ICU and 1 day at the regular floor. I could have stay for an extra day, but felt ok to go back home the 4th day after surgery and it was at night. I did not return to wor****il I was 16-18 weeks post-op. I had a slow healing recovery.
3. What the heck is "dumping"?
Dumping is a reaction to how food is processed and passed into digestive system due to certain factors, such as food going down to quickly through the intestines, certain amount of sugar or carbs intake, trigger food, etc. A Dser does not experience dumping as a RNYer since the DS stomach is intact and functional (only the bottom portion of the stomach sac is removed, but you still have your original stomach which is the top portion of the sac and again fully functionality with entry and exit ports untouched) that take the food to the small intestine via the plyorus value which is untouch and intact to allow food to pass and process with control as it is suppose to.
It is extremely rare for a DSer to dump (less than 1%) and would be similar to the same condition as a person who never had WLS surgery and dumps. It depends from what it is that is causing a DSer to have such condition and to be closely monitored by their surgeon to rule out other conditions or underlying factors. Some DSer may experience food intolerance that will give them "dumping like" physical symptoms. To some it may disappear as you get further out, to others, they may still have it for a longer period of time (such as from intaking certain dairy products known as lactose intolerance). Just wanted to say dumping is not a condition that occurs to a DSer or what a is known as RNY dumping.
4. What kind of scar do you get from DS, especialy Lap DS????????
I had lap DS and have 7 incisional scars. My surgery took 5 hours to perform.
BMI = 23.7 3+ yrs post-op
stomach = 3.5 oz, common channel = 125 cm
1. I would like to know who has had complications of the surgeries and what were they?
I experienced low potassium levels and high output from my JP drain while at the hospital. Both were considered inconveniences that the doctors wanted to monitor before I could be released from the hospital. Otherwise, I had no real complications.
2. How long were you in the hospital? Out of work?
I was in the hospital 5 nites for the reasons indicated on question #1.
I don't work and wouldn't care if I ever returned to work again. I am totally and completely burned out.
3. What the heck is "dumping"?
With RNYers, that's when foods go thru the open "doorway" directly into the small intestine too fast. DSers should not experience that unless their pylorus valves don't work right or at all.
4. What kind of scar do you get from DS, especialy Lap DS????????
Mine was done lap, and I have 5 "keyhole" scars as a direct result of surgery and another one from the JP drain.
Anything else?
I experienced low potassium levels and high output from my JP drain while at the hospital. Both were considered inconveniences that the doctors wanted to monitor before I could be released from the hospital. Otherwise, I had no real complications.
2. How long were you in the hospital? Out of work?
I was in the hospital 5 nites for the reasons indicated on question #1.
I don't work and wouldn't care if I ever returned to work again. I am totally and completely burned out.
3. What the heck is "dumping"?
With RNYers, that's when foods go thru the open "doorway" directly into the small intestine too fast. DSers should not experience that unless their pylorus valves don't work right or at all.
4. What kind of scar do you get from DS, especialy Lap DS????????
Mine was done lap, and I have 5 "keyhole" scars as a direct result of surgery and another one from the JP drain.
Anything else?
Vicki 
DS (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney. Cholecystectomy (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney 19 months post-op.
Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead.
I've not heard of a "drain" either. I wonder if they are talking about the J Tube, which is a tube that allows you to put liquids directly into your stomach to help you get your protein in for the first couple weeks. Your surgeon will remove it after a couple weeks. I think I used mine twice. It was more of a nuisance than anything.
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I didn't have a JP drain at all. Is it a Laproscopic thing?
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On December 29, 2008 at 9:25 AM Pacific Time, LisaH73 wrote:
I didn't have a JP drain at all. Is it a Laproscopic thing?
It can be either lap or open. Each surgeon has discretion on putting one in. Some surgeons do; some don't.
It can be either lap or open. Each surgeon has discretion on putting one in. Some surgeons do; some don't.
Vicki
DS (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney. Cholecystectomy (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney 19 months post-op.
Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead.
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