In responce to my last post!!
KAREN W.
I LOVE MY DS!!!!!
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE AND DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
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SW: 234.5 CW: 157 GW: 140 - ish
It's these kinds of arrogant statements that some surgeons make (and not just bariatric surgeons) that make my blood boil. There are NO definites in medicine, other than there are risks to everything and NOTHING is certain.
I do understand that everyone wants to feel secure about a surgical procedure, but being informed and realistic is also very important, imo, and a surgeon explaining these things is also very important, as well. It's called ETHICS, and it's something more surgeons need to learn.
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KAREN W.
I LOVE MY DS!!!!!
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE AND DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
Check out www.dsfacts.com and www.duodenalswitch.com for all the accurate information on the great DS, and find surgeons in your area or around the country or out of the country.
I couldn't have done without all the great peeps on this board.
SW: 234.5 CW: 157 GW: 140 - ish
Just wanted to clear that up. Didn't mean to offend.
Lori
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KAREN W.
I LOVE MY DS!!!!!
STRIVE TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE AND DO THE BEST THAT YOU CAN.
Check out www.dsfacts.com and www.duodenalswitch.com for all the accurate information on the great DS, and find surgeons in your area or around the country or out of the country.
I couldn't have done without all the great peeps on this board.
SW: 234.5 CW: 157 GW: 140 - ish
Hey Roxy. You are not alone there are several people that I've seen on here say they were offended by some of the DSers comments. I have come to realize that the DSers are really really passionate poeple about thier surgery, well our surgery lol, and sometimes come off a lil blunt. Don't worry, most have good intentions.
I understand you wanting to know every dayum thing about this surgery. An educated consumer is best. You already recieved good answers and when I read your question those are the first things I thought of. The curvature of the stomach being removed has been done for years, before it was used for WLS. Think about stomach cancer or other stomach abnormalities, it was removed. I did not have my appendix or gall bladder taken away from me, I wish I had, but my surgeon does not just take them for no reason. I would hope never have to have my intestinal portion reversed but it is possible. Hopefully with my 150cm common channel I will have no problems. I honestly had no doubts about the DS....I was just anxious about having the actual surgery. I was a surgery/hospital virgin! lol
~Shani~
I've been pudgy, chubby, thick, and now fat........Imma give thin a go round!!!
SW-262, size 18W, 5'6"
CW-168 1/15/2010
GW-162
94 Lbs down...6 more to go...changed goal to see Onderland for a hot second!
on 1/18/09 8:48 pm - Woodbridge, VA
#1 - The stomach being made smaller is not what causes the malabsorption. I have never ever ever so much as heard of a friend of a friend of a friend needing their stomach back because, with the DS stomach, it is still a fully functioning stomach with all the valves where they are supposed to be; it's just smaller. The part of stomach they remove is extra--you don't need it.
# 2 - If you DO have some crazy problems with the malabsorption, the intestines CAN be put back to normal, or the common channel can be made longer. No intestines are removed during the surgery, so everything stays in you and stays functioning, so putting it all back together is an option.
#2.5 - However, there are other non-surgical options to increasing absorption as well, such as taking enzyme pills to start breaking down the food earlier.

I don't think anyone on here would try to talk you into a surgery you are not comfortable having. If you are more comfortable with RNY or LapBand then that is what you need. There are things that we, as DSers, have to do and cannot slack on, supplements, bloodwork, protein. You need to know what they are and you need to know that these things will be required of you with the other surgeries too. I, personally, would never attempt to sell someone on the DS, what I do is provide all the information I have and let them see my results and my way of life. IMHO the DS provides me with the most "normal" post op life of any surgery available. I wouldn't change a thing. Fears are normal and to be expected. In my case, the fears and anxiety went away with information and speaking with people irl who live it.
Best wishes to you and your decision
DS Lab Rats
Melissa B.