Have you guys had any DS regrets? Honestly? Is there something you would have done differently?. If you had to give advice to someone who is going through the surgery that you just had or have had in the past what advice would you give them?

no hate towards the surgery. I?m having a SLeeve to DS revision.

That's awesome. I had the VSG in 2015.

Yes please. 2 months from my revision from VSG to Duodenal Switch

Thanks Veggiewomen, and thanks everyone for your feedback as well.

Thinking weekends would be best too, Saturday at 11am sounds about right. I will post in the RNY section and plan on setting up something via Zoom and creating a format as well, aiming for the beginning of next year.

By the way, tinabee, love you on YouTube!

The more important question is what labs are they checking? I have a laundry list of labs I get done once a year - this is a list I received from my surgeon almost 20 years ago. I also periodically reach out to my surgeon's office to ensure I'm not missing anything or to see if they've added something - maybe they learned something else that needs to be monitored. You'll only know what you're deficient in if they check it.

For example, my B12 is crazy high so I don't supplement that at all. My iron has been bad since the very beginning (ferritin is the key indicator) so I've always had issues and have had many iron infusions over the years.

I'm probably one of the people who take quite a bit more than you take. My calcium is always bad and I have gone from having a normal bone density to osteoporosis in 18 years. I'm sure part of it has to do with my family history. I take 3 times as much calcium as you do. Then there's D. I take 50k units of D3 three times per day and i'm barely in the normal range.

Maybe you and your family are one of the lucky ones. Try not to compare yourself to anyone on the board because as you have learned we're all different.