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It has been a long time since I have been on here, but I have always gotten great information and advice. So, I'm curious to hear what you all think or have experienced about vitamin patches and their effectiveness after DS
They sell both a chewable tablet and a capsule (personally I take the capsule - 2 caps three times a day). I buy it directly from the company (devrom.com). I buy it in bulk and it's much cheaper than Amazon.
It doesn't work for everyone. I started using it years ago (got a sample from my surgeon).
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
There is a new-ish single anastomosis procedure that goes under various names such as the SIPS, SADI, Loop DS, and a couple of others. They are a simplification of the traditional BPD/DS (much like the "mini-bypass" is a simplified RNY). It is being promoted as being "as good as" or "almost as good as" the traditional BPD/DS, but more "accessible" (requires lower skill levels so more surgeons can offer it.) Whether it lives up to the claims is uncertain at this point - it doesn't have enough of a track record for the ASMBS to endorse it yet, and most insurance doesn't cover it for that reason. At best, it is likely to fall in somewhere between the RNY and the BPD/DS in effectiveness, which would be a good thing, particularly if it has fewer side effects and limitations than the RNY and DS.
To find the closest experienced DS surgeons to you, then yes, you will have to come down the CA - either to SF for Rabkin or Jossert, or LA for Keshishian. Rabkin used to have a WA based support group, but I think that it has been inactive for some time.
1st support group/seminar - 8/03 (has it been that long?)
Wife's DS - 5/05 w Dr. Robert Rabkin VSG on 5/9/11 by Dr. John Rabkin
You can google those terms and get clarification. But basically they are different procedures that surgeons have developed to do DS.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
SO I've been gone from the WLS world for quite a few years, due to skeletal issues requiring surgery...
I come back and notice all these new acronyms...SADI/SIPS(can't recall the other 2-3 I've seen)
What are these, new types of the D/S?
I want the standard(Gold Standard) and a surgeon that really knows their stuff...still looking like it will be California at the rate things here in Washington State are going...
Any help understanding these new things would be appreciated
Cheers,
Rhainy
You can order the Devrom on Amazon. You can also get charcoal pads that go in your underwear and absorb odors. I used Devrom for a while until I figured out the sugar alcohols were causing my gas.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Is Devrom a pill and where can I get it? My husband would love it if I got some of that stuff!! I have a smaller pouch and I thought they re-routed my intestines and cut some off. But, don't quote me on that it's been so long ago I can hardly remember the specifics. Thanks for the advice!
Sugar, that's my favorite thing in the world. But, I guess that answers my question. Thank you!
Thank's for the advice I will definitely give it a try!
I've never heard of a gastric bypass with DS. Does that mean you have a pouch and your duodenum is bypassed?
Have you looked at what you're eating. The major culprit for gas and bloating is sugar (carbs). How's your carb intake? For odor, you can try Devrom (it's an internal deoderant - doesn't do anything for gas, just odor).
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
