Certainly discuss this with the doctor, as there are a number of different bowel preps available, some of which are a lot friendlier to those of us with a small stomach.

If does not seem to be an uncommon problem for the normal prep procedures to yield an inadequate cleanse with the DS. The first time my wife had it done after her DS, the doc didn't believe that she had followed the directions. Talking about this at our support group, which is primarily 10-20 year DS vets, others had had the same experience, and what they had worked out was to do two or three days of the clear liquid diet prior to the day before bowel prep. This last time, we discussed this with the (new) gastro doc and he provided a low volume prep product. We also worked out for her to do a soft/liquid (not specifically clear) diet two days before with a bottle of mag citrate that evening, followed by the clear diet and bowel prep the day before and that seemed to work well for her.

So yes, there does seem to be some differences with the DS, and of course, most docs are unfamiliar with it, so it is best to prepare them for it so at least they are in the loop if they don't like what they see (I warned you....!)

I am due for my 10 year colonoscopy. I had my ds 6.5 years ago. Do I need to alert the procogist about the DS? So few doctors understand the surgery, I am curious what others have experienced.

Thank you in advance.

Blessings

Julie

I was told that I'm supposed to use only skim milk for the first two weeks. But hell if I could use even 2% that would be WAY better. Skim is disgusting.

It went well thank you. I'm now home and admittedly sore. I foolishly weighed myself and expectedly I'm up 7lbs. It's kind of funny to weigh more after the surgery then prior to. ?

i'm So not hungry but I'm supposed to start getting in protein. Via liquid of course. I'm craving a mushroom soup. So I think I'll soak some mushrooms in a chicken bone broth, add some organic bone broth protein powder and a smidge of organic skim milk. I'll strain the mushrooms out once warmed up.

Tomorrow I'll make a very thin protein tomato soup. I'll use salt free, sugar free tomato paste. I hope that's okay?

I just want to feel normal again.

The DS is a very complicated surgery and not every surgeon has the experience to successfully perform it. I have never watched this show so I don't know what his skill level is. Also, doing the DS on someone over 600 pounds is probably not a good idea. There are usually other health issues with someone of that size so keeping that person under anesthesia for 4-5 hours is not a good idea. Most skilled DS surgeons would probably want to do the DS in two parts (the sleeve first, and then the switch).

Now for your questions. Eliza did a great job describing the DS. Please learn this because it is something you should know. I also carry a medical emergency card with a picture of the DS along with a brief description so that if I'm every in a situation where I can't describe what my insides look like, someone can see it (for example an EMT).

Did you ever get a copy of your operative report? That should tell you everything that was done. How are you labs?