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Hi y'all! Im in the process of getting approved for the DS with my insurance.
Somd background on me. I got the Lap Band back in 2010 and in 2011 I started to develop a hiatal hernia so I removed all restriction. Shortly after they, I moved to a very rural area out of state with no experts in bariatric patients (for at least 100 miles) and 799 miles away from my surgeon. I had lost about 50lbs with lap band. And I've continued to struggle with my weight since then. Losing and gaining.
Now I'm back in the city! And after talking to my original surgeon, he thinks d switch is the best option for me.
I have 100lbs I want lose. What is your experience with this surgery? Anyone go from lap band to DS?
Had my DS in Jan. 2009. Day of surgery I weighed 240 pounds and wore size 28 jeans, I'm 5' tall. Today I weigh 120 and wear a size 4 petite. My BMI is in the normal range. I do have loose skin, mostly on my abdomen. No getting around that without more surgery.
It took about a year to lose it all and unless I start laying into the carbs it's easy to maintain. I allow myself two pounds over my goal weight for normal fluctuations. Any more and I think about what I've been eating and adjust from there. It's almost always due to too many carbs. So, while I don't diet I have to be mindful of what I eat.
I still follow my doctor's rules, keep my carbs low, and get in my supplements. This site and board have a lot of great advice some of which I still follow. I still have good restriction.
I am anemic but supplements help that. I had a complication after surgery and was readmitted for a one-week stay. I'd do it all over again even with that.
It took me almost two years of research and decision-making to get a DS, I didn't take the DS lightly.
The way I look at it is I'm an obese person and always will be, as much as an addict will always be an addict even after becoming sober. Maybe not on the outside but on the inside. The DS didn't fix my relationship with food that's all on me to work on. It did help me get the weight off, something I'd struggled with all my life.
The DS is a great weight loss tool and I have no regrets.
Great info, is Fairlife lactose intolerant?
SW / CW / GW 292 / 188 / 174 - Height 5'7, Size 10
It's a plan but not a very DS friendly plan. Eating lean, low-fat foods is not how someone with a DS will lose weight (at least not in my experience).
Did you look at what you were eating over the last 2 months to have gained 25 pounds? It's all about going back to the basics (for the DS). Keep a food diary. High protein (at least 125 grams) and low carb (20 grams) plus lots of water (at least a gallon).
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
I had a stricture - had to be dilated twice (at four weeks out and eight weeks out). I had gastric bypass, though - not DS. In RNY, strictures (when they occur) are usually located at the stoma (opening between the pouch and the small intestine). Same deal, though - it's just overgrown scar tissue. They usually appear 1-3 months after surgery - they're pretty rare after that.
I think my life has been saved...
My gallbladder had to be removed, but I believe the balloon dilation did the job..
I had never heard of this, but apparently the opening to my stomach was almost closed.. now that I can eat without vomiting, the DS surgery affects appear to be working.
I've lost 5 pounds in the week since this procedure.
has anyone else heard of or had this procedure? Did it work or did you have to have a second stretching?
yes, it's rather common. It's called a stricture. It might happen snd have to be dilated more than once.
I think my life has been saved...
My gallbladder had to be removed, but I believe the balloon dilation did the job..
I had never heard of this, but apparently the opening to my stomach was almost closed.. now that I can eat without vomiting, the DS surgery affects appear to be working.
I've lost 5 pounds in the week since this procedure.
has anyone else heard of or had this procedure? Did it work or did you have to have a second stretching?
VSGtoDS ... Revision 2021
YouTube Channel link-> @AddyJoeTV - Male 5-10 ... VSG Veteran
VSG 11/2013- SW: 295 LW: 179 GW: 185lbs
Revision VSGtoDS 02/18/2021 .. Revision: 235lbs CW: 197lbs
Gallbladder Removal/EGD w Balloon Stretching 05/27/2021
Dr. Jon Bruce, WakeMed Bariatric Surgery Specialists
Most people lost one to two pounds a week. If you stick to your diet, you could drop 25 pounds in about three months. The real secret of weight loss is lowering calories. So weigh and measure everything and track it somewhere like MyFitnessPal. You need 10 calories per day for every pound you maintain. To maintain 150, eat 1500. To maintain 200, eat 2000.
To lose one pound per week, cut out 3500 calories. That is is 500 per day.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
I would buy some keto sticks at the pharmacy. Cut them in half, lengthwise so you double the number of tests. Test your urine daily and make sure you are in ketosis. If you are not, dump the bananas. Make some hard boiled eggs for snacks. Just keep them in the fridge.
A 10oz bottle of Muscle milk is only 18gr protein. But there are different kinds with different counts. I think the Fairlife shakes taste a lot better plus they are 30 gr protein. You might want to try them!
You will drop the weight quickly. In a month or 2 if this is truly all you eat!
