why you decided not to have ds?!?!

  Your surgeon's profile says he performs or at least knows about them all. I don't know him.  Have a honest discussion with him would be my advice.

What are u talking bout blocking you? Dreaming11 or whatever your name is and dr.Clark is not the one that would do the ds surgery

Then why do you have him for your surgeon? wasn't talking to you, whatever you choose enjoy! if some people can't follow a thread and make sense out of it then there ain't nuttin to say to y'all. so much for no children left behind..... LOL

 Dreaming 11 - question for you...what makes you unhappy about the RNY? I am about to have the surgery and have not heard too much negative so I would really like a different point of view as I need all of the information. Thanks for your input. 

  I'm not unhappy with it so far. I've been doing really good actually. Well I am unhappy about the pyloric valve part because it really helps regulate food entering your intestines, and with the rny our valves are just hanging out in the remnant stomach unused which is a big waste inmo.

So we have a thing called a stoma which the surgeon constructs in place of the valve, but food still enters the intestine faster then normal and if you still eat too many white carbs and too much trans fat you can dump or even get reactive hypoglycemia.  Ulcers are another concern, but that may be diet related too.

I mean even Dr. Fobi addressed the valve/ stoma issue with the RNY by creating the Fobi pouch which is a ring around the stoma like a man made valve kinda.

 I've been able to eat a huge variety of food now and never have had a problem except for normal early out stuff. I eat lots of cooked and raw veggies and never have had a problem yet, but that may be cuz I ate them allot  before surgery so i have more acid even now with the reduced acid we have. I eat a decent amount of healthy fats too which is great for dry skin many post ops seem to struggle with.  

I think maybe YOU'RE the one having trouble following threads... you posted the reply about blocking and the pyloric valve to MY response to the OP... and I didn't even mention the pyloric valve (and have no idea why you mentioned blocking)... 

Lora

  yea, well  reading your reasons why I'd expect you to have no  clue.

Exactly which reason(s) do you take issue with?!?  Pretty rude response...

Lora

Well maybe you didn't read my post I said I originally wanted rny but started thinking about ds. There is only one surgeon in Indiana that can do it. I got approved for rny! Why are you being so rude?

My personal reasons for having the RNY and not the DS were:

1. My insurance doesn't cover the DS and there was zero way I was going to go through the ridiculousness of appealling to the insurance company or paying OOP.
2. I had horrible reflux, to the point where I was convinced they were going to find Barrett's on my endoscopy (they didn't THANK GOD) and the DS wouldn't have helped that, whereas the RNY has pretty much cured it.
3. My personal food demons involve quantity more than quality. As someone who already had a digestive system sensitive to high fat foods there was no way that a diet which focuses on that was going to help me. I needed the restriction and reinforcement of a healthy balanced diet.
4. Having grown up and lived most of my life with a family member who has a VERY malabsorptive WLS (no longer performed) and seeing what he struggles with on a daily basis (diarrhea, horrible gas, vitamin deficiencies) I knew I did not want a surgery that was malabsorptive focused.

I did seriously consider the sleeve, but again, my insurance didn't cover it. I've thus far been very happy and complication free with my RNY. Do I think the DS is an excellent surgery for some people, yes, but just not for me.