Re: Hi all!

[Guest guest]

Dear Jan:

Merry Christmas, have a great party! I'll talk to you before the New Year.

Love,

Josie

[Guest guest]

Will do Josie. I have wrapped up the blankets in colour x-mas paper and it

will be delivered this Sat. I'll copy and paste the letter I send with the

blankets here....once I get off my duff and write it!

Courage

Re: Hi All!

>Courage:

>

>Please add my dad's name to your donation:

>

>Adolfo E. Batista

>

>October 22, 1913

>August 18, 2003

>

>Thank you, love,

>

>Josie

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

I was also planning to go with RNY after a lot of planning (and denial!)

when I heard about the DS. I researched the differences and found that the

possible after-effects where sooooooo much less. Less chances of problems with

food allergies, lactose intolerance, and dumping syndrome. I won't say it is

completely eliminated, but the percentages of patients who have these issue

post-RYN was very high, whereas the percentage of patients with these issues was

very low, post-DS.

As for me, I started at 380 lbs in December of 2000. I lost as low as 158

or so and now am averaging at 170, with not really exercising regularly. I

did have lactose intolerance for the first 6 months or so after the DS, but

then it went away. I only had problems with nausea a few times when I started

to over eat, or drank a bunch with my meal, and that was in the first few

months, as I got used to the new me. Refined flours, sugars, and fats can and

do

cause problems with my bowels, so I generally avoid them. I eat sprouted

grain bread most of the time, but don't stress over having a Subway sandwich

every once in a while or grabbing a burger every other week as I am out and

about running errands. I still drink my tea with cream and sugar. I am not

afraid to have a nice slab of cake at my nephew's birthday party. Some habits

are

hard to get rid of. I recently had quite a bit of stress in my life and

caught myself craving pastry! I gave in and got a couple of sweets at the

grocery store. I " paid " for it that evening, and now I really am not

interested

in any more for a while! I can't say that I deny myself anything. There are

times when I do make choices..... to eat more steak, or save room for something

else.... to have something really good, but kinda greasy and know that a a

few hours down the road I will be reading a book in the bathroom for about 30

minutes, or to forgo the culinary pleasure and eat something less greasy.

Overall, the lifestyle I have adopted is more healthy. I pack my lunches

most of the time. I don't know the business hours of all the nearby fast food

places because I am not going to them at all hours of the day and night. I

eat more for quality than quantity. I will pay more for less food that tastes

great, instead of huge quantities for a great price, but lesser taste value.

I cook more things fresh.

There are many people on this board who have had revisions. They will give

you their stories. I was lucky and made the right choice for me the first

time. With seeing or hearing about some of the things they went through with the

inability to keep many foods down, the weight regain, and other issues, I

feel like I dodged a bullet.

Just my thoughts!

in WA

[Guest guest]

Deanna,

Everyone needs a pain in the butt friend to tell us to do more research!

in WA

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn,

I'm new here as well as of yesterday! So welcome to you as well. I'm not sure

if you read my introduction, but I DID have the RNY. It looks as though I'm

going to have to have a revision or something, so I'm looking into DS instead of

the revision. RNY is very scary and now that I've had it I would NOT suggest it

to anyone. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me.

Dani

Carolyn wrote:

Hi everyone, I am new here, so I am just posting my hello's! I have

not yet made the decision to have DS surgery, but I am 90% sure I want

to, I had finally made the decision (after 5 + years of research) to

have RNY when I met someone who told me about the DS and suggested

(strongly) that I research it before I make my decision! now I think I

want the DS... RNY didnt soundd nearly as scary to me before I heard

of the DS... I have one question for everyone....

with RNY being the more commonly known and more commonly done WLS, why

did you all choose DS?

that is the question I am asking....it will help me (I think) to hear

other peoples opinions on this...

thanks so much

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Ok Ok...Ill blow my cover..I am the pain in the butt friend / co-worker who

asked her to do more research! Thanks for chirping in group!

Deanna

dr k 2-15-01

http://www.duodenalswitch.com/patients/deanna/deanna.html

P.S. I am a grandma anyday now! Life moves on!

Carolyn wrote:

Hi everyone, I am new here, so I am just posting my hello's! I have

not yet made the decision to have DS surgery, but I am 90% sure I want

to, I had finally made the decision (after 5 + years of research) to

have RNY when I met someone who told me about the DS and suggested

(strongly) that I research it before I make my decision! now I think I

want the DS... RNY didnt soundd nearly as scary to me before I heard

of the DS... I have one question for everyone....

with RNY being the more commonly known and more commonly done WLS, why

did you all choose DS?

that is the question I am asking....it will help me (I think) to hear

other peoples opinions on this...

thanks so much

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

I was never even tempted by the RNY. I researched WLS for a friend and

read up on it alot, but it was scary for me. I only saw patients who

had to come to the urgent care where I worked for IV fluids and so on.

lol I guess that influenced me. Intrigued me, though! I mean, the

story of their weight loss sounded great.

Then one day a doc friend told me his former roommate was doing WLS in

Delano and I said, yeah, I know, I heard they were doing an older type

of WLS there. He said no it is cutting edge, why don't you call his

office and find out about it. So I met Dee and the rest is history. I

mean, the Dee who works with Dr. K. lol

I feel it is a more natural way of life. I eat sprouted grain bread

and avoid white flour and my life is good. I do not drink any shakes,

I eat bars because I am too busy to take a lunch break and can't go

that long without eating! If I avoid fake sugar (sugar alcohols) then

I am okay, no gas. If I eat things like Pria bars, then I get gas.

Marta

.... I have one question for everyone....

>

> with RNY being the more commonly known and more commonly done WLS,

why

> did you all choose DS?

>

> Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

I am a revision to DS. In 95 I had a RNY and it caused a myriad of

problems-all serious problems. I heard about the DS and investigated for a

friend. When I found out that I could be put back to a pre RNY state and

then have the DS, I was more than a little interested. So, after more

research, I found out that the DS is the most healthy of all the wls. It's

saved my life in several ways including eliminating every problem I had that

had been caused by the RNY.

Jim

_____

From: DS_Friends_Keshishian

[mailto:DS_Friends_Keshishian ] On Behalf Of Carolyn

Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:21 AM

To: DS_Friends_Keshishian

Subject: Hi all!

with RNY being the more commonly known and more commonly done WLS, why

did you all choose DS?

that is the question I am asking....it will help me (I think) to hear

other peoples opinions on this...

thanks so much

Carolyn

_____

[Guest guest]

Hi, Carolyn...

Well, I had the DS because I already HAD the LapBand. It was causing

esophageal problems and three years post-op I was back up to within

three pounds of my pre-op weight.

One reason I did NOT choose the RnY was because of the emotional

challenges I knew would haunt me if I did. I think that a human with

the RnY might be one of the very few animals on this planet with a

mouth bigger than its stomach. It is (for me) WEIRD to be able to

take a bite bigger than my stomach can hold. With the band, I had to

take teeny bites and it's just an odd way to approach a meal.

I've hung out with wls patients for a while. When we go out to lunch,

the RnY people always wait for the DS'ers or LapBand people to order

something, so the RnY people can taste it to judge whether there's

enough sugar in it to make them dump. That's just another odd way to

eat out.

Then there was the long-term excess weight loss issue. Because I've

been corresponding with wls patients for a while, I've watched as the

DS'ers hit their lowest weight and regained ten pounds or so. If it's

more than that, the DS'ers seem to just cut out, or cut down on, carbs

for a while. Meanwhile, the RnY people often hit that lowest weight

and the gain begins and they have a HUGE struggle.

I didn't know the term " bowel obstruction " until I started reading

about RnY. Maybe the percentage of obstructions is the same as with

DS--I don't know. But so many RnY people were off to the ER for

horrid pain!

I met another DS patient who said that SHE decided to have the DS at a

wls seminar with food. She watched as the LapBand people avoided

breads and celery, and didn't drink anything with their meals. And

she watched as the RnY people took teeny little servings and skipped

the desserts. And then she noticed two people eating a little of

everything and drinking along with their meals, and asked about them.

The " tour guide " said, " Oh, THEM! They're the only ones who eat that

way. THEY had the DS. "

Good luck,

Sue

>... why

> did you all choose DS?

>

> that is the question I am asking....it will help me (I think) to hear

> other peoples opinions on this...

>

> thanks so much

>

> Carolyn

>

[Guest guest]

I truly believe I met Dee for a reason!

>

> Deanna,

>

> Everyone needs a pain in the butt friend to tell us to do more

research!

>

>

> in WA

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Carolyn!

I have three friends who had the RNY. One lost about half her

excess weight. One gained back almost all of what she lost. The

third has done a fabulous job and looks like a model. However, each

one of them can only eat small amounts of food. I wanted to eat

like a normal person. I wanted to lose ALL my excess weight, and I

wanted to have less chance of regaining what I lost. The DS offered

all these things to me. I'm SO happy I chose the DS! I hope you

will, too.

Tracey

>

> Hi everyone, I am new here, so I am just posting my hello's! I

have

> not yet made the decision to have DS surgery, but I am 90% sure I

want

> to, I had finally made the decision (after 5 + years of research)

to

> have RNY when I met someone who told me about the DS and suggested

> (strongly) that I research it before I make my decision! now I

think I

> want the DS... RNY didnt soundd nearly as scary to me before I

heard

> of the DS... I have one question for everyone....

>

> with RNY being the more commonly known and more commonly done WLS,

why

> did you all choose DS?

>

> that is the question I am asking....it will help me (I think) to

hear

> other peoples opinions on this...

>

> thanks so much

>

> Carolyn

>