Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Hi, Congratulations on your little boy!! I choose the DS procedure because I wanted to maximum my weight loss and I wanted use of my original stomach not to mention it is little bigger than RNY. I wanted to be able to eat almost normal portions (appetizer sizes) within a year or so. My surgeon says that I should be able to eat a whole sandwich by now, but that is not possible. I can eat a half of a sandwich and maybe drink about 4oz. of water with it which is fine with me. But what I have read about the RNY and DS from other websites and talked with people at my surgeon's support groups, it seems that the weight loss really depends on the person. My surgery was done open so I do have a scar going horizontally across my stomach right above my belly button. What is funny is it seems like when I found out I was PG, my plateau ended and I have lost 5 pounds in the last week!! But I wouldn't trade my DS surgery for anything. What made you decide on DS? Shayla > Starzone, > Yes we just found out that it's a boy ) We are thrilled. My parents > have 4 other grandsons, so they were somewhat hoping for a girl, but we are all > just happy as clams. My husbands Mom has NO grandchildren yet, so she is on > cloud nine! > > I am experiencing problems with anemia. Don't know if I mentioned that > before. It is definitely because of the malabsorption and because this little > peanut is sucking every nutrient from my body! Doctor isn't concerned about > the baby... just me. I have no energy and feel pretty crappy most of the time. > But... the baby is healthy! > > Why did you decide on DS? May I ask? > > Thanks... talk to you soon! > > Dee > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 The same things you think are bad about DS are the same things I hate... the malabsorption and the bathroom runs. My bathroom issues are usually first thing in the morning and if I watch my intake on sugar, then I am fine for the rest of the day. At first, I felt that I spent most of my day in the bathroom *-) (Sorry if TMI). I had 160 pounds that I wanted to lost and I have 63 more pounds to go since I wasn't at my goal when I got PG. About the iron pills, do you take prenatal and Iron pills? Or, do the prenatal vitamins do fine by themselves? I am thinking of having my iron level checked at my next OB/GYN appt. in March to make sure that I am getting enough Iron since I had anemia problems prior to WLS and after WLS. Shayla > Hi Shayla, > I decided on the DS because I had about 300 lbs to lose!! I didn't think > that I could do that with any other surgery. At the time, I had done a lot > of research, but what I really should have done was join some message boards > (like this one) and gotten some first hand information. I know that there are > people who have lost 300 lbs or more with the RNY or other procedures, but the > research that I did, didn't really tell me that. So... I had the DS. I have > a scar that ran from my breast bone to my pubic bone, vertically down the > center of my body. It has shrunk since I have shrunk ) I also have a scar from > hip bone to hip bone from my abdominoplasty. And scars on my arms, and > breasts. Yep... I'm a scary lookin' nekkid broad.. that's fer sure! Thank > goodness I don't have the necessity to get naked often! > > I did lose the weight that I wanted, and I am happy with the surgery in > so many ways. I can eat whatever I want. After 3 years, I am able to eat > fairly good sized portions (some days are better than others for some reason) and > I never have to watch what I eat as far as calories or carbs or anything else. > I never gain weight. For a while I was worried that I'd have to have the > surgery reversed because I couldn't seem to stop losing... but things have > leveled out. > > The negative side is the malabsorption which I struggle with. Especially > with the iron deficiency during this pregnancy. I am miserable. And I do > have problems with diarrhea which is no fun. But any time I start to think that > I didn't make the right decision, I just think about those 300 lbs and the > fact that my health is SO much better than it was. It's a toss up... would I > have lost all that weight with a different procedure? I'll never know. > > Anyway... that's my story. It also helped that one of the pioneer's of > the BPD/DS procedure is very near to where I live. > > I'm just glad that there continue to be more and more options for women > and men looking to have surgery for obesity. Some of them have become almost > " simple " procedures! > > Dee > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Shayla Iron is something you don't want to take too much of so you definitely want to make sure you check with your doctor regarding how much iron you should be ingesting. Iron -- from what i know and I could be wrong -- is something that is toxic in too high quantities. So definitely check that out with your surgeon or ob before you start adding more than just your prenatal vitamin. Better safe than sorry. Rasley mailto: drasley@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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