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Duodenal Switch Surgery Forum

The Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) surgery reduces the size of your stomach size, divides your small intestine and redirects food so nutrient absorption decreases. These forums are for Duodenal Switch Surgery patients and those considering the surgery to talk about weight loss, diets, challenges, triumphs and complications.

648 topics in this forum

  1. Blood sugars high after surgery

    By woolhatgrl,   
    • 5 replies
    • 124 views

  2. Got a date!!

    By CoramDeo,
    • 9 replies
    • 118 views

  3. Length of surgery

    By CoramDeo,
    • 8 replies
    • 145 views

  4. What’s the skinny on regain with SIPS?

    By onmyway11,
    • 6 replies
    • 311 views

  5. sips help

    By oking,
    • 7 replies
    • 676 views

  6. Tips for pre-op liquid diet

    By Gekeelar84,
    • 6 replies
    • 301 views

  7. Anyone with a BMI less than 50 get the Loop DS/SIPS?

    By ncbailey23,
    • 9 replies
    • 1,220 views

  8. Duodenal Switch with heart failure

    By Thunder Chicken,
    • 5 replies
    • 167 views

  9. DS statistics

    By Sharon B A,
    • 10 replies
    • 370 views

  10. Dr Pushing for sleeve

    By CoramDeo,
    • 4 replies
    • 231 views

  11. Night sweats

    By DSLife,
    • 1 reply
    • 146 views

  12. Partial DS

    By Sharon B A,
    • 7 replies
    • 294 views

  13. Newbie in NM. Surgery date July 9. Hi!

    By Angel121,
    • 2 replies
    • 175 views

  14. Are you happy?

    By onmyway11,
    • 7 replies
    • 296 views

  15. Soups, help please!

    By Sharon B A,
    • 10 replies
    • 210 views

  16. Loop Duodenal Switch

    By 4EVRLITE,
    • 18 replies
    • 1,593 views

  17. DS and pain relief

    By CoramDeo,   
    • 7 replies
    • 238 views

  18. Looking for a SIPS buddy!!

    By sweetsagi,
    • 0 replies
    • 117 views

  19. DS Surgery date 7/23/2019!

    By Sharon B A,
    • 6 replies
    • 180 views

  20. Tasty ideas for Protein shake

    By Gekeelar84,
    • 3 replies
    • 136 views

  21. New here

    By wendyktl,
    • 1 reply
    • 163 views

  22. Bariatric and Alcoholism....

    By disco stu,
    • 13 replies
    • 986 views

  23. Let's Get The Duodenal Switch People Together

    By Elisabethsew,   
    • 62 replies
    • 7,363 views

  24. New here

    By wendyktl,
    • 2 replies
    • 146 views

  25. How soon does one poop post-op?

    By BabettesFeast,
    • 13 replies
    • 401 views

  26. Internal Hernia 1 year after DS surgery

    By Glamgirl,
    • 15 replies
    • 383 views

  27. New and Considering DS

    By AllieCat1993,   
    • 23 replies
    • 691 views

  28. Just wondering if anyone from NC

    By Lena809,
    • 48 replies
    • 1,590 views

  29. Lost over 130lbs, never dieted, crash coming soon?

    By deltagirl93,
    • 7 replies
    • 486 views

  30. Loop Duodenal Switch vs Duodenal Switch SADI-S

    By livefatdreamskinny,
    • 3 replies
    • 342 views

  31. Is this my new normal?

    By CJ Sunshine,
    • 34 replies
    • 3,746 views

  32. Persistent low vitamin D3

    By disco stu,
    • 22 replies
    • 907 views

  33. Post-Op Concerns

    By thxfrthmmrs,   
    • 3 replies
    • 420 views

  34. Trying to eat solid foods

    By LosingInNC,
    • 2 replies
    • 529 views

  35. Sleeve to DS

    By onmyway11,
    • 5 replies
    • 588 views

  36. Pros and cons

    By BrendaIsela,
    • 2 replies
    • 387 views

  37. Headaches after eating?

    By thxfrthmmrs,   
    • 1 reply
    • 263 views

  38. DS Body Fluid Odor

    By Strivingforbetter,
    • 17 replies
    • 2,562 views

  39. 20 yrs

    By BrendaIsela,
    • 5 replies
    • 455 views

  40. Online Psych Eval Options

    By EllasGirl72,
    • 0 replies
    • 334 views

  41. Coffee with Cream

    By disco stu,
    • 5 replies
    • 781 views

  42. Visiting from the RNY Side

    By 🅺🅸🅼🅼🅸🅴🅺,
    • 11 replies
    • 694 views

  43. Not as expected

    By trgusc,   
    • 27 replies
    • 1,702 views

  44. Getting ready for DS......

    By Trish Polk,
    • 4 replies
    • 482 views

  45. Gastric sleeve revised to single anastomosis duodenal switch

    By pattivalvo,
    • 12 replies
    • 1,606 views

  46. DS V RNY HELLLLPPPP

    By Mikeyy,
    • 22 replies
    • 858 views

  47. Duodenal switch Questions to ask group before surgery

    By dssamanthanicole ,   
    • 1 reply
    • 558 views

  48. BILIO PANCREATIC DIVERSION same as DS???

    By Mikeyy,
    • 4 replies
    • 429 views

  49. Questions about DS surgery

    By lessismore1001,
    • 12 replies
    • 1,338 views

  50. Here to help

    By Cunninglinguist,
    • 9 replies
    • 846 views

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    • veisor

      veisor  »  Panda333

      Hi!
      Thank you for replying.   It means the world to me.  It also confirmed what I been feeling about which procedure to choose.   I fall into the category as you do and elected the sleeve as it seemed to be less invasive and recovery would be better and faster,  however I am so afraid to regain the weight back since I rarely eat and obesity runs in my family.   I have two siblings that had the bypass and they have been successful.  My sister was in the high 400's and is about 140 now and has been for several years since her procedure.  I guess I felt that the sleeve would allow me to have more control, however I realized that I can't control my genetics and that is one of the biggest reasons that I am here.  Yes, I have not always made the best choices but trust me when I say that I have been on the loss and regain + more rollercoaster weight ride for yrs! I have spent so much money as I am sure you have as well as many others who are going through this.  It is not easy and anyone who thinks this is a copout is crazy!!! This has been harder than anything I have done including hiring a personal trainer to kick my butt in the gym! And still with all the gym hours, clean eating "not to mention the clean eating cost" I knew it was time that I moved to the next step to finally be who I know in my head and heart cause when I see myself in the mirror,  well let's just say is not the girl I see in my mind. 
      So thanks again for your reply and I hope that we can keep in touch through our journey. 
      😊
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    • Pookeyism

      Pookeyism

      I'm going in for a sleeve revision October 4th. It worked well for me, and I am not back to my starting weight. However, a revision is strongly encouraged at this time (there are additional medical issues). I have decided to forgo the insurance process, even though I know I would eventually be approved. "Eventually" is the key issue here. I have a small window to create this to where it will not impact my work or home life as much, and waiting for the insurance approval would take over a year.
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    • ms.sss

      ms.sss

      I just read @BoredCW's status post and also want to lament the loss of my butt.  Looking at me the side, my back is basically flat from my neck to my knees.  My jeans have lovely fabric folds draping from my backside from lack of filling.
      Two days ago, I was sitting on a worn couch at the gym and I could feel the springs and count how many I was sitting on.  Told the Kid and she said she wants to find her childhood alphabet fridge magnets in the basement to spell out words and have me sit on them and do some "butt-braille-reading" 😂
      · 5 replies
      1. FluffyChix

        FluffyChix

        HI-LAR-ious! I love your kid!!!

        Yeah, we all suffer from noassatall syndrome. :(

      2. 2Bsmaller18

        2Bsmaller18

        Yes. I think the spandex in jeans is the only thing that helps keep the sag below the pockets form looking ridiculous. Even leggings wrinkle there.

      3. ms.sss

        ms.sss

        Ah, our disappearing collective butts.

        I am seriously considering changing my plastics plan. I am booked for an arm lift in December, but my summer obsession with arm exercises has improved the look of them quite a bit to the point that I think I may hate my butt more than my arms. Should I do a butt lift instead?!?! In conjunction with?!?!?

        I am trying to cultivate an obsession with butt exercises but its not working so far...

      4. 2Bsmaller18

        2Bsmaller18

        I don't think you could do both at the same time. For me personally it's arms. I have granny wrinkles down to my elbows. I can always dover my body with tshirts, pants, etc but unless I wear long sleeves my arms are an issue. I also can't wear a small enough jacket since it fits everywhere but too tight in the arms. They measure around 13.5 inches. Can you compromise and get the smaller arm lift. I don't know if that saves much $ or recovery but if your arms improved that much maybe just a tweek will work?

      5. ms.sss

        ms.sss

        The difference in price for a mini arm lift and the full arm lift at my surgeon is less thank 2K and probably not worth the savings. May as well pay the extra bit and get the full arm lift as my sag also reaches my elbows. You are right though, my arms see the light of day way more than my butt does...I'll have to see if the continued butt exercises will change my mind down the road (but it's looking more and more that a butt lift is in my future)

        P.S. At the beginning of my 2 week pre-op diet, my upper right arm measured 17.75 inches in circumference. Now its 10. And that is with the extra skin still.

    • BoredCW

      BoredCW

      On the 3 week plateau from hell.. It seems like an endless desert with sand dunes that represent the 1-2 pounds gain then dropped from day to day. Met with my weight loss group tonight and was told its normal. That this is sometimes like a step, plateau then drop, plateau then drop. Only for the plateau's to go on longer the farther away from the surgery date I get. Much like EDM, I can't wait for the drop. 
      On top of it all, I lost my ass. Seriously.. its gone. All that cushion that I enjoyed lounging on eating what ever I ate, watching what ever was on the computer or tv... is gone. That glorious support system is vamoosed. I know this because my ass (tailbone) hurts all the time. I'm sitting on bone now and its sore. I am my own literal Pain in the Ass! (My family would say whats new, but who cares about them.. my butt hurts.) I have yet to bring a pillow with me everywhere I go to sit on, but I'm getting ready to as I sit for my job working on computers. So far losing the weight is a Pain. I hope it gets better. 
      · 2 replies
      1. ms.sss

        ms.sss

        Hang in there, the plateau will end eventually. Also I feel you on the butt thing.

      2. FluffyChix

        FluffyChix

        I have a butt pillow. I'm not proud. :D

        The plateaus suck!!!! Keep the faith and motor on!

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