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Tomorrow is the big day. I'm having the SIPS DS in the morning! I'm excited but getting quite nervous!

The gas will get better from the initial post op stage. Now that I'm a few months out, I have noticed that it is definitely worse when I eat too many carbs at one time.
There is a product called Devrom chewable pills, I found it online. It makes the gas less smelly, it's a deodorizer for your gut, it really works! It costs about $20 for a bottle but it is so worth it, and I haven't used it all in 3 months, still have plenty left. Also get some chewable Gas-X, it also helps with the frequency.

I'm a few months post op and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it doesn't go away. The forced need to fart does (that's from surgery, as previously mentioned). However, your farts are now going to smell. Not just an "ew" smell, but an "oh god, I think something died up my colon, this smell can be bottled and used instead of pepper spray" smell.

The good news is that you can hold your farts in, it isn't forcing its way out the way post-op farts do. The bad news is that I've had a few sleep toots since surgery that were so bad that my husband went to go sleep in the other room.

I also think maybe the whey Protein is doing a "number" on you? Oh, you also had a DS. Do a search on here for DS and malodorous gas. ((hugs))

Oh. Thank goodness!!

My surgery was 8-28--I'm currently on full liquids and finding it rather tough. Yesterday I had about an ounce or so of yogurt and that helped a lot. I've been lucky in not having pain really at all. I have not been exercising as I should, either--hope to get out of the apartment today for a while.
I was taking 60 units of insulin in the morning and at bedtime, so a LOT. I'm now taking 20 or 30 units, depending on my readings--they've been very good so far. (This morning's blood glucose was 109.)
So hang on in there--this surgery will help with that devil diabetes.

I'm having the sleeve surgery and will be home alone; but I had an open hysterectomy and was home alone after that. As long as you can get up and down (e.g., so you can get to the bathroom!) and get what you need to drink, you should be fine. Take it easy and walk as much as you're comfortable walking.

Of the WLS procedures, the DS is certainly the best in addressing bile reflux - it's almost impossible (never say never...) for it to occur due to the geometry, With the small intestine being split at the duodenum in the DS, keeping the bile and pancreatic enzymes separate from the food flow until they get down several feet to the common channel (and for reflux to occur, things would have to flow another several feet back upstream,) it's a near a certainty to eliminate bile reflux as one can get. Contrast with the RNY geometry where the stomach access is moved downstream of the bile ducts, and the pyloric valve is eliminated from the food flow, and bile reflux is more likely with that procedure. Bile reflux is a relatively common problem with gastric cancer patients who undergo an RNY like procedure to eliminate the cancerous stomach or portion thereof. Surgical technique can reduce but not eliminate the chances of it occurring with that procedure.
The DS is a more technically challenging procedure than the other common WLS procedures, so that does put a premium on the surgeon's experience with it (not just experience in general, however - one should try to find a surgeon who has several hundred of them under his belt.) The DS world is a relatively small one as a result of not many surgeons developing and maintaining the skills to tackle it routinely, but amongst that well experienced cadre of surgeons, complication rates don't seem to be abnormally high relative to the more common WLS procedures. Many do have to travel to have a DS performed, and as a result most of the DS surgeons are set up to handle travelers. When my wife had her DS 12+ years ago, the main lower cost self pay alternatives to the US doctors was Dr. Baltasar in Spain and another doc in Brazil. both of whom are now probably retired. We ultimately stayed in the US but still traveled about six hours for her DS.
DSfacts.com has some good information on the DS, and a rather incomplete listing of surgeons who perform it. There is one listed in London, though I don;t know anything about him - the DS world is a fairly small one so one becomes familiar with most of the major players.
Another potentially complicating factor is if you are revising from an earlier WLS to the DS. A sleeve gastrectomy or lapband is a fairly straightforward revsion, little different than a basic, virgin DS, but a revision from an RNY is a more complicated revision that limits the list of qualified surgeons further.
Good luck in your Quest, and ask away with any more questions. There are also a couple other DS forums on other sites that can also offer some help if you haven't found those yet.

He doesn't have an infection! Its not all day and it is subsiding. I was just wonder how many have experienced this and how I could make him more comfortable. I figured it out.

I got a bad case of chills and related shaking in the hospital on the second day. I think it was a combination of lack of sleep, stress, anesthesia side effects, and stress. I experienced twice more in the subsequent days, but less and less. The Docs checked me for infection and there was none. I do agree, this is something you should contact your doctor for so they can check it out. But just to say, I had some rough cold chills and trembles during those first few days and now it appears to have receded. Good luck!

A tale of caution: All the laxatives I took kicked in at 3:15 am. At first I felt relieved, but then the toilet wouldn't flush and so started the bathroom games that would last for what was remaining of the night. I was trying to fix it and flush before my husband had to get up for work, but it turns out I'm a pretty ineffective plunger user, so my husband had to do it when he got up. What a nice way to start the day, right? If you're going to do what I did, perfect your plunger skills first!
Then it took me forever to get ready for work because I had to stop whatever I was doing every 10 min, including washing my hair in the shower, to go sit on the commode again. But when all was said and done I felt great and about 2 lbs lighter! I've been hydrating throughout the day and hoping I can find the combo I need to just be regular again.

I have the same problems i am 2 weeks out as of tomorrow and my doc suggested i take stool softeners and i have been 2-3 every day and since i have been home from my surgery i have had 3 days where i had a BM and its getting annoying ever since i lost my Gallbladder 11 years ago after the birth of my son i have been struggling with this pattern of constipation/normal then diarrhea i dont know if this just impacted it?
I have my 1st follow up this Thursday and i will be addressing this with him.

I was having some crazy horrible gas pains this past weekend, doc told me to try charcoal pills. Omg it's like night and day. Totally made the gas go away!


Band to SIPS/SA-DI/LOOP DS 8.8.17
HT: 5'6ish HW: 242 SW: 226 CW: 209 GW: Healthy

I'm almost 5 years out from revision of Rny to ds.. anything high in fat or sugar gets me. I've been at goal a few years but I bounce around 5/7 lbs. when I hit that high side I usually eat buttered popcorn or a few Cookies. Gets things moving for me. You are still recovering though.. dr advice might be wise.

Finally got my surgery date - 5 September. I'm so excited!

I had revision from sleeve to DS on the 28th. I can drink more than I was able to the days (one ounce) following surgery. I don't gulp. If I try to drink too much (like three swallows/drink) my tummy says, 'have you lost your mind'. I have never had to vomit behind any weight loss surgery. I'm struggling to get my Protein in because my body (for the first time) is rejecting all things sugar free - doesn't matter the type...I'm married to the throne.

My incisions itched at about a week out . . . I took it as a sign that they were healing. I kind of very gently scratched around them, which seemed to help.

I'm 2.5 weeks out and have issues as well. I told my Dr Thurs at my post op appt and he said to up my Water and fat & get fiber gummies. He said I should be going 1-2 times per day but I'm going maybe once a day or every other day. I also have HORRIBLE gas pains. Hoping for some food suggestions on here!

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Hi all,
I know that DS'ers have foods that they avoid that have them running to the bathroom. What might some of your foods be? At nearly 2 months out, I have Constipation and have always battled it since I was an infant. I take Miralax 3 X a day, colace, Fiber gummies, magnesium citrate 3 X a day and ingest plenty of liquid and added fat bombs which get me to about 150 g a day. This has also resulted in very little weightloss overall and in the last 5 weeks. I have lost 14 lbs since surgery and 4 lbs in the last 5 weeks. Although I go every day, they are rock hard and painful. I even tried sugar free candy because I have read that can have adverse bathroom effects....nothing. So, what makes you go? Any help is appreciated. My next step is to go see a gastro....which is the only other suggestion my surgeon can offer.

It always is a good idea to get as much info as possible. Don't think I would use that surgeon though!
Another option is a RNY bypass. Can be done after a sleeve and will likely help with your GERD.

OMG!!! Run as fast as you can away from that quack!!! I was sleeved in 7/13, lost 100, gained 105 & just had the DS two weeks ago. From what my support groups say you will have bathroom issues but he is trying to talk you out of it so he way exaggerated. If you're on FB look join Duodenal Switch Patients or DFW DS, there are A LOT of vets on there who can help you chose an actual DS Dr & one that's not a quack like this one. Just copy & paste this entire thing and I will tag some very knowledgeable vets [emoji4]

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It was the drain! Had it taken out tonight! Feels so much better. Thank you both so much!

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So this morning I'm out in the HOT Texas sun. When I got to car I GULPED Water - boy did I feel it. Surgery on the 28th -- I cannot gulp water.

So this morning I'm out in the HOT Texas sun. When I got to car I GULPED Water - boy did I feel it. Surgery on the 28th -- I cannot gulp water.

Ya I cannot go anywhere without water! But I have always been prone to carrying Water bottles.