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Protein and liquids. That’s the way you lose the regain. Very, very little carbs. No more than 25-30/day. It’s definitely doable without tons of exercise. That’s one of the beauties of the TDS. For more advice you can try FB DS group. I believe there are others who’ve successfully lost the regain.

I will DM you where you’ll find traditional DSers like me. Please let me know if you didn’t get my DM. I sent it but don’t see it now marked as sent.

Have you posted anywhere else? There aren’t many of us on this forum.

Ty.

It isn’t shown and then I did a search and can’t find it.

I’d check with my surgeon re the tablets as they often contain charcoal. And aren’t necessarily good for those who already have malabsorption. The underwear is ok, though.

Z

I’m a TDS which is somewhat different from the SADI. I’d probably suggested FB. There are SADI groups there. Best of luck.

Sending you a DM.

You’re right, I took the question re: bathroom issues with the sleeve only. In the beginning, the urge to go is generally stronger and the need for a bathroom is quick. As time goes on, most of us can hold it quite a bit longer. On a road trip, rest stops are usually every hour or so, so as time goes on you will most likely be able to wait unless you ate something very fatty or with sugar/simple carbs. Then all bets are off, which is why I pretty much only eat that at home. You are definitely going to need to deal with “going” in a public bathroom. I use this (see below). I spray upwards in my stall as I begin to “go” and then spray a couple of more times as I’m finishing. orange only

I had the TDS in 2005. Some medication amounts do have to be determined by trial and error. When possible, I do intravenous or injection (eg osteoporosis meds). When it’s thing like antibiotics, I haven’t seen much of a change. But it’s something I discuss with each prescribing doctor.

With the sleeve, the need to go and gas isn’t nearly as much as with the TDS bc your insides haven’t been changed like that. It is only a large reduction in the size of your stomach.

Sorry. I’m unfamiliar with that brand. I’ve always had to take iron in a separate form no matter what was contained in the multi as that wasn’t enough For TDSers there is a guide used for newbies. It’s here. https://cdn.imagearchive.com/bariatricfacts/internal_data/attachments/2/2830-2d1eb8740d577546031b580cd1186ab3.data?response-expires=Sun%2C%2007%20Jul%202024%2017%3A47%3A50%20GMT&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3D%22VL2_Starting%20Vite%20Recommendations.xlsx%22&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=I3UPHPWOPY63ZMOGLZFM%2F20240630%2Fnyc3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240630T174750Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=604800&X-Amz-Signature=2de663aa30a2c0e6734053a4aca5b822ab9718a9e3c4822186c03df54f6eee4b I’m19 years post TDS. At one point I was taking 300mg./day of Ferrex. Nowadays, it’s 150mg./every other day.

I had it removed 3 years post TDS. I ate the same but found my stool was not the same and things felt a bit off. That took about 6 weeks to get back to normal.

Glad they fixed the issue. I had hernias, too. And bowel obstructions unfortunately, can happen.