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eggs will have that effect on me. That is why natural gas is scented like rotten eggs, otherwise you would never smell a gas leak.

I imagine that to be difficult. My family remains on their own over a year later. I cook sometimes but when I do it’s hidden healthy stuff.....suckers!!! You will do fine though. I’m praying for you!

I had my DS February 2017. Best decision I ever made. I think the procedure is about 10 years old but that’s new in healthcare 🤣.
The weight loss isn’t rapid but it’s steady and the long term success is better that’s why every gets revised to the DS.
I pop 4-5 times a day because 60% of you small intestines is bypassed so the route is shorter and it smells horrible. Like nothing I’ve smelled before and I’m a nurse. 🤣🤣🤣. Almost worst than gangrene. Almost.
With the DS the Vitamins and Protein intake in more because we are more at risks for malabsorption and malnutrition. I get the chewables.
Of course they tell you to wait to drink. Ask your MD but Its a little different drinking afterwards. If you drink be around family or friends that will care for you.
Oh fatty food are not your friend. You will see it later literally. If you decide to eat it anyway. Just don’t sleep on your favorite sheets 🤣🤣🤣. No lie.
But im no longer a diabetic. No htn. No cholesterol issues. Just crazy and you can’t fix that.
I did have my gallbladder removed and that was outpatient. Just meant I poop more. Invest in Imodium. Buy stock in it.
But like with anything you have to do your part and your body will do the rest. Good luck. Keep me posted.

I imagine that to be difficult. My family remains on their own over a year later. I cook sometimes but when I do it’s hidden healthy stuff.....suckers!!! You will do fine though. I’m praying for you!

Yes it does get better. The first 3 days are the hardest. I did 4 weeks! But it’s just preparing for success. You’ll be summertime fine soon.

Omg, y'all, today is day 1 of my 2 week liquid only diet and I am freaking starving!! I've had 3 Protein Shakes and chicken broth and I am tired, grumpy, and downright hangry! Friends, please tell me it gets easier?!
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My husband and had a wonderful relationship prior to my surgery. He accepted me at my highest weight and my reasoning for surgery wasn’t for cosmetic reason but for health. Now I have a close friend and her relationship is just as shitty now as it was before then so it proves it doesn’t matter how you look if the person doesn’t care they just don’t care

I had the DS or loop done 2/17/17 I lost 110 pounds in a year. But I also didn’t exercise like I should have. But I’m very satisfied with the results. Do to the switch of the intestines we don’t absorb a lot of calories or necessary nutrients so they feel the long term success is better.
I don’t think it’s a standard to the amount of weight you lose. Every individual is different. It depends on your compliance and determination. Like they all say this is only a tool.

I hope I helped

Hello, I am new to the group. I had my sleeve done back in 2013 and am now going to get the DS-SIPS procedure. While i know this form of the procedure is fairly new, i know there has to be someone who can answer questions for me, or give me insight, that has had the surgery more than a year...at least two years i'm hoping! Everyone i talk to or have seen in this group just got the surgery, and the responses, rants, concerns, and results are all over the place, leaving me a bit cloudy minded to say the least, lol..
Just wondering:
*what are your feelings toward having the procedure done after a year or more? any regrets? why?
*Are you still having to take an insane amount of Vitamins as u did when u first got the surgery? does it seem like your nutritional values gets easier to maintain? or harder?
*are you able to drink liquor at all? have you traveled with your surgery? (i go to cancun every year, thats why i am asking about liquor, lol)
* wats the best pre-op diet? i hear many different responses to what diet they first give you right after surgery...
* have you had any health issues that you feel were a result of this surgery?
I ask that you please be VERY honest in answering any of these questions. While i know the surgery seems like a good option rite now,i just want to know if long term this will be a good option for me...thanks in advance for any help and advice anyone gives me at this point...

Hi Martha,
I’m Crystal. I had my DS February last year. So I don’t have much experience for long term success. So what I gathered is from your recovery from hysterectomy and infection that your current weight is approximately 177 lbs? What was your lowest weight? Martha, as a healthcare worker I can say I’m glad that you are better. I would just first realized that you are still not where you were. You can get back to where you are comfortable happy and complete. Your are at a good starting point and you have to stay positive. I would visit a Bariatric nutritionist for tips on how to get back. Return to the gym get a personal trainer if it’s in your budget and start out slow and work your way up. Also, the liver reduction diet might be a great way to jump start your body. But I’m not a professional and I would encourage you to seek advice from a medical professional. 😉. I hope I helped and didn’t hinder.

My husband and had a wonderful relationship prior to my surgery. He accepted me at my highest weight and my reasoning for surgery wasn’t for cosmetic reason but for health. Now I have a close friend and her relationship is just as shitty now as it was before then so it proves it doesn’t matter how you look if the person doesn’t care they just don’t care

Public service announcement: if you don’t like talking about bowel movements, please don’t read any further. So 6 months after my DS I had to have my gallbladder removed laparoscopically. Well I thought all my problems were solved. Not! [emoji19]. So I’m right at 10 months post op DS and I am was us to have 4-5 five soft brown bowel movements daily. Post gallbladder movement especially within the last 3 months I have noticed I’m having 6-7 dark green pain bowel movement that wake me up at night at least 3 times and they are loose and grainy. Well I have increased my Fiber. Added Imodium to try to at least get through the night. Took pepto, gas x, nexium, and zofran for nausea. Finally, I decided to speak with a GI health care professionals that first I should never be getup that many times at night and if it’s loose and green I’m leaking bile salts from my gallbladder being missing and since my small intestines aren’t able to absorb my colon is going haywire basically. So long story short it’s medication for this. Wechol, Colestid, or Questran. Speak with your health care provider. Your don’t have to suffer the squirts unnecessarily.

Wow!! I'm so sorry that you have had all of the S**TY stuff. I had my gallbladder removed in 1980 after my daughter was born. I suffered from the back door trots all the time, I knew every bathroom in every store I went to. I would eat and within 15 to 30 minutes I would be in the bathroom. This went on for 12 years, then I had my GBladder removed. Still pooping big time. Noone said one word of having to watch your fats and sugar!! After my RNY I tend to go the other end of the Spectrum. More Constipation. After a quack, Dr told me I had an ulcer and treated it with meds. But never stopped my pain from it. (gallbladder) I have never heard what has happened to you. Do they think it is was caused by your WLS? Man, I hope you get better soon. BTW even tho my Gallbladder has been gone for 36Years, I can still have what my mom called Phantom pains!!! Good Luck sending huge hugs!!!

Dayum, sorry for your pain and stress Mamacita! Saying prayers and thank you for enlightening me!

Public service announcement: if you don’t like talking about bowel movements, please don’t read any further. So 6 months after my DS I had to have my gallbladder removed laparoscopically. Well I thought all my problems were solved. Not! [emoji19]. So I’m right at 10 months post op DS and I am was us to have 4-5 five soft brown bowel movements daily. Post gallbladder movement especially within the last 3 months I have noticed I’m having 6-7 dark green pain bowel movement that wake me up at night at least 3 times and they are loose and grainy. Well I have increased my Fiber. Added Imodium to try to at least get through the night. Took pepto, gas x, nexium, and zofran for nausea. Finally, I decided to speak with a GI health care professionals that first I should never be getup that many times at night and if it’s loose and green I’m leaking bile salts from my gallbladder being missing and since my small intestines aren’t able to absorb my colon is going haywire basically. So long story short it’s medication for this. Wechol, Colestid, or Questran. Speak with your health care provider. Your don’t have to suffer the squirts unnecessarily.

Since my surgery last year, my hubby has lost 40 pounds, started running (did his first half marathon today) and our relationship is no different - it was good before and is good now. I think the status of your relationship before is the key.

I also named my pouch. Let me explain where I got her name. My mom had a Quaker Parrot, she would like you one time and then the next she would tear you up!! So my pouch has part of her name!! PRISSY POUCH as her name was PRISSY BIRD!!! My pouch has a mind of her own. One time I can eat something and then the next time I try to eat it my PRISSY gets in a full PRISSY mood!! My pouch also rumbles like crazy. I am Lactose Intolerant since my RNY. I don't POO like before either. I always had "the back door trots" before my RNY, now I tend to go the other way. Which as bad as it hurts at times I really don't miss the other GO!!!

The short answer is yes but you will want to consider a few things. First anal introduces air into your colon which could create trouble with the second connection to your lower intestine. Second although there are ways to minimize it you will be producing flatulance that is typically fairly noxious. You might also have some trouble with loose stools but again this can be handled.
So yes but it’s likely going to be a different experience.
Cheers.

Ok gotta ask...Carolina reaper? I'm guessin' that's not a "fatty," right? Edumacate me please?

Thank you for the encouragement. Was 364 before my preop diet. 338 on my surgery day. CW 290. My total 74 lbs.

Thank you. I had tried pills and injections and was never below 300 pounds. I guess I'm doing okay.

So let's get personal how many times a day are y'all having bowel movements. I'm 4-5 times a day morning noon and night.