CarlLondon

13 hours ago, mawmaw65 said:

I heard my Dr is pretty strict on everything. I guess I will see lol .

In any case, the sleeve is so far my fav procedure I've had. Please don't worry about it. You will be fine. I know you will.

1 minute ago, mawmaw65 said:

Lol ok , I don’t know all these terms, I’m having the Gastric Sleeve Dec 17th. I’m a nervous wreck lol

The sleeve is awesome!!!! I had one ten years ago, and lost a TON of weight. You'll love it. Im guessing you're on the pre op diet right now then?

1 minute ago, mawmaw65 said:

What does DS MEAN? I’m new, be nice lol

Duodenal Switch - A type of gastric bypass.

I had one Monday. I have no idea what it does LOL.

2 minutes ago, summerset said:

You're obviously a guy and a heavy one. At 1600something kcal a day you should lose weight.

Yep Im a very heavy guy LOL .

I just really don't get this DS thing I've had. If i didn't have the DS and just changed to eating 1600 calories a day, i'd still lose weight right?

If i go into KFC every day and eat the oiliest of fried chicken (i wouldn't btw), then i would expect to maybe not lose weight.

So where exactly does the DS come into it. What does it do in the above scenario to help.

Eat healthy = lose weight
Don't eat healthy = gain weight

1 minute ago, ms.sss said:

P.S. Further to the screenshot of your food log for yesterday...what is your height and current weight? Also, you didn't specifically mention in your original post, but are currently having issues with losing weight with your current diet?

I loved that post LOL

My pre op weight was 158KG

Im only a week out of DS and currently 156.8, so nothing drastic lost yet.

And yeah weight loss is the plan. I was a gargantuan snacker, thinking nothing of eating 10bag of crisp, sweets and snacking all day long before the op. Now im just going to stick to the three meals and one small treat snack per day, IF I've been good with eating throughout the day.

1 minute ago, ms.sss said:

The above bolded statement is not exactly true. If you go overboard, the thing that happens is that you will not lose weight, OR gain weight and keep it on (and all the mental and physical issues that go with it). That is the consequence.

Thank you so much for the reply. I know I need to change the way i control the urges to binge on junk, and Im trying my best 🙂

My mind set re your comment would be "isn't that just a diet then"? How is the DS helping?

C.

This is yesterdays food. What would I be doing wrong DS wise? too many carbs? too much fat? Not enough Protien? All of the above?

3 minutes ago, Circlesis said:

By reducing the calories absorbed from food. I revised because I had some regain 6 years after sleeve.

By the way, butter is not going to hurt you with DS because most of the fat you eat will not be absorbed. In fact, you want to eat some because otherwise things will be way too dry.

Were you able to do much research on the DS separately from talking to the doctor? It is important to understand exactly how it works.

To be honest no i wasnt. From the time I was offered the op to the time I had it was three weeks. 😞

I was just told, "ok so sometimes you eat what you shouldn't? This is the op you need because then you wont be able to"

5 minutes ago, Circlesis said:

In my experience, that has not been the case. I have had the sleeve, and was later revised to DS. There is no food that puts me on the toilet immediately. I do get gas more frequently but that’s about it.

Sometimes these surgeons oversell.

Why was you revised if you don't mind me asking. How, if you've had the stomach reducing part is the DS going to hel you lose weight? This could be the answer im looking for LOL

3 hours ago, summerset said:

Instead of throwing six burgers, a grande milkshake and two large fries down your neck you're done after maybe two burgers now.

The issue for me is, I have had sleeve surgery 10 years ago. Which worked but weight came back on. So then I had a SADI, which failed completely and even gained weight.

So the DS which I had last week hasn't caused any additional restriction with eating, because the stomach reducing part was done years ago.

It wasnt the amount of food i wanted the DS for, it was the type. What I was looking for was: Eat healthy you'll be fine. Eat crap, you'll know about it, cos your ass will fall out" LOL.

My surgeon told me a story about a woman patient who went back to him stating "This DS youve given me, it's ruined my life.... i can't get off the toilet, all I eat is Jacket Potato", so my surgeon scratched his head wondering what could be the issue, until he discovered that she was smothering the Jacket Potato with lashings of butter.

This is what I wanted to happen. If i eat the wrong thing (not the amount) I wanted to end up on the toilet, so i know it's best not to.

But at the moment (although I haven't really eaten anything too naughty since the DS), i've not had a single twinge. Literally ZERO ZERO difference.

😞

33 minutes ago, Circlesis said:

Can you be more specific about what you mean by test the waters?

If you mean by eating a piece of fried chicken, I don’t think you can safely assume you will have a massive reaction to deter you. I guess it is possible but I would not count on it.

Yeah this is exactly what i meant. My surgeon said to me that "if you eat the wrong food after the DS, you will end up on the toilet pretty quick".

I appreciate that dietary changes are of paramount importance, but don't see the relevance of having an op which is supposed to aid weight loss when if you go overboard, nothing will actually happen.

Im not being negative, please please don't think i am. Im more confused and just trying to play devils advocate here a little.

I just don't see the point of putting yourself through surgery if, when once you'd had it, you feel like throwing MacDonalds down your neck, you will suffer no ill effects. If that's the case why not just force yourself to maintain an healthy diet without surgery. Im aware that people will say "well if you can do that, then yeah" but if you're gonna fall off the wagon in any way, i personally would like to know this op will give me a kick up the a** and say "don't do that again buddy"

Which is what it was sold to me as it would.

I had the DS on Monday. Feel absolutely no different than when i went in. Bruised badly around the OP incision sites but apart from that feel absolutely no different whatsoever.

Mine was revision surgery though.

Id had the sleeve and sadi before.

Re sex: too early to be thinking about that, but the old boy rises so im sure it will be ok

Hi I have had DS REVISION surgery.

I had a SADI which failed and i found i could literally eat whatever i want without any symptoms and weight rocketed. I visited my surgeon who understands that if all it took was a change of diet nobody would need WLS.

I explained to him that I need something which, if i ate the wrong foods (either accidentally or by being gutty), something would give me a kick up the jacksy and remind me not to do it again.

So he recommended the DS and advised, should I "test the waters" i will be on the loo within 30 mins and this will happen every time i do. Obviously im not planning to be naughty, but I was told the same thing with the SADI and that failed and before long I was back on the Mars Bars and KFC.

I don't want that with the DS but i also need to know it's worked.

I had the DS on Monday.

As the operation didn't physically touch or reduce the size of the stomach, i am only on a weeks puree food before being allowed normal stuff slowly introduced, but don't have to follow the 6 stage plan.

However nothing i have tried so far has given even the slightest twinge and bowel movements have been been exactly the same as before the op (although the chalky green stuff is coming out now), but it's no more frequent and is actually more solid than before.

I am aware it's only ben a few days and it's probably much too early for this post, but just wondering if anyone else has had revision surgery and has had no effects from the DS.

C.