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Awesome thus far! It's exciting when we come to terms to have weight loss surgery because it's not easy. In my case I am revision patient from and gastric bypass to DS. My bypass was done in 6/06 and I was pregnant in 2/07 I gained 42lbs back got pregnant again so that was a total of 4 can sections , gallbladder removal and a spinal fusion. My starting weight was 219 day of surgery today I am 211 I really have NO PAIN I walked every hour 10 times in the hospital and drank Water which help with my bowl movement the second day and release of gas as well so the pca was gone that day I only had liquid pain meds. I also had so much scar tissue that more of my intestine had to be removed because it was attached to my abdominal wall. I am having problems with room temperature and cold water and suggestions

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Awesome.

Best wishes for continued success in your recovery.

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Thank you!! How has your weight loss going

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Congrats to you!!

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I had the gastric bypass in 2006 I lost a total of about 87 lbs and gained 50 back. I them consulted with a surgeon that does revisions of the bypass(RNY);so on Monday I had the duodenal switch done my and everything we well I had a lot of scar tissue but during my preoperative test he found out my pouch wasn't small enough to start with. You can lose 60percent of your bmi faster with the ds. I would definitely recommend if you haven't reached your goal if you google gastric bypass revision to ds there is a lot of information. I just got home yesterday and I can send you information on here or pm your email. I have lost almost 10lbs since Monday

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I am looking into this same surgery and was wondering who your Dr was and did you have it open or lap? You seem to have gotten along very well...congrats

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Hello my Dr. Fang at the bridges center was my surgeon and I am so Blessed to have had a experienced compassionate surgeon. My surgery started out lap and he had to do it open I have about a 4 in open scar due to all the scar tissue. I started the process back in October; his colleague Dr. Juarez I am not a fan of his is so rude he discharged me on New Years day and must have had a hang over but I didn't care I told him he is not going to talk to me any kind of way. Then just so happens he was the on call physician when I developed thrush and asked did what did I want him to do Duh fool! But anyway I walk 2 miles a day still can't drink a lot I am very nauseous they ran test I have no leaks or anything in fact the radiologist that checked my gastric bypass pouch checked afterwards and complimented Dr. Fang on doing such a good job. I knew it wouldn't be easy but it all worked out. Good luck are you in the Phoenix area?

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This is my first ever surgery, and I went with the DS, due to my nearly 60 BMI. I ran into complications two weeks after my surgery on 9/22, due to sinus drainage into my stomach. This caused me to not be able to eat or take my Vitamins. I also had a hard time with consuming the amount of Water that I was supposed to do. Ultimately I fell into depression and denial and wouldn't go to the doctor. Finally after the stomach issues stopped, meaning I wasn't throwing up 5x a day, and I hit rock bottom with my symptoms, I went to the ER of my surgery center, and was admitted for two days as they pumped fluids back into me and two backs of liquid vitamins to get me back on track. I was severly dehydrated, along with other thins. Needless to say, make sure you drink your water, eat/drink your Protein, and take your vitamins. I know what the symptoms are and I don't ever want to end up like that again. Now I'm doing good, able to eat pretty much anything, except for white meat from chicken and turkey, or pork chops because of the texture and consistancy of the meat and bacon, because of the fat. I'm not able to drink OJ right now due to the acid concentration, but I may try again later. Besides that, I've not found anything that I can't eat, but I'm still cautious.

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This is my first ever surgery, and I went with the DS, due to my nearly 60 BMI. I ran into complications two weeks after my surgery on 9/22, due to sinus drainage into my stomach. This caused me to not be able to eat or take my Vitamins. I also had a hard time with consuming the amount of Water that I was supposed to do. Ultimately I fell into depression and denial and wouldn't go to the doctor. Finally after the stomach issues stopped, meaning I wasn't throwing up 5x a day, and I hit rock bottom with my symptoms, I went to the ER of my surgery center, and was admitted for two days as they pumped fluids back into me and two backs of liquid vitamins to get me back on track. I was severly dehydrated, along with other thins. Needless to say, make sure you drink your water, eat/drink your Protein, and take your vitamins. I know what the symptoms are and I don't ever want to end up like that again. Now I'm doing good, able to eat pretty much anything, except for white meat from chicken and turkey, or pork chops because of the texture and consistancy of the meat and bacon, because of the fat. I'm not able to drink OJ right now due to the acid concentration, but I may try again later. Besides that, I've not found anything that I can't eat, but I'm still cautious.

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This is my first ever surgery, and I went with the DS, due to my nearly 60 BMI. I ran into complications two weeks after my surgery on 9/22, due to sinus drainage into my stomach. This caused me to not be able to eat or take my Vitamins. I also had a hard time with consuming the amount of Water that I was supposed to do. Ultimately I fell into depression and denial and wouldn't go to the doctor. Finally after the stomach issues stopped, meaning I wasn't throwing up 5x a day, and I hit rock bottom with my symptoms, I went to the ER of my surgery center, and was admitted for two days as they pumped fluids back into me and two backs of liquid vitamins to get me back on track. I was severly dehydrated, along with other thins. Needless to say, make sure you drink your water, eat/drink your Protein, and take your vitamins. I know what the symptoms are and I don't ever want to end up like that again. Now I'm doing good, able to eat pretty much anything, except for white meat from chicken and turkey, or pork chops because of the texture and consistancy of the meat and bacon, because of the fat. I'm not able to drink OJ right now due to the acid concentration, but I may try again later. Besides that, I've not found anything that I can't eat, but I'm still cautious.

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      1. NickelChip

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      3. NickelChip

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