Newbie and SO excited about surgery....at least I think I'm excited! Initially went to my first appointment thinking I would have the gastric sleeve, but left leaning toward having the Modified Switch. Would love to hear how others surgery went - I want the good, bad and ugly. I would love to hear from any other "switchers"!

On 6/29/2024 at 6:01 AM, ShoppGirl said:

So I thought I had really found something great when I came across the Pro Care health Sadi/ DS multi with Iron and ADEK. . Then I started googling and the 60mg of iron in them is toxic and potentially fatal for normal anatomy. I realize we won’t absorb as much of some vitamins but since we dont know exactly the degree of malabsorbtion would I be better to start with a little lower iron like 45mg and up it if my labs are low?

I can't take any oral iron, so I'm not sure, really. I can't imagine a reputable company like them would put a fatal amount of iron in their product, as it would be very bad for business. ? I just get iron infusions when my iron gets low, but it is ideal to take it in pill form if you can absorb it... You could try a few days a week and then have your levels checked to see if they are responding to the dosage. It is not usually a bad thing to start slow and ramp up if you aren't getting your levels up. And be sure to talk to your surgeon about it, as they can help guide you to what is a safe dose and do labwork regularly to be sure you aren't getting too much. ❤️

33 minutes ago, ChunkCat said:

I can't take any oral iron, so I'm not sure, really. I can't imagine a reputable company like them would put a fatal amount of iron in their product, as it would be very bad for business. ? I just get iron infusions when my iron gets low, but it is ideal to take it in pill form if you can absorb it... You could try a few days a week and then have your levels checked to see if they are responding to the dosage. It is not usually a bad thing to start slow and ramp up if you aren't getting your levels up. And be sure to talk to your surgeon about it, as they can help guide you to what is a safe dose and do labwork regularly to be sure you aren't getting too much. ❤️

Omg, that’s hilarious. I never really thought about it that way, Thank you!! Sometimes I get a little over concerned about things. I have to teeter the fine line between being too lax and worrying excessively which is hard to do with an anxiety disorder. I do plan to take both bottles with me on surgery day and ask him if I actually see him and not the PA before I leave. If not I will ask him eventually. They don’t make that higher iron one in chewable anyways so I have at least a month post surgery before I need to decide, I just wanted to get the opinions of the people who actually lived it. Does the oral iron just make you sick or not absorb or what? Is it related to surgery or something else?

Edited July 3, 20242 yr by ShoppGirl

On 9/24/2020 at 2:54 PM, Lara in Arkansas said:

@california guy,

Thank you for response. I am very excited, just nervous (as is normal)! Congrats on your weight loss!

@Ms. Mocie,

I honestly don't know other than the modified version is reportedly less invasive and easier? I am hoping it's easier recovery wise as well.

My recovery from the surgery was really easy. I was a Sleep patient for seven years and then I converted to the Sadie. They did repair two hernia while they were in there and those killed me for weeks on end, but the incisions for the conversion in those areas, I had no pain whatsoever. In fact, I didn’t even feel like I had a surgery because being a veteran sleeve patient The amount of food I could eat did not change after the conversion.

For me the recovery was a great deal worse with the SADI than the sleeve but it was just gas. I think the gas thing is hit or miss and some of us are just unlucky. With my sleeve I was up walking in recovery and home the next day off pain meds and having to be reminded that I just had surgery and to take it easy. After SADI I was literally crying, begging the nurse for more pain meds after five days of not passing gas. It was awful until one morning I passed fade like 5 or 6 times and with each one I felt more and more relief. I honestly don’t think that pain medication does anything to touch the gas pain and if you are unlucky and get it stuck somewhere bad you just gotta deal with it unfortunately. My revision was robotic assist and the sleeve was not. That’s the only real difference. Same surgeon. Same incisions. Similar starting weight. But night and day difference in pain. I did get my gallbladder out with the revision but it was the gas pain that was the issue. After that it was about the same.

Edited March 14, 20251 yr by ShoppGirl