New MEMBER 10 months POST lots of Questions

[Guest guest]

Hi my name is Kim. Some may know me as KimberDS from the

obesityhelp.com chat room or kim in o from the ossge iowa nebraska

board.

I had my surgery 10 months ago in omaha nebraska with Dr. Sudan. I

started out at 320 lbs and i'm 5'5 and a half..i'm told the half

really does COUNT. LOL I have lost to date a little over 90lbs and

i'm losing so slow....have been since about March.

Does anyone else with DS feel they are losing so slow to none at

all. I haven't lost in months. Sometimes I feel like the RNY would

have allowed me to lose more weight.

My goal weight was supposed to be 150 at 5'5..dont' forget the half.

LOL and I don't see ever gettingthere. If i've only lost 20 pounds

since march.

I just am feeling like I should have gone with RNY. Though I do love

my new eating lifestyle. I feel very normal and the BM's really

aren't that bad. I have about 2 every morning..sometimes more..and

sometimes..yes sometiems even less.

Other than NOT LOSING i'm doign good. is there an ossg site for SLOW

losers who are convinced they are done.

Kim in Omaha

[Guest guest]

Hi my name is Kim. Some may know me as KimberDS from the

obesityhelp.com chat room or kim in o from the ossge iowa nebraska

board.

I had my surgery 10 months ago in omaha nebraska with Dr. Sudan. I

started out at 320 lbs and i'm 5'5 and a half..i'm told the half

really does COUNT. LOL I have lost to date a little over 90lbs and

i'm losing so slow....have been since about March.

Does anyone else with DS feel they are losing so slow to none at

all. I haven't lost in months. Sometimes I feel like the RNY would

have allowed me to lose more weight.

My goal weight was supposed to be 150 at 5'5..dont' forget the half.

LOL and I don't see ever gettingthere. If i've only lost 20 pounds

since march.

I just am feeling like I should have gone with RNY. Though I do love

my new eating lifestyle. I feel very normal and the BM's really

aren't that bad. I have about 2 every morning..sometimes more..and

sometimes..yes sometiems even less.

Other than NOT LOSING i'm doign good. is there an ossg site for SLOW

losers who are convinced they are done.

Kim in Omaha

[Guest guest]

Kim,

What does Sudan Say? What is your progress to date?

New MEMBER 10 months POST lots of Questions

> Hi my name is Kim. Some may know me as KimberDS from the

> obesityhelp.com chat room or kim in o from the ossge iowa nebraska

> board.

>

> I had my surgery 10 months ago in omaha nebraska with Dr. Sudan. I

> started out at 320 lbs and i'm 5'5 and a half..i'm told the half

> really does COUNT. LOL I have lost to date a little over 90lbs and

> i'm losing so slow....have been since about March.

>

> Does anyone else with DS feel they are losing so slow to none at

> all. I haven't lost in months. Sometimes I feel like the RNY would

> have allowed me to lose more weight.

>

> My goal weight was supposed to be 150 at 5'5..dont' forget the half.

> LOL and I don't see ever gettingthere. If i've only lost 20 pounds

> since march.

>

> I just am feeling like I should have gone with RNY. Though I do love

> my new eating lifestyle. I feel very normal and the BM's really

> aren't that bad. I have about 2 every morning..sometimes more..and

> sometimes..yes sometiems even less.

>

> Other than NOT LOSING i'm doign good. is there an ossg site for SLOW

> losers who are convinced they are done.

>

> Kim in Omaha

>

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I totally understand what you are going through. I have only lost 38

lbs in 6 months after my DS surgery. (And that is with about a month

of semi-starvation dieting and about 3 months of vigorous swimming

for exercise three times a week.) At this rate, I will not lose a

substantial amount of my excess weight before my " window " runs out.

In addition, I have done the " cottage cheese " test that gives us a

ball-park estimate of our stomach size and it is now 10 oz. It was

that size ever since I was 4-1/2 months post-op. This is somewhat on

the large size for 4-1/2 to 6 months post-op. I am going to have a

revision of my common channel, alimentary limb, and hopefully my

stomach as well, in late August.

Here are some web addresses that you might be interested in:

The cottage cheese test:

http://www.sabariatric.com/cottage_cheese_test.htm

The DS revision list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DS_Revision

The OSSG revision list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OSSG-Revision

The DS slow losers club list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wlss

Unfortunately, the DS slow losers club list doesn't have a huge

amount of traffic right now, but I expect it will pick up eventually.

If you are thinking that an RNY is the answer, you may change your

mind after reading the revision lists and the OSSG Hungry list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ossg-hungry

Joy Frost, both Pre and Post-Op DS Age: 48

Open DS with Deveney/Welker Date: 2-5-01

Common channel: 100cm Alimentary limb: 250cm

Weight at time of surgery: 255 lbs BMI: 47

Weight as of 8-1-01: 217 lbs BMI: 40 (-38 lbs)

Revision to be done in late August 2001

http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Joy/joy.html

> Hi my name is Kim. Some may know me as KimberDS from the

> obesityhelp.com chat room or kim in o from the ossge iowa nebraska

> board.

>

> I had my surgery 10 months ago in omaha nebraska with Dr. Sudan. I

> started out at 320 lbs and i'm 5'5 and a half..i'm told the half

> really does COUNT. LOL I have lost to date a little over 90lbs and

> i'm losing so slow....have been since about March.

>

> Does anyone else with DS feel they are losing so slow to none at

> all. I haven't lost in months. Sometimes I feel like the RNY

> would have allowed me to lose more weight.

>

> My goal weight was supposed to be 150 at 5'5..dont' forget the

> half. LOL and I don't see ever getting there. If i've only lost

> 20 pounds since march.

>

> I just am feeling like I should have gone with RNY. Though I do

> love my new eating lifestyle. I feel very normal and the BM's

> really aren't that bad. I have about 2 every morning..sometimes

> more..and sometimes..yes sometiems even less.

>

> Other than NOT LOSING i'm doign good. is there an ossg site for

> SLOW losers who are convinced they are done.

>

> Kim in Omaha