Marquis Mark
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Wow i just started here and feel so insure about my choice to do DS as my revisiOn from m lapband but after reading these posts i feel more confident i need surgery.
The malabsorption worries me for long term health and complications but so does staying fat.
Even though I've already had the DS, I understand -- and share -- your concerns. There are things that we just don't know. Many vitamins/minerals were just discovered in the last 50 years. There may be micronutrients we don't know about yet that rearranging the small intestine might inhibit absorption of. I've searched far and wide and have heard of only a few people with the DS for more than 20 years. Now, 20 years ago, of course, there were very few people getting the DS so that may not mean anything.
Having said that, we do know, for sure, that being morbidly obese WILL kill you. How many MO people do you know who live into their 80s? But you seem to know that.
Anyway, I went ahead and while I would really like to hear from more people in their 70s and 80s who had the DS 20+ years ago, I decided that I was more concerned with quality of life. The DS will definitely give you that. Being MO sucks.