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oh such a difficult situation....your life depends on getting your weight off, which is through bariatric surgery. there will be nothing easy about bariatric surgery .....it could just save your life....you may have to put up some loving boundaries and get plenty of support on whatever you...

hi Everyone, I know this is an old post....but has a list been updated? new DS vetted surgeons? thanks!

hi all, I'm having issues with ENDOs, thyroidectomy and DS is a rough combination, especially living in an area where the DS is not performed. The amount of thyroid RX I take is significantly higher than normies, and 5 endos have now told me that the malabsorption I have would not cause me to...

Sigma-tau requires a RX for VSL#3DS due to the strength. Amazon is not a vendor for VSL#3DS and Sigma-tau does not stand by products purchased there. Sigma-tau has a 800# for medical management. I have been taking VSL#3DS for years, at CVS for $5 a month. It requires pre-authorization from my...

weight lifting....with heavy weights (yes women)

As I have posted before, I have been taking VSL#3 DS for years now, it's day and night for me.

Hope everyone is doing well. I am having another open ventral hernia repair on the 24th. I had a biologic mesh with my first open repair, less than a year ago. This time the surgeon will use a permanent mesh. this will be abdominal surgery #9. The surgery I had last year was a difficult...

my son doesn't have any co-morbs, yet anyway (35 w/comorbs or 40 w no/comorbs)

@DSRIGGS poor baby at least you got some normal results with the colonoscopy, sometimes it is worse on the parents to see our kids go through hardships. ahhh like @hilary1617 stated I always get copies of my lab work, pathology reports, hospital stays, operative reports, MRI, CT...

@hilary1617 thanks for sharing that highly personal information, I also have a child, he is 18, he is my baby he has a bmi of 36, I just don't want him to suffer like I did and I know he is not MO. He is still young, doesn't have any major health problems, but both his parents have weight...

I have wondered about this often, should a teen wait? how long? something better on the horizon any time soon? this is difficult if it is a family member, especially a child to make this decision.

hi all, Because the DS is only performed in a handful of locations, many of us have to travel. Has anyone been able to get the travel (flight) and lodging (hotel) covered by your health insurance when they have authorized you to go out of network since there are no providers in network? how...

for those that don't live in CA, you can get your injections from a compounding pharmacy. you dr will need to call in the RX as usual, I've been receiving VitD injections since 2010

I use VSL#3DS, for years, it is by far the best probiotic I have used

well at least Dr K found it now and not later so that is a good thing, but don't you think you have met your quota of stuff to go wrong?

go to Huntington hospital website, there they have a list of local hotels and the discounts that they give patients

oh amazing and hope your recovery will be better than expected

yes that big piece of mesh is rough (he couldn't do component separation only he had to add biological mesh), but the component separation surgery is what is killing me. Dr K said what I am experiencing pain wise is expected, and the pain will be at least 6 weeks to recover.....it was done open...

wow 20th is right around the corner for you.......and your brother is going with you? you are in excellent hands as you know

I am 3 weeks out and with component separation with mesh it is a bitch, yes it is very painful still.....how long till you could move, turn and sneeze?