@tonibowman Thank you for sharing your experience. I have a call in to Mayo, partly to ask if I can talk to a dietician before the surgery so I have an idea which foods to buy for post-op. I am not a large person and I am concerned that will be hard for me to get enough nutrition to make up for the fact that it won't be held in by the valve sphincter. I can easily see myself getting quite underweight or malnourished. It's already kind of difficult because I'm allergic to many foods. And, yes, I've made note of the bile acid tendency.

How wonderful that you have found a combo that works for you and you feel good and have energy. Thank you for sharing the secrets to your success!