Guest guest Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 Hi All........was wondering if anyone felt like helping me out with something?? Yesterday when I was at my new PS's office a funny thing happened. We were talking about support groups and he asked if I went to my other surgeons. I replied No, that I belonged to a rather large on-line support group.....3,000 members total. He was floored and VERY interested. He asked me if we happened to talk about post- op diets, and did I ever notice any conversations about " protein " and lack of and the need for supplementation. I actually thought he was joking and that maybe it was a trick question. He went on to explain that he and several of his associates had started to notice that it seemed to be mostly WLS patients that had problems with " wounds " ......they figured that it probably had something to do with the malnutrition. They then noticed that these particular patients happen to be terrible low in protein. They want to start a program of dietary requirements for pre-plastic surgery, post-op WLS patients. I explained that it was probably because some of the 'reports' that I have read indicated that we may absorb as little as 10% of our food protein intake.........he asked where I had read this and if I could forward this info to him........my problem is that I don't remember exactly " where " I did read this.........any body have any suggestions.....I am going to research on obesityhelp.com and other websites......but if any of you have any " published " reports hanging around......would you mind forwarding them to me!! THANKS SO MUCH........... P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 Hi All........was wondering if anyone felt like helping me out with something?? Yesterday when I was at my new PS's office a funny thing happened. We were talking about support groups and he asked if I went to my other surgeons. I replied No, that I belonged to a rather large on-line support group.....3,000 members total. He was floored and VERY interested. He asked me if we happened to talk about post- op diets, and did I ever notice any conversations about " protein " and lack of and the need for supplementation. I actually thought he was joking and that maybe it was a trick question. He went on to explain that he and several of his associates had started to notice that it seemed to be mostly WLS patients that had problems with " wounds " ......they figured that it probably had something to do with the malnutrition. They then noticed that these particular patients happen to be terrible low in protein. They want to start a program of dietary requirements for pre-plastic surgery, post-op WLS patients. I explained that it was probably because some of the 'reports' that I have read indicated that we may absorb as little as 10% of our food protein intake.........he asked where I had read this and if I could forward this info to him........my problem is that I don't remember exactly " where " I did read this.........any body have any suggestions.....I am going to research on obesityhelp.com and other websites......but if any of you have any " published " reports hanging around......would you mind forwarding them to me!! THANKS SO MUCH........... P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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