Re: Re: Upsetting story on CBS news

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A friend of mine recently told me that her sisters best friend recently

had the gastric bypass surgery. When my friend asked her sister about

support group meetings, her eating plan, vitamin supplements, etc, the

sister said that after like 2 weeks she was eating exactly what she did

preop and wasn't on any supplements. The girl was evidently told she

didn't have to do supplements and was given no plans or suggestions other

then to eat normal food as soon as possible. (I wonder if she even knows

what normal eating is.) It was really kind of scary that this college

student was so uninformed about something that could change her life.

Fortunately my friend knows where the sister and her friend can get the

information if they want it. I just hope the kid doesn't wait to long.

It makes ya wonder about her surgeon.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

479/356/hoping for close to 200

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:56:00 -0000 " carolg_il "

writes:

> ============ That is a major concern of mine, also. I have two

> friends who had GB's by inexperienced surgeons jumping on the

> bandwagon. These doctors want to learn how to perform this surgery

>

> and the learning curve is steep, but they have to learn somewhere,

> so it is on the patients. Many are stepping right into the Lap

> procedure which is a greater learning curve still.

>

> The money for them is intoxicating and they are jumping in without

> support staff, nutritionist or the correct aftercare information.

> Neither of the two surgeons mentioned above had any type of follow-

> up care in place or support meetings for patients.

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> Both of my friends have gotten all of their after-care information

> from me or this list. They have literally been dropped with no

> mention of yearly bloodwork, vitamins regimens or necessities, yadda

>

> yadda.

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> Darn shame.

>

> Carol G

> (Whose pet peeve is STILL how the fat community is so abused and

> taken advantage of because the perception is we open our pockets to

>

> anything that even smacks of easy weight loss. Next thing you know,

>

> some quack will put a diet pill inside a SF Peep and make a

> fortune.)

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