Post-Op Dietician Apt.

Hi everybody,

Just wondering about something that was mentioned at the Nut. meeting I attended and that was to see a dietician soon after the surgery but we were also told that the waiting time to see the dietician at Sacré Coeur is close to 6 months...so what to do?

I was told I could see a private Nut. (I have insurance) but I would have to find a bariatric dietician. So anyone been to the post-op nut or have gone the private route?

Also I have a question concerning the breakfast post op. It states we can have cereal with milk quite early on but what if I never eat cereal...and will it go down? What have you guys had for breakfast? Is having a shake only ok?

The questions are starting for me now...and it looks like I should have my surgery by mid-september at the latest. I had to postpone my bloodwork for a month because both my parents and my daughter will be away for a huge part of the summer so I don't really want to go through this alone.

Thanks to all of you for all your help and support!!
Happy Easter!
Ada

Hi Ada,

I can not really help you on this one. I was told by the doctor that if needed I could go see a private nut, considering that I am over 2 hours from the hospital, it is not convenient to see the one at there. However, so far, between the ready that I have done and advises from people here, I didn't felt the need to see a nut.

Nathalie

That is awesome news Ada....I did use a private Nut and they are located on Green Avenue. I will dig out my info. They are a clinic that Dr. Christou uses and they do specialize in Bariatric preop and postop services. To be honest I only seen her twice as I felt that I really didn't need them earlier on. I do work with a Nut at the hospital and she has been very curious with Bariatric surgery and has been there for me if I have questions on certain foods or interpretation of labels. She has given me good tricks. I would say that you would probably need her more after a year or so rather than early on. Your stomach can only eat so much and there is a good variety of meal plans on various bariatric surgeons site that you get a good idea of what to eat and when to eat it. Dr. Christou's site has their meal plans online www.weightlosssurgery.ca. It will give you a guideline. As for breakfast. I had a protein drink for a the first year postop. I still have a hard time eating solids but I can eat oatmeal with lactose free milk and I add a scoop of soy protein. I put that in a thermos and bring it to work and take baby spoonfuls during the morning. It is equivalent to a cup and it sustains me until lunch. I can eat a solid lunch and supper but mornings are still tough for me. In the begining I ate alot of eggs, omelets, baked fritta etc. You'll have to experiement Ada and see how your tummy reacts to different foods. The toughest part is getting veggies in post op. By the time you eat protein there is little room for anything else. I try really hard to get my fruits in as snacks but I don't get enough veggies. My labs are good so I am not worried at this point. I do take my vits though. Hope this helps!

Yeah I find that too. By the time you eat your protein you can't eat veggies. Trying to get all the protein in is a challenge. so usually protein snack. I find having a shake in the morning makes it much easier to ge your protein in.  Then you don't have to worry as much during the day.  I also keep track on sparkpeople.com  they have an excellent breakdown and it really helps.  I am not going back to the nut. You definately need a Barartic Nut.  I fired mine. I knew more than her and besides she was very rude.  I can do it myself.  I think I am more intelegent than that.  I live on the Ontario Quebec border so they want me to go to Quebec.  At this point not going to happen.  Doris QC.

Still trying to fix my avitar.  crap. 

Thanks everyone for all your input. I was also thinking of doing the shake for breakfast since I'm not too good eating first thing in the morning. Even now I do have breakfast but only when I get to work. We shall see when the time comes...

Brenda I'd love that phone number if you can dig it up because I think that eventually I'd like to see a bariatric Nut.

Thanks again everybody and have a great evening!

Hugs!
Ada