poll re: nutritionists
1. Do you work with a nutritionist? Or did you, at the start of your journey, if you're further out?
2. How often do/did you see your nutritionist?
3. Is your nutritionist a registered dietician?
4. Is your nutritionist associated with your surgeon's office?
5. Does your nutritionist give you advice that's in line with the ASMBS guidelines?
6. Do you find your nutritionist helpful?
2. How often do/did you see your nutritionist?
3. Is your nutritionist a registered dietician?
4. Is your nutritionist associated with your surgeon's office?
5. Does your nutritionist give you advice that's in line with the ASMBS guidelines?
6. Do you find your nutritionist helpful?
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
1. I did for I guess the first 18 months.
2. I saw the nutritionist every time I saw the surgeon, plus phoned/emailed when I had questions. So I saw her more often in the beginning, less often later on.
3. Yep.
4. Yes. I actually had two nutritionists because I changed surgeons, but each was associated with the surgeon's office.
5. For the most part, both did. However, the first surgeon gave advice that was NOT in line with the ASMBS guidelines (for instance, told me to take calcium carbonate) and that conflicted with what his nutritionist said.
6. Helpful in the beginning in terms of planning meals and advancing my diet. less helpful when it came to vitamins. While I did get some helpful advice about vitamins I learned a lot more about that here on OH and just doing my own research.
2. I saw the nutritionist every time I saw the surgeon, plus phoned/emailed when I had questions. So I saw her more often in the beginning, less often later on.
3. Yep.
4. Yes. I actually had two nutritionists because I changed surgeons, but each was associated with the surgeon's office.
5. For the most part, both did. However, the first surgeon gave advice that was NOT in line with the ASMBS guidelines (for instance, told me to take calcium carbonate) and that conflicted with what his nutritionist said.
6. Helpful in the beginning in terms of planning meals and advancing my diet. less helpful when it came to vitamins. While I did get some helpful advice about vitamins I learned a lot more about that here on OH and just doing my own research.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
another poll. I love it.
1. Yes. The one i had to see as part of pre-op i was not happy with. I found someone new who is also part of a bigger bariatric group. I love her
2. I see her about 1 a month.
3. Yes.
4. Yes, but not really. She is part of another group of surgeons and metabolic physicians at the same hospital. but they will follow my surgeon's patients post-op
5. Yes. FOr the most part. When i wasn't able to get ANY protein in after my failed IVC issue, she recommended the bullets to at least get some protein in quick and painless
6. I do. I can email her at 10am and i have an answer in less than 2 hours. she "gets" the whole package. She sees me as me, not just another post-op. So much, i sent my hubby to see her for non-surgical weight loss.
1. Yes. The one i had to see as part of pre-op i was not happy with. I found someone new who is also part of a bigger bariatric group. I love her
2. I see her about 1 a month.
3. Yes.
4. Yes, but not really. She is part of another group of surgeons and metabolic physicians at the same hospital. but they will follow my surgeon's patients post-op
5. Yes. FOr the most part. When i wasn't able to get ANY protein in after my failed IVC issue, she recommended the bullets to at least get some protein in quick and painless
6. I do. I can email her at 10am and i have an answer in less than 2 hours. she "gets" the whole package. She sees me as me, not just another post-op. So much, i sent my hubby to see her for non-surgical weight loss.
"Something has changed within me. Something is not the same". Elphaba 
1. My original nutritionist was minimally helpful (she was one person for a LOT of patients, so it wasn't entirely her fault). So no I didn't utilize her much in the beginning. The new nutritional TEAM is very helpful to me now.
2. At least twice a month at support group, otherwise I email and get a pretty fast response.
3. YES! All of the NUTs associated with our practice are.
4. Yep. With several actually.
5. Yes, and often cites the document or section of the ASMBS website where the information comes from so I can look at it myself.
6. Very. Our lead NUT, Nancy, even got Dr. Jacqueline Jacques, lead nutritionist for Bariatric Advantage vitamins, to come and speak to us. Plus she's teamed up with a psychologist to do support group sessions on "food and mood" and she takes my questions very seriously. I used to feel like I was getting the brush off. I like the team very much now and feel like they are a resource to me.
2. At least twice a month at support group, otherwise I email and get a pretty fast response.
3. YES! All of the NUTs associated with our practice are.
4. Yep. With several actually.
5. Yes, and often cites the document or section of the ASMBS website where the information comes from so I can look at it myself.
6. Very. Our lead NUT, Nancy, even got Dr. Jacqueline Jacques, lead nutritionist for Bariatric Advantage vitamins, to come and speak to us. Plus she's teamed up with a psychologist to do support group sessions on "food and mood" and she takes my questions very seriously. I used to feel like I was getting the brush off. I like the team very much now and feel like they are a resource to me.
1. I did, for about 6 months leading up to my surgery. I haven't seen her since.
2. I saw her about monthly.
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. I don't really remember. I think it was, mostly. But the vitamin recommendations were off (i.e. Flintstones).
6. I didn't really find her all that helpful, which is why I stopped going. I feel like I know how to eat properly, I just have that whiney, tantruming 2-year-old in my brain who is flinging herself on the ground and screaming "I don't wanna!" LOL
All that said, I have my 4-year post op check up coming up, and I plan to ask my surgeon about the new nutritionist (the one I used to see is no longer with the practice) and I may consider going to see her.
2. I saw her about monthly.
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. I don't really remember. I think it was, mostly. But the vitamin recommendations were off (i.e. Flintstones).
6. I didn't really find her all that helpful, which is why I stopped going. I feel like I know how to eat properly, I just have that whiney, tantruming 2-year-old in my brain who is flinging herself on the ground and screaming "I don't wanna!" LOL
All that said, I have my 4-year post op check up coming up, and I plan to ask my surgeon about the new nutritionist (the one I used to see is no longer with the practice) and I may consider going to see her.
1. No
2. I saw her once when I started the supervised weight lost, once pre op, and once for a nutrition class that 10 of us were in.
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. No
6. Yes - she has been at two support group meetings. One was on how to order from a menu when eating out and the other was how to grocery shop following WLS.
I did email her once and she was prompt to reply the next day.
2. I saw her once when I started the supervised weight lost, once pre op, and once for a nutrition class that 10 of us were in.
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. No
6. Yes - she has been at two support group meetings. One was on how to order from a menu when eating out and the other was how to grocery shop following WLS.
I did email her once and she was prompt to reply the next day.
HW 313 SW 285 Goal 155
1. I saw a nutritionsit, who basically gacve me a spread-you-rcarbs-out-over-the-day diabetci diet as part of my multi-disciplinary pre-op requirements.
2. I saw her 3 times pre-op as required. I then talked to another nutritionist on the telephone (when they called to cancel my appointment) at 6 months post-op (a little late for a first nutritional follow-up, don't you think, especially since my surgeon sends people home onb soft foods!??)
3. No clue.
4. She works for the overall bariatric program that covers my surgeon as well as several others in the same general hospital system in the area
5. Never got any post-op advice beyond "it sounds like you're doing great" (or something to that effect) in response ot my description of a typical daily menu for me.
6. Uh, what do you think, LOL...?!?!? Good thing the info from the surgeon (and from a few people here) was really good....
Lora
2. I saw her 3 times pre-op as required. I then talked to another nutritionist on the telephone (when they called to cancel my appointment) at 6 months post-op (a little late for a first nutritional follow-up, don't you think, especially since my surgeon sends people home onb soft foods!??)
3. No clue.
4. She works for the overall bariatric program that covers my surgeon as well as several others in the same general hospital system in the area
5. Never got any post-op advice beyond "it sounds like you're doing great" (or something to that effect) in response ot my description of a typical daily menu for me.
6. Uh, what do you think, LOL...?!?!? Good thing the info from the surgeon (and from a few people here) was really good....
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
1. Do you work with a nutritionist? Or did you, at the start of your journey, if you're further out? Yes.
2. How often do/did you see your nutritionist? quite often to begin with and lately every 3 months. After my 1 yr. appt. it will go to six months or a year.
3. Is your nutritionist a registered dietician? yes, she specializes in bariatrics
4. Is your nutritionist associated with your surgeon's office? no
5. Does your nutritionist give you advice that's in line with the ASMBS guidelines? yes
6. Do you find your nutritionist helpful? very
2. How often do/did you see your nutritionist? quite often to begin with and lately every 3 months. After my 1 yr. appt. it will go to six months or a year.
3. Is your nutritionist a registered dietician? yes, she specializes in bariatrics
4. Is your nutritionist associated with your surgeon's office? no
5. Does your nutritionist give you advice that's in line with the ASMBS guidelines? yes
6. Do you find your nutritionist helpful? very
Sandy
HW 225, SW 219, GW 140, CW 124
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!
1. yes
2. saw a couple times preop & a couple times postop
3. yes
4. no. She was when my surgeon was in private practice but my surgeon moved to another hospital, who has a really stupid NUT - I refused to see that one after a couple visits!
5. yes
6. yes
2. saw a couple times preop & a couple times postop
3. yes
4. no. She was when my surgeon was in private practice but my surgeon moved to another hospital, who has a really stupid NUT - I refused to see that one after a couple visits!
5. yes
6. yes
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