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Oh, excuse me. I thought I was on a support board for WLS patients.
Even people with a lapband and the sleeve have some absorption issues due to the reduced stomach volume.
We don't typically share information that does not apply to surgery patients.
We also don't hide behind private profiles if we're going to get snarky with someone.
Carry on!
Susan (AKA bilsrib)
300/135/135 - Plastics February 2008 - Dr. Lois Wagstrom
P E A C E - It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
~Kelly ~
SW 364/CW 164/GW 150
That is great! I have United Healthcare as well, but my version requires the six month diet. Its been ok...although i have wanted this for awhile, it still takes time to get your head around it! lol Its been going by pretty fast, there is always something to do for insurance, or the surgeon, or yourself!...=)
Those government fact sheets are written with a normal digestive system in mind. With our rerouted innards we have different needs.
Every program I have heard from - except Dr. Boyce evidently - instructs patients to take their calcium and iron at least 2 hours apart.
As for the kidney stones. As a card carrying member of the kidney stone club - prior to WLS - my urologist told me that it is calcium carbonate that contributes to stone formation. Dietary calcium, the kind naturally found in foods, is digested differently that calcium in supplement form. Dietary calcium rarely causes stones. It is also near impossible to ingest the amounts of calcium needed to cause negative side effects without high levels of supplementation. Most people are lacking in calcium, thus the high numbers of osteoporosis cases we are hearing about.
I have had a couple of mild stone episodes since surgery and they were directly linked to low fluid intake. I tend to slack up on my water in the winter and that has gotten me into trouble a few times. Nothing that couldn't pass on it's own but it still wasn't any fun.
Susan (AKA bilsrib)
300/135/135 - Plastics February 2008 - Dr. Lois Wagstrom
P E A C E - It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.
