Question:
Will I get the proper nutrition eating so much less (2)

   — Lenore G. (posted on March 10, 2000)

March 10, 2000
Lenore, The honest answer is no, not initially. That's why it is so important to take a good vitamin & calcium supplement, and possibly Rx iron.The good news is, the people who usually have the surgery are pretty well stored up on nutrition to get them through surgery and those first few post-op weeks. Good luck......Dani
   — Dani J.

March 10, 2000
With any of these surgeries with a tiny pouch, it's hard to get in enough nutrition without stretching your pouch or grazing. Each doctor is different in his approach, but ours has us on a high doseage of protein supplelment along with the vitamins and minerals that normally would be processed in the part of your stomach that is now bypassed. We never "feel" under nourished, because the body is receiving better nutrition than it was BEFORE surgery when we were perpetually dieting! My labs were better at 3 months post-op than they'd been in my whole life!
   — vitalady