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so.... I cannot seem to find any valuable or reasonable information on malabsorption and the rate of it post RNY.
I understand that it would vary from person to person, and dependent upon the length of intestine bypassed. However, you'd think there would still be an average percent listed out there someplace!
I have read where (thanks to JJ) our villa rebuild themselves.... which never ceases to amaze me how extraordinary our bodies are!
And I have read where some say it is at this time that the malabsorption no longer takes place. Then others say this is not true because if it were, we'd also be back to absorbing all the nutrients in foods and would no longer need vitamins, which we know is not the case...
It seems there are many unanswered questions. I was wondering if any of you have gotten answers to these from their surgeon or another reputable place.....
(yeah, I think its the college student in me that needs to know this stuff!)
I understand that it would vary from person to person, and dependent upon the length of intestine bypassed. However, you'd think there would still be an average percent listed out there someplace!
I have read where (thanks to JJ) our villa rebuild themselves.... which never ceases to amaze me how extraordinary our bodies are!
And I have read where some say it is at this time that the malabsorption no longer takes place. Then others say this is not true because if it were, we'd also be back to absorbing all the nutrients in foods and would no longer need vitamins, which we know is not the case...
It seems there are many unanswered questions. I was wondering if any of you have gotten answers to these from their surgeon or another reputable place.....
(yeah, I think its the college student in me that needs to know this stuff!)
I too had the same questions. I talked to my nut and he had me go to the following website. It is very very informative. It's got a ton of information - very factual and updated. In fact it's because of this site that my nut upped my calcium intake.
i am sure it will satisfy your "collegiate" need to get all the facts.
www.asmbs.org
Not sure why it won't hyper link the web addy, but it's simple enough to type in.
Rochelle
I do drive myself crazy sometimes with this endless 'need to know'! LOL!
Becca, my guess is that malabsorption is one of those "your mileage may vary" type things.
It is interesting...until recently, I hadn't really realized the malabsorption doesn't just affect vitamins. It also happens with calories.
I believe most of the information we have on post surgical vitamin malabsorption has been developed combining our current understanding of where different nutrients are actually absorbed along our digestive tract with the information gleaned from post-operatove blood work from previous post-op patients.
Have you tried researching "malabsorption after bowel resection" or something like that?
I'll see if my surgeon's office has any good research on the issue.
JJ