livers, zinc and other vitamins

[Guest guest]

> I have heard however, of people being on low fat for the week prior

> to surgery. My dietician has also said that certain supplements

are

> good prior to surgery to assist in healing.

>

> Prior to my next surgical procedure I will be taking a few things

> like zinc to help things along.

My naturopath has also suggested zinc for healing, and has given me

some Blackmore's Milk Thistle tablets to help my liver (which I'm

pleased about after all this talk of fatty livers and open surgery,

given that I'm less than 2 weeks away from my op !) and I must say I

feel better overall than I have in months. The tablets are also much

more palatable than the putrid green liver-cleansing concoction a

girlfriend of mine was on recently !

I haven't put much credence in naturopathics until now, but this lady

knew what she was talking about (how do they know so much from

looking at your eyes ??).

So, in the lead up to my op, I'm now on Blackmore's Executive B

multivitamin, BioZinc, and Milk Thistle. I know that bandsters

should take multivitamins regularly after banding - can I ask which

ones people use ? The Executive B are like horse pills, and I'm

concerned about them getting stuck and causing great pain. Powdered

form sounds ideal. I've recently invested in my first tin of

Sustagen (Dutch Choc - yum!).

I'll have to ask the naturopath next time I see her, who by the way,

has worked with a bandster before, and knew of Prof O'Brien. She was

very positive about it.... who would have expected that ?!

Leanne