IMHO, DS is NOT a cause, but MIGHT complicate stuff.

[Spiky Bugger]

I’ve just diagnosed me with SARCOPENIA. My weight is dropping like crazy. I HAD lost about 45% of my total body weight since my surgery, but now I’m at 52% gone.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/sarcopenia#TOC_TITLE_HDR_4

I am ALSO elderly and lately (earlier w/broken back, recently with broken arm) sedentary. The DS part of this involves reversing the condition w/stuff like eating 25-30 g of protein at each meal, but WE have to ABSORB that much. And taking Vit D and Omega 3 fatty acids, but we have issues with absorbing fats/oils.

I will discuss the issue w/our Physical Therapist tomorrow and my PCP when I see her in two weeks.

NOTE: The DS for sure saved my life. But it isn’t a free pass to Miracle Land, and as life’s challenges present themselves…as we become ANTIQUES, thanks to the DS…we have to listen to what is recommended for un-rearranged folks, and adapt as needed.

I think.

 

[southernlady]

NOTE: The DS for sure saved my life. But it isn’t a free pass to Miracle Land, and as life’s challenges present themselves…as we become ANTIQUES, thanks to the DS…we have to listen to what is recommended for un-rearranged folks, and adapt as needed.

I think.

Yeap, we have to adapt the information we are given to our particular life. We aren’t normal folks. Haven’t been normal since the day we had surgery.

 

[Larra]

Some of us weren't so normal even before our surgery! But of course, I speak only for myself.

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Some of us weren't so normal even before our surgery! But of course, I speak only for myself.

Indeed you do!


Right?

 

[Larra]

Right!

 

[hilary1617]

Here's to doing whatever it takes to regain your physical strength so that it can match your intellectual fortitude!

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Here's to doing whatever it takes to regain your physical strength so that it can match your intellectual fortitude!

Oh, MY!!!

Thank you.

 

[JackieOnLine]

I will discuss the issue w/our Physical Therapist tomorrow and my PCP when I see her in two weeks.

I hope they are helpful.

We've seen you do great at adapting; you set an excellent example!