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Our next webcast – “Dietary and medication Q&A for J pouch patients“” – featuring Uchu Meade and Gabriela Poufou
Updated 23rd September 2024
We are delighted to report that the second part of this fantastic Q&A session has now been confirmed to take place on Wednesday 30th October at 7:30 pm. If you attended the first part which took place on 24th July, you will be aware that, such was the interest, that we ran out of time to cover all topics, and Uchu and Gabriela kindly offered to present a follow up session to continue the discussion.
If you missed the first session, you can see the recording on our YouTube channel here.
Based upon the response to the first session, we expect this follow-up session to be very popular so please register as soon as possible to make sure of your place. Attendance is FREE and open to all, but prior registration is required. You can register using button below.
As before , you will be able to put your questions during the session but we would like to encourage you to submit questions in advance. Please submit questions to info@pouchsupport.org. Please checkout below the topics that were covered in the first session as we will try to avoid covering same ground again!
Updated 29th July 2024
This webcast took place as advertised on 24th July and was greatly enjoyed by the attendees. The recording of this session is now available. Many subjects of great interest to pouchees were discussed in detail as shown below.
| TIME | SUBJECT |
| 0.00:00 | Introduction |
| 0.03:23 | Vitamin B12 Deficiency |
| 0.33:24 | Passing undigested food |
| 0.36:33 | Psyllium Husk |
| 0.42:52 | Gas/bloating |
| 0.56:46 | Hydration/St. Mark’s eMix |
| 1.13:34 | Monitoring Sodium levels |
| 1.15:10 | Taking vitamin Supplements |
| 1.22:49 | Strictures/ Blockages (to be continued…) |
In fact, we ran out of time to cover all the questions that had been submitted, and we are delighted to announce that Uchu and Gabriela have volunteered to participate in another session to cover the remaining questions (and any new ones that might be added!)
We will let you know the date as soon as possible. In the meantime, enjoy the recording of Part 1, which you can find on our Youtube channel here.
After watching this recording, it would be much appreciated if you could submit your feedback at https://forms.office.com/e/a4A1nVT44V. Survey results will support Uchu and Gabriela’s personal professional development and interaction with patient groups such as pouchees is a very important part of their professional evaluation.
Our next webcast will be taking place on Wednesday 24th July at 7:30 pm (BST) and will feature Uchu Meade, Consultant Pharmacist, and Gabriela Poufou, Advanced Specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dietitian – both at St. Mark’s Hospital.
Both have previously presented at Red Lion Group Information days and zoom webcasts and you can find recordings on our YouTube channel (see below). For the first time, we will be featuring the two of them together and the format of the whole session will be in the form of an interactive Question & Answer, on two of the most interesting subjects for people with an internal pouch (J Pouch or similar) and that is on the topics of DIETARY and MEDICATION advice for J pouch patients.
In April 2023, Uchu Meade achieved a significant milestone in her career by becoming the first consultant level pharmacist at St Mark’s Hospital. She has presented for RLG previously on the subject “Pharmacy advice for Pouch Patients“. You can find view the recording here.
Also taking part will be Gabriela Poufou. Gabriela is an Advanced Specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dietitian at St. Mark’s. Her webcast “Healthy eating for Patients with a J Pouch” is one of the most viewed recordings on our YouTube channel. You can see it here.
You will be able to put your questions during the session but we would like to encourage you to submit questions in advance. Please submit questions to info@pouchsupport.org so that we can make sure the most popular questions/challenges are addressed.
(The session will be recorded and published on our YouTube channel – but privacy of participants will be maintained).
Attendance is FREE and open to all, but prior registration is required. You can register using button below.
and don’t forget to checkout pouchsupport.org/events for details of other upcoming Red Lion Group online events.
You can view the recording of the recent webcast featuring Uchu Meade and Gabriela Poufou on the subject “Pharmacy and Dietary advice – Q&A” on our YouTube channel here
You can view the recording of the recent webcast featuring Janindra Warusavitarne and Ben Barbanel on the subject “Surgeon/Patient – a special relationship” on our YouTube channel here
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