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 Duodenal Switch (05/14/08) Member Since: 08/05/07[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 12/2/08 12:54 pm I have had to be an advocate for myself since my DS. Even the medical profession is still clueless as to our DS plumbing. At least I am not a sheeple. Vicki  Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead. |
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 "The OG", OH Duodenal Switch (10/31/05) Member Since: 11/05/04[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 12/3/08 5:04 am Actually, the way I've heard it recommended around here is to take 100k iu daily for 30 days, then scale back to 50k thereafter. That's what I did, too. I got my levels up 10pts as of summer, and I'll be getting more labs next month. Valerie 1 year to lose the weight - 5 years maintaining it with the DS There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..next to the mashed potatoes |
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 Levittown, PA Duodenal Switch (07/02/08) Member Since: 02/18/08[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/26/08 7:54 am You have gotten some great advice here and I'm glad you already were being a great advocate for yourself with regards to the DRY form we need. It really get's me angry when someone NP or otherwise at your FREAKING SURGEONS office is giving bad advice about supplementation. It's one thing to give us the low fat diet crap from a nut ... but they should know we malabsorb fats and they need to be dry. UGH!!  HW 341/SW 309/CW 169/GW 190 172 lb. loss with my DS - Subscribe to me on YouTube! |
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 somewhere Duodenal Switch (02/17/06) Member Since: 03/06/06[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/26/08 11:07 am Well all the more reason to stay connected to OH and other DS forums. How would we even know that the dry D is the only form that works...... I think the "word" of dry D has spread primarily through this forum to the doctors whose patients are on this forum. Vitalady has said several times, that many surgeons don't even know that there are 50K dry D pills available OTC; and even when she tells them they still don't believe her. Scott
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Read my blog for more info Grand Rapids, MI Duodenal Switch (12/13/07) Member Since: 02/05/08[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/26/08 12:11 pm My surgeon's office doesn't know, and provides the wrong information -- even though they have been provided with the proper information AND the peer reviewed studies. They have even been asked to offer a peer DS support group, and won't. I completely agree with Scottie, they just simply don't believe. If it weren't for this forum of supportive folks, I would be in trouble on so many fronts. That is what gets me so upset. How many patients never find their way to an online support forum? Even those that do, we see so many that still follow the advice of their surgeon until something happens that they need to take the advice of those that have already blazed the trail. I am eternally thankful for the surgical skills of my surgeon.... and now I am done with that practice unless I should have the need for additional abdominal surgery. ~ I am the proud wife of a Guatemalan, but most people call me Kimberley |
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my DS. Don't go into WLS without knowing ALL of your options: Duodenal Switch (05/14/08) Member Since: 08/05/07[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 12/2/08 1:25 pm I feel the same way too, Tom! So that's why I have become an advocate for myself since my DS surgery and refuse to be a sheeple. The DS board is a real educational tool! Every time I get on this board, I learn new things! Vicki Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead. |
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 Converse, TX Duodenal Switch (09/10/05) Member Since: 07/17/04[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/26/08 12:49 pm I just want to thank everyone who has posted here as my Vit D level this last time was at a first ever low of 7. I honestly think it is because I consume so much coffee and tea....too much caffine. So, with the advice given to the others here, I went on and ordered the Vit D from VitaLady that is 50K...two bottles. That's enough for 100 days. (there's 100 in a bottle). I'll be taking two a day and going on from there. I'm due to have my labs drawn again the first of the year before I go to have my plastics. (surgery is on March 3rd.) So, many thanks ya'll, Deb in TX
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Loving life and God is AWESOME !!!!! Puyallup, WA RNY (10/05/94) Member Since: 11/09/98[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/27/08 4:26 pm My fat solubles ARE made by BioTech, say so on the label in inky dinky print. I insisted. Same, same. You will not find Dry D3 in high doses easily, but it's available in 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000 and 50,000. With a level of 15, and you want to reach 100, I'd be doing the 50k a day, personally, But if my body, I'd be doing two of them a day for 60 days, then drop back to just one daily for another 60 days. Then test. D 25, PTH and calcium. Get the whole picture. Michelle RNY, distal, 10/5/94 |
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 GA Duodenal Switch (07/19/10) Member Since: 02/10/08[Latest Posts] | Post Date: 11/29/08 12:39 pm My Vit D level was 12. I took the 50K from VitaLady once a day and it took about 10 months for me to hit 36. I'm still taking them until I at last reach the average in the range. [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wrXdz6C/] |
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