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Kathy & Rich’s Posts

Topic: RE: Cross Post: Internal Hernia? What Should I Do?
I had symptoms like yours... pain, bloating, digestive issues and mine seems to be bacterial overgrowth.  Looks up Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth or Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth.  Probiotics helped me immensely.  Look for a brand with "B"illions of good bacteria.

Good luck.
Topic: RE: vitamins
As a base I take: multivitamins, B100s, B12s, iron along with vitamin C.   Changes have been based on lab work.  I've had to increase iron and B12.  I had to add selenium and zinc (the multivitamins I was taking had 0 of these).  I'm going to my doc to talk about adding a Vitamin D (ramping it up) since it is lower than the hospital nutritionists want it. I take Coromega (emulsified fish oil) for my back since it is a natural anti-inflammatory per my back surgeon.  I take milk thistle (herbal) to try to help my elevated liver enzymes - it helps cleanse the liver.  Hopefully my next labs will be better on those. Kathy
PinkRibbonLL.gif, Denis Ryan improved pink ribbon - 2002, thanks Denis! ~Kathy~5'7.5"~lap RNY~05/20/2005~ PinkRibbonLL.gif, Denis Ryan improved pink ribbon - 2002, thanks Denis! 279/276/244/160/148/185 (high/consult/preop/goal/low/current)
~Rich
~6'5.0"~open RNY~08/05/2004~>500+/450/437/250/239/320(high/consult/preop/goal/low/current)