Please Educate Me on Calcium
My NUT told me 3 calcium chews a day (spread out of course) but then after WLS I had a problem with constipation so the surgeon told me to just take ONE chew a day. My last labs (done in March) my calcium level was within range.
Surgery: Thursday, December 6 at Wellstar Kennestone in Marietta, GA
HW (July): 243 3 days before surgery: 235 Current: 166
(I can't figure out how to control this ticker)
Be careful about assumptions that your calcium levels were within range. That could simply mean that your body is leaching the calcium from your bones. A PTH test would help you find this out (if it is high, that means that you are leaching it from the bones). Alternatively, a DEXA scan might be able to find this out for you too.
HW: 274 | SW: 232 | CW: 137 | Goal: 145 (ticker includes a 42 pound loss pre-op) | Height: 5'4"
M1: -24 (205) | M2: -14 (191) | M3: -11 (180) | M4: -7 (173) | M5: -7 (166) | M6: -8 (158) | M7: -11 (147) | M8: -2 (145) | M9: -3 (142) | M10: -2 (140) | M11: -4 (136) | M12: -2 (134) | M13: -0 (134) | M14: -3 (131) | M15: +4 (135) | M16: +2 (137)
I've had a DEXA scan twice. It's truly a scan - you lay down on a table and they position the scanner over you at different points. Sort of like when you get an x-ray. Totally painless.
Height 5' 7" High Wt 268 / Consult Wt 246 / Surgery Wt 241 / Goal Wt 150 / Happy place 135-137 / Current Wt 143
Tracker starts at consult weight
In maintenance since December 2011.
