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  • Name: Rita E.
  • Username: auntrita
  • Location: Howell, NJ, USA
  • Member Since: 9/12/2007
  • BMI: 22.4
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  • Surgery Type: VSG (11/16/07)
  • Surgeon: Paul Cirangle (COE)
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  • Comment by LizMoore on 11/16/07 6:39 am
    Best wish's on your surgery for a speedy recovery ! Welcome to your nw life !! This is just the beginning !
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    Friday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench!
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I spoke with Dr Cirangle about maintence yesterday
posted on 9/18/08 10:48 am
This is what I heard him to say. Since I do not commit to aerobic exercise, if I want to maintain, I should stay away from carbs. Limit to special occasions - otherwise minimal amounts per day.

Add more vegatables to make up the remainder of my meals. 6 oz is normal.

IF I were to add 40 min aerobics/day, I could add oatmenal, whole grains. And he doesn't think its reasonable to count calories for the rest of your life.

I'm still using Centrum chewables, I don't know why - he said feel free to switch to a swallow if I prefer. I just found Centrum Cardio. I think I'm going to try that!

I asked about how we can tell if we are getting enough calcium. I *only take 1000mg/day. Splitting between two pill-taking times....he says take it all at once. Never thought of that. hehe He says the 1500 is important.

How can we know if we are absorbing enough calcium?  Are *you* dissolving into a pile of mush while you are sitting here?  Here's how you can tell:

1) The most important is a DEXA scan -- this will actually test your bone density.. should be done at least 1x per 2 years, with those who have issues doing it more often.  Sometimes insurance won't pay, and that sucks.  It's your choice whether you want to pay out of pocket or not, but it's the most definitive way to test bone mass.

2) Blood tests that *do* help to indicate your melting ability are 25(OH)D and the PTH.  If the PTH is high (and keep in mind, we want no little buggers swimming around in us ideally), and the D is low (mineral required to hold that bone mass), then you are melting as we sit.  Vitalady has suggested that we want our D levels to be 80-100 at the very minimum.  She knows more about lab values than I do, so I'm going with her number.


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