Larissa P.

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Ok, this is what I look like minus 115 pounds or so thus far.

Before:



After:

They look aweful to me (not unexpected), but the doctor's office said they were fine and keep taking ADEK multis and the numbers will improve.   They think I'm fine with multis, calcium and B12 only.

Ha.

At the end I post my current supplement schedule. Keep in mind I just started taking the vitamins in earnest recently.

Test	Results		Reference
WBC	5.3		4.5 - 11.0
RBC	3.9		4.3 - 5.9
HGB	11.8		11.7 - 15.7
HCT	35.7		35.0 - 47.0
MCV	91.5		80.0 - 100.0
MCH	30.4		25.0 - 34.0
MCHC	33.2		30.0 - 37.0
RDW	16.1		11.5 - 14.5
PLATELET COUNT	376		140 - 440
MPV	7.8		7.4 - 10.4
NEUT%	50.4		30.0 - 75.0
LYMPH%	35.5		20.0 - 45.0
MONO%	9.1		1.7 - 10.0
EOS%	2.4		0.0 - 6.0
BASO%	2.6		0.0 - 3.0
NEUT#	2.7		1.4 - 6.5
LUMPH#	1.9		1.2 - 3.4
MONO#	0.5		0.1 - 0.6
EOS#	0.1		0.0 - 0.7
BASO#	0.1		0.0 - 0.2
Calcium	8.5		8.4 - 10.2
Albumin	2.6		3.2 - 5.5
Iron	37		35 - 150
Iron Building Cap.	228		250 - 450
Unbound Iron Bind.	191		150 - 375
% Iron Saturation	16.2		15 - 55
Vit B12	407		211 - 946
Hematocrit	36.9		34.0 - 44.0
Folate, Hemolysat	7.4		(not given)
Folic Acid RBC	622		468 - 1258
Ferritin	43		13 - 150
Pre-Albumin	17		20 - 40
Vit A, Serum	23		19 - 83
Vit E, Serum	5.1		3.0 - 15.8
Vit K	<0.13		0.28 - 1.78
Parathyroid Harmone	26		15 - 65
Vit D, 25-Hyd	25.7(A)		32.0 - 100.0

I'm getting in tons of food only protein now, I really hate shakes. My vites:

Vitamin	Dose/Day	Waking	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Bedtime
Multivitamin	2x RDV	X			X
Vitamin A	25,000 IU		X		X
Vitamin D	50,000 IU			X
Vitamin E	400 IU				X
Vitamin K	100 mcg			X
Calcium Citrate	2000 mg	X	X	X	X
Iron	150 mg					X
Vitamin C	1000 mg					X
Copper	2 mg					X
Vitamin B12	5000 mcg Sublingual					X
B Complex	Super B-Complex		X
Zinc	50 mg	X

I uh, never get on the scale. I was sick for so long, I didn't give a %$@# what I weighed. I only ever got a weight at the doctor's office.

So, this morning I said what the heck. I'm feeling better and eating more than ever so wondered where I was...

199

I haven't been below 200 in 10 years.

Onederland in less than 6 months.

I guess - I have to start celebrating to good side of all this mess and take some pictures, which I also haven't done since surgery. I do know I can cross my legs, too, though not tight. And they can use the blood pressure cuff on my upper arm now instead of my forearm. And I'm in size 18 which again I haven't seen in a decade or more.