SassyJess
B-12, D and Zinc, oh my!
Feb 24, 2009
Finally went in for my 6 month follow up (even though I'm really 7 months out at this point), and just like at my 3 month I was a bit low on B-12, Vit D and Zinc. I have been taking supplements for all since I was last in, but apparently I am not absorbing them well... so I have to double up on all of them. Now I think I will officially be able to make a meal out of pills, yum! ;-) I guess I need to better understand vitamins though, because I don't get how doubling up is supposed to help if I am not really absorbing in the first place... Got a B-12 shot, hopefully that will help. Labs won't be checked again until one year out so hopefully things will improve (or at the very least stay the same) over the next five months. Apparently liver and beef are two good sources of B-12, but neither are things I eat... so I guess I'll just be sucking down bottles of sublingual B-12. Hmm, maybe I can count them towards my daily liquids? Ha. As for the Vit D, I think I need more beach vacations. I will tell my boss these vacations are medically required and he will have no choice but to approve additional paid vacation days for me. As for the zinc, I can't come up with a cute bright side for that one. I just need more zinc. :-/
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New York, NY
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25.8
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Surgery
07/28/2008
Surgery Date
Jul 01, 2007
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