Take your iron with vitamin C, it helps it absorb - its best on an empty stomach but that bugs a lot of people. Iron also increases constipation so make sure you drink water and get enough fiber and consider taking a gentle stool softener like colace with your iron each day. Remember to never take your calcium and iron within two hours from each other, and don't take iron with milk or within two hours of eating/drinking anything that is calcium-rich. Calcium decreases absorption of iron, and our absorption is already decreased because of the surgery. I did have slightly low iron levels @ 3 months so I take Vitron C daily, with extra chewable vitamin C. I take it before bed because it usually upsets my tummy a little. I also had normal B-12 but I still take 2000mcg daily because if its even moderately low I feel very low-energy. Good luck!

i am going to have my regular doctor do blood work in about 3 months to make sure my iron levels are better after I start taking iron pills. Thanks,

I got the dark circles too...Dr. told me to make sure I get enough vitamins. Are you feeling tired? I think our bodies kind of go into shock. My hair is doing the same thing too...lol...it is funny how you described exactly what I am going through. Good luck!!

I think there is a plastics board. Considering our surgery date I doubt most of us are there yet, but getting close. Congrats! Maybe check your state board? I've been following the progress of someone on the SC board and I have to say I'm scared about PS at this point. But then I think...............I can't find a single pair of jeans that fit. Everything gives me muffin top. LOL. I want to wear jeans. I want to wear sleevless dresses and shirts. Is there such a thing as a sleeved evening gown? Yes, for little old ladies! I know if I ever want to wear fitted clothes I'll have to have a tt but so far it looks pretty gruesome. I will say the girl I was tracking was back to work in about 2 weeks which blew my mind because it seems much more extensive than RNY! Maybe it was horrible b/c she did so much so soon? I think if I have it done I am going to plan for at least three weeks out and spend them in bed!

now I have horrible, big, black circles under my eyes. Anyone else? My stylist, whose mother has been through the surgery and has a few other clients who have done it as well, told me a few months ago that when the hair started coming back it would look like split ends. I'm glad she told me because my first thought was, "OMG now it's breaking off!" No, but it's growing straight up and I look like Alf-alfa! I have super curly hair so it's very fine, kinky and sticking straight up. Thank goodness it's coming back a little at a time and not all at once! But this week I've noticed something else. I have horrible dark circles under my eyes. I look very haggard even with a thick coat of Mac concealer. EeeK! I've also started to get a little of the hanging skin, especially in the bra area and belly area. TT here I come. I'm not complaining, this is still the best thing I've EVER done but now I'm seeing some of the not so good stuff I'm going to have to figure out how to deal with. I haven't seen a thing about dark circles and ps looks SCARY!