My Dr. just told me that I should start taking prenatal vitamins instead of my multivitamin that I was taking. Does anyone else take a prenatal vitamin?

I have started losing alot of hair, and my doctor reccommended "ADEKS" I think it is new. They have a website and that is the only place you can buy it at the moment so I am looking it up today. I also started taking biotin. Don't know if it will work but Doc said it couldn't hurt so why not.

I had my surgery on the same day as you...and yes losing alot of hair...I feel as if my hair is not as healthy now...realizing I have 3-4 more months of this til it stops...what are the views of biotin...I heard that it really didnt work...any advice?

Has anyone really started to lose hair? I have been losing a lot, which was my worst fear(my hair was always my best quality.) But, I find it funny that I am actually enjoying it. I have always had very thick hair and in the last 6 years I decided to grow it long, and I mean long. I figured I wanted it long before I was too old, I dont' mean to offend anyone... just personally I don't want to have long hair when I am older. Anyway, I have already lost a lot of hair and really I like it. It is giving me a chance to know what it is like to have thinner hair. I thought I would lose length or at least show that I lost hair with jagged ends. This isn't the case, it still looks very long and even, just different. I can do things with it that I couldn't do before with so much hair! I was so prepared to cut it off, but I am amazed that right now I don't have to. Perhaps when it starts to grow back it will look a bit odd and I will have to cut it, but for now it is an added bonus to my surgery! It could be that I am just an optimist, but I think I am liking the diversity! What a pleasent suprise, the thing I feared(sp?) most, turned out to be a positive thing. Wonders will never cease, what can I say? It just caught me so off guard that I had to write about it. And I thought not having my thighs rub together so much would be a high point! (Really, it is, I just can't believe I am ok with this hair loss thing!) Sorry for the 'running off at the mouth' Have a great day, all! Amber

Hello October Buddies, Looks like everyone is doing a great job on the weight loss end. I'm loosing weight at a steady rate but I am also puking 2 or 3 times/week. There is no rhyme or reason to the puking. I can eat chicken, turkey, pork and eggs just fine. But ground turkey, ground beef (96% lean), veggie burgers all make me sick. The dietician feels like it is the consistency of each that my new pouchy friend does care for. So I try to avoid them at all costs. I can also eat something one day and be fine, the next day I reheat it and I get sick. I don't know if I'm eating to fast or what. Oh, well, I guess I'm a mystery. I do know one thing life is so much easier 80 pounds lighter! This has been both the hardest, easiest, most rewarding lifestyle change I have ever taken. Starting weight: 357 Weight today : 277 Total Loss : 80 pounds Have a great month! Jen