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I get mine from The Vitamin Shoppe and just bought a new supply last week.
Vicki 
DS (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney. Cholecystectomy (lap) with Dr. Clifford Deveney 19 months post-op.
Has not weighed myself since 1/2010. Letting my clothes gauge my progress instead.
on 12/24/19 9:15 pm
I normally take 1 gel tablet of A, and even that has become difficult to find. I used to buy it in any pharmacy but now I have to go to a specialty store like the Vitamin store, or find it online.
I'm on disability and I am just wondering if they cover weight loss surgery 100percent. Will I have copay. I spoke to them and they said I shouldn't but I just want to hear from people who may have had insurance through disability and had surgery. I scheduled my inital consultation for January 16th and am planning to have surgery after my daughter is born in March 2020. Just wondering if anyone had experience with this. Thanks.
These are the best I have been able to find. Not perfect but better than nothing. https://www.amazon.com/Superior-Source-Vitamin-000-Count/dp/ B004X4WHS2/ref=sr_1_37?keywords=vitamin+a+10%2C000&qid=15771 27541&sr=8-37
Wow - I've been buying it on Amazon, but just checked and they're not even listing it anymore (I bought it a month or so ago).
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
Biotech seems to have either hit a manufacturing glitch or too much demand. Currently their web site has a sold out message.
https://www.biotechpharmacal.com/products/a-25
We should all create an account an email them to see if they have a date when it might be back in stock.
Pete
HW 552 CW 198 SW 464 4/15/13 - Lap DS by Dr. Philip Schauer - Cleveland Clinic.
I have taken 4 x 25,000 dry IUs of that vitamin for over a decade. It’s Dry A (Palmitate). The other versions of Dry A online are either beta carotene or Beta/Palmitate combos. My understanding is that we do not absorb beta carotene as well.
Does anyone know what is going on with Biotech? (Vitalady is out of their version as well).
Any suggestions?
(I’ve had near perfect labs since 2006....I would like to keep that going)
on 12/22/19 1:05 am
I agree completely. I never count carbs but I'm sure it's over 400 grams a day. Getting in a lot of protein, fiber, and a fair amount of fat is my daily priority. The food you mentioned above (Wendy's salad + Talapia) should be things you can eat all day long after a DS.
The carb monitoring is better suited by distinguishing between simple and complex carbs. The goal should more likely be to restrict simple carbs like high sugar content foods and drinks.
luckily mine was all covered - except for co-pays ($25 per visit) and co-insurance (10% of the bill), that is. Once I hit my out-of-pocket limit, everything was covered 100%.
Edited to add that I had RNY, not DS. My insurance covers VSG and RNY. I don't think they cover DS.
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