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I'm right there with you - without her I don't know where I would be. My regime is similar to yours but I actually take vitamins three times a day - I take a little more calcium than you do. I've never been able to get my A up no matter how much I take and also take 150K of D. I've also had iron issues over the years - don't take oral anymore and have finally had success with the latest infusion - 18 months ago and labs are still awesome.
My doctor is also amazed how "healthy" I am at 62 - no prescription meds needed :)
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
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Please listen to Larra. A friend of mine was revised from RNY to DS by a doctor who did not know what he was doing and she never recovered- in and out of the hospital for years and then died. Be wary!!
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
Oil based D is a waste of time and money. We malabsorb the oil so you'll be flushing it down the toilet and not helping your labs much
I wouldn't be worried. You may have slowed down on snacking and at a few less carbs.
Scott
3 calcium citrate
2 multi (Vitamin shoppe, I find I feel better with a higher quality multi, I've been taking these for years)
100K Vitamin A
800 Vitamin E
B complex
Night
2 multi
3 calcium citrate
150K IU D
2000 K
200 K2
150 mg zinc
Magnesium citrate when I have it. I'm not religious about this, sometimes I take magnesium oxide (they both have the same effect on me....it makes for a good morning "routine" if you get my drift).
I don't take iron, I did get an iron infusion but it seems like too much trouble to take it, and I was only anemic this one time. I do drink protein shakes or eat protein bars still.
Scott
Scottie
I take mine just twice a day too. Would you mind your regimen?
Thanks
Julie
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13 years ago, I had the DS. I was told to take flinstone chewable. I was given very little information about which vitamins I needed long term. At 6 months my labs tanked. I met Vitalady on another board and listened to what she had to say, eventually I got her to come over to the DS side. <br />
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Thank God I listened to her advice. 13 years later I have perfect labs. Doctors do not understand how I take 150k IUs of D or 100K of A and still have normal levels. I tweet my vitamins based on annual labs. I dropped B12 last year, I upped zinc, and in 2018 I had a series of iron infusions for mild anemia. <br />
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Scott <br />
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In case anyone was wondering, I only take vitamins 2 times per day. Once in the morning, once at night.
