Immune System

Did anyone else feel like there immune system was crap after WLS?  I feel like I get every bug or virus that is out there!! I feel like I have the immune system of a child!!  Just wondering if anyone else had this and when does it go away!!

I can not say that I have the same experience.  I seem to catch LESS colds, etc. than before.  I attributed it to all the vitamins I take now.

Are you taking ALL your vitamins?  Have you tried adding some Vitamin C?  I have added 1000 mg morning and night since the colds have started coming around my house.  My daughter has a cold right now, and so far, I have been pretty lucky.  The Vitamin C also helps the iron absorb. Hope this helps..........

I take all my vitamins but maybe I need to add vitamin C

Look at your stress level now compared to pre op. Stress plays a huge roll in your immune system and what you catch. Stress lowers your body's ability to ward off the bugs. I actually have not gotten any more or less colds or flu like bugs since pre op. I always was pretty healty in that arena. I rarely get a cold or the flu but when I do it is a doozy. Aren't you around a lot more younger persons that could be carrying a bug that you have not encountered in the past and your body has not built up a resistance to? Christine