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peeches35
on 5/1/12 6:30 am

VSG on 04/03/12

OK so I went to my 2 weeks appointment with my surgeon, I was advice that all i needed to do is take my muti vitamins I do not have to take calciums or B12. I was told when i have my blood work in 4 months if i have deficiency then i can take it, after seeing the surgeon I went to the nut and would you believe she told me i need to take b 12 and calcium's i told her the doc just told me i did not have to she said what he told you that. then she said OK for get about the b 12 just take the calcium one a day. What the hell do I do now who order do i follower. I do want to start taking the calcium because like the nut stated it is good for the bones. what would your do OH advice please

SO INLOVE WITH MY SELF

smkeller
on 5/1/12 6:36 am

VSG on 07/29/11

Don't you just love it, the advice from the professionals? Take iron, because you're a woman, take calcium citrate (the only kind that good for us. The pills are HUGE, but they dissolve easily in warm broth, and just get some prenatal chewies at Walmart. Still drink LOTS of liquid, and try to get the protein drinks down. You'll be fine.

My ability to tolerate shame, to compartmentalize it, to swallow it, increased right along with my belt size. it came with the territory of being heavy. Obese people have a lifetime of experience with shame.: Edward Ugel, I'm With Fatty: Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks, 2010

tripmom02
on 5/1/12 6:42 am - NJ

VSG on 08/01/11

Ok, so honestly it is MUCH easier to PREVENT a deficiency then it is to fix one, take your calcium and B-12 (sub-lingual as we don't absorb it in the stomach).

Courtney - Lap band to VSG revision

Kevin H.
on 5/1/12 6:57 am - Baltimore, MD

VSG on 02/06/12

That is sound advice.

peeches35
on 5/1/12 7:00 am

VSG on 04/03/12

right on point its like he waiting for a deficiency before hand hell no am going to take my B 12 and calcium and i will let him know when i see him in 4 weeks i sure will tell him if he ask

SO INLOVE WITH MY SELF

rhearob
on 5/1/12 6:50 am - TN

VSG on 11/02/11

Call your surgeon, tell him to work this out with the NUT and call you back with proper instructions. No one on OH knows yourmedical history closely enough to be able to tell you what you need.

Even if it takes him and the NUT a day to work it out, a day won't kill you. You don't need medical advice from US you need it from YOUR Doctor, based on your medical history and bloodwork.

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160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.

VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: 7/22/2013

peeches35
on 5/1/12 6:57 am

VSG on 04/03/12

I did not ask for medical advice from you and i never will unless your are a doctor I just ask what would you do if you was in the same situation read read read, now no matter what my doctor or nut say if i decided to take a calcium am sure it wont hurt me and if its good for the bone why not so i think am going to start taking it.

SO INLOVE WITH MY SELF

rhearob
on 5/1/12 7:08 am - TN

VSG on 11/02/11

Advice is what I gave you. Get the professionals to straighten it out and tell you best what to do.

Don't assume anything. Calcium, for example, is good for you unless you take to much of it or in cases involving kidney problems, that almost killed an aunt of mine. If you're prone to kidney stones for any reason, calcium citrate can make those worse.

The Doc has your labs, he and the NUT should be working together to put a supplement plan together for you. Make them do their jobs.

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160 lbs lost. Surgeons Goal Reached in 33 weeks. My Goal in 37 Weeks.

VSG: 11/2/2011; LBL+Thigh Lift+BL: 10/3/2012; Brach+Mastopexy: 7/22/2013

Crabadams72
on 5/1/12 6:58 am - Silver Spring, MD

VSG on 06/10/11

FYI

Doctors do not get much if any training on vitamin supplementation in medical school. They treat illness not prevent them! I have not seen a WLS manual that did not list the multi,calcium and b 12. Most women need iron as well. Defer to the nutritionist on this one.

VSG 6/10/2011 Dr. Ann Lidor BMore MD 5'5 HW-247 SW-233 GW-145 CW-120