How much VIt. D

poet_kelly
on 6/12/12 10:49 am - OH

The reason you need more is because of the malabsorption with your surgery. You don't absorb vitamin D like "normal" people do.

According to the Linus Pauling Institute, people need a vitamin D level of at least 80. How much you need to take is however much it takes to get your level there. It really varies from person to person.

Kelly

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ajsnbjs
on 6/12/12 11:08 am - IA

VSG on 06/14/12

I was told today that my Vit D was 25! My surgery is scheduled for this Thurs. Guess it is pretty normal to have low huh?

poet_kelly
on 6/12/12 11:38 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Yes, it's pretty normal.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

"Just Elizabeth "
on 6/13/12 8:35 am - Houston, TX

DS on 09/16/06

On June 12, 2012 at 6:08 PM Pacific Time, ajsnbjs wrote:

I was told today that my Vit D was 25! My surgery is scheduled for this Thurs. Guess it is pretty normal to have low huh?

A couple of years ago a U.S. study was released that said the majority of Americans are low on their D. Stangely enough, at the same time, Kuwait released a study that said the majority of their citizens were low on D as well.

Elizabeth
Back in the U.S.A.

"I have lost the lumbering hulk that I once was. I don't hide behind my clothes or behind my door. I am part of life's rich tapestry not an observer." Kirmy

Valerie G.
on 6/14/12 2:28 am - Northwest Mountains, GA

DS on 10/31/05

It took me a good 2 years to get my D levels up, but i didn't see results until I got drastic. It took me taking 100k iu per day for 2 months, then I backed off to 50k iu daily and it bounced right up to normal range by the time my next blood draw was.

Valerie
DS 2005

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