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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.
I had to pay for the nutritionist to prepare for surgery. After surgery it was covered.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
During the process of getting weight loss surgery what did your insurance not cover? Nutritionist, Psychologist, or any of the testing that you needed?
After 2/3 frustrating months I've noticed an annoying pattern. I lose about 7lbs in 4-5 days and then stall for 10-17 days. This has happened about 4 times already and it's quite discouraging. Also when I enter the 'stall period' i go up about 2.5lbs. I know I should be happy that I'm losing weight, but I'm not sure that this is normal at only 5 months out. I will confess my eating habits aren't the greatest. I go some days barely eating anything and feeling nauseous when I do. then some days I can literally eat anything (in smaller amounts than before surgery, but still not healthy foods.) any advice on how to control the nausea and weight stalling?
You admit that your eating habits aren't the greatest and that when you do eat, you're still not eating healthy foods. That's what you need to get under control because this is for the rest of your life and you need to learn to eat for your new normal.
Someone already suggested nausea goes hand and hand with dehydration. How much water do you drink every day? You should be drinking a minimum of 64 ounces. I know it's hard to get in that much water and eat enough food, but it's finding the balance. Are you trying to eat three meals a day or do you graze throughout the day?
Eating with the DS takes commitment. Stalls can be normal but controllable. Do you track your food? That might help understand the stalls. You should be eating a high protein, low carb, high fat diet. I actually hate using the word "diet" because what you're doing is simply eating for your new normal. You're not on a diet anymore.
Janet in Leesburg
DS 2/25/03
Hazem Elariny
-175
