iron
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.
RNY at Vanderbilt Nashville, TN July 26, 2010 with Dr Clements. All loss is post op
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.
"When you know better, you do better." ~Maya Angelou~
BW 334.4 / CW: 227 / GW 180
The carbonyl is gentler, and better absorbed, so the mg for mg comparison isn't quite as apt. Also, Tender iron is way cheaper than almost anything out there.
Back in the early 90's we were taking fe fumarate. We were taking 10-12 of them, at 65 mg each AND STILL ANEMIC! wHEN i SAWY "WE", I mean those of us who knew each other. We didn't start to pull our numbers up til we fund the early carbonyls. We were able to reduce the dosage and still the numbers rose and stabilized.
I think we've held our levels since about 1999 on the same dose.
Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94
P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.
When I read labels again, it still has the most comprehensive list of the stuff "below the line", so I stay with it. Since those levels are not measured, I have to assume that taking 2 gives me enough of those.
There is no product on the market that covers:
A, D, E, K
iron
calcium
zinc, copper, magnesium
In high enough doses. There is one that touches them all, in the correct forms, but there's no way they can put such high doses into a multi. AND one size does not fit all. At 17 yrs, my needs are different than yours. I retain iron, as long as I'm faithful to it,, but most of my peers are getting theirs via veins. I'm far pickier about my levels than most people will ever be.
But still, your multi is your base, upon which you build for malabsorption first, then customized to your own needs.
Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94
P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.
