Morning Already?

Yes - I was told to definitely stop Vit E too.  They said the small amt in my multi-vit wouldn't be an issue - just don't supplement with more. 

I think, as far as the other natural meds go, they just blanket it and say to stop everything - just because they DON'T know how it will affect you during surgery.

Thanks Jody!  It sounds like a case of better to be safe than sorry!

Continued health!

Major Mom,
I too would love a breakdown of your vits/pills too.
I am very curious about milk thistle and silica, boron, A.
I don't know what they are for.
I need a lesson in vits.

Thanks,
Emily

I have VitaLady's plan for RNY. If you'd like a copy, just send me a PM with your email addy and I'll forward you a copy along with a lab tracking spreadsheet and a list of labs and targets. Let me know if you can open Word and Excel 2003 files. If not, I can convert them to .pdf files for you. 

I've added milk thistle to address elevated liver enzymes (AST & ALT). I also stopped taking Tylenol PM, which is known to make AST & ALT rise a little.

The boron and silica are supposed to help with calcium absorption and I'm just experimenting with those to see if they help this year's labs and bone density dexa scan. I increased the dry D3 I was taking to help with calcium absorption too. I had my D3 coming in at 118 until I started taking an osteoporosis drug. The "rat poison" caused my PTH to rise and my D to dip a little. You want your calcium to come in around 9.2, your D3 around 100 and PTH around 32.

Gina