1st Metabolic Physician Visit

Oct 06, 2009

10 days ago I had all my post-op lab work done and yesterday I went for my 1st visit with the Metabolic Physician.

I knew I was feeling tired, fatigue and without much energy - also restless legs/muscles and difficulty sleeping. But, I was thinking the fatique was due to my body trying to adjust in such a decrease in caloric intake to 900-1100 calories/day.

Apparently, I have iron deficiency anema. So, today I am going to GNC to get some iron supplements. Guess all that cottage cheese and greek yogurt I've been eating to keep up with my protein isn't enough for iron, lol...

I've been taking GNC multivitamins (2 HUGE chewables), Calcium Carbonate 500 mg chewables x4/day, and a B12 sublingual tablet. All that is working...I was hoping not to need iron supplementation b/c it causes constipation :( So, now on with iron supplements and increasing my fluid intake even more!

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