Vitamin Deficiency
Hi Everyone,
Hope all of you are doing well. As for me... I went to the doc on the 18th (last friday) for my physical. I had bloodwork done prior and received my results. My labs are much much better than they were, but I am still deificient in D; Iron; & B-12. Not a big shocker there. But my D was sooooo low before, now I am only one digit under!!! BIG improvement. Same with the others. My iron is a bit lower than the others though. The doc told me that with most of her wls patients she found that despite her patients taking over the counter D supplements, they were still turning up deficient. SO she gave me a prescription of vitamin D 50,000IU Capsules that I take ONCE a week and is going to keep me on prescription indefinietly. B-12 I have a prescription nose spray that I was taking once a month when I should have been taking it once a week. So my fault there. So I have to take the nose spray once a week. (sure beats getting the needles!!!) I'll be doing that for awhile until my B-12 is back where it is supposed to be. My Iron, she said its not too bad. Only like 2 digits below on one level but on another level its more deficient than it should be... you know there are different factors involved with the numbers on iron. SO she told me to double up my iron for about 2 weeks. Fluctuate. Then next week just one pill a day.. when its " that time of the month" then double up. once its over then do one a day. She said you would be able to tell if you are feeling more deficient than normal, but not always. so once in a while double up for a week. We also talked about this insatiable hunger and she mentioned a few medicines out there that most insurance covers. I have AETNA and I think it covers meridia... I think the other is Xenical? i can't remember...anyway... we also talked about my exercise regimen. So I'll be starting that soon and she hopes that may boost the metabolism a bit, if not we will look at things again. so I go back in 6 month to get my labs done again and to see if I am having any better results with weight loss. She said of course, it will be harder to get the weight off when my labs are off whack and im deficient in my vitamins. (of course). But all in all things are looking better. And of course the struggle continues to get the weight off. Been doing ok though. 20 pounds gone (in all - not in addition...I wish!) and i'm really trying hard to get more off. at least 2-5 pounds this week or 2 s what i'm striving for! ((Hugs to everyone!))
Hope all of you are doing well. As for me... I went to the doc on the 18th (last friday) for my physical. I had bloodwork done prior and received my results. My labs are much much better than they were, but I am still deificient in D; Iron; & B-12. Not a big shocker there. But my D was sooooo low before, now I am only one digit under!!! BIG improvement. Same with the others. My iron is a bit lower than the others though. The doc told me that with most of her wls patients she found that despite her patients taking over the counter D supplements, they were still turning up deficient. SO she gave me a prescription of vitamin D 50,000IU Capsules that I take ONCE a week and is going to keep me on prescription indefinietly. B-12 I have a prescription nose spray that I was taking once a month when I should have been taking it once a week. So my fault there. So I have to take the nose spray once a week. (sure beats getting the needles!!!) I'll be doing that for awhile until my B-12 is back where it is supposed to be. My Iron, she said its not too bad. Only like 2 digits below on one level but on another level its more deficient than it should be... you know there are different factors involved with the numbers on iron. SO she told me to double up my iron for about 2 weeks. Fluctuate. Then next week just one pill a day.. when its " that time of the month" then double up. once its over then do one a day. She said you would be able to tell if you are feeling more deficient than normal, but not always. so once in a while double up for a week. We also talked about this insatiable hunger and she mentioned a few medicines out there that most insurance covers. I have AETNA and I think it covers meridia... I think the other is Xenical? i can't remember...anyway... we also talked about my exercise regimen. So I'll be starting that soon and she hopes that may boost the metabolism a bit, if not we will look at things again. so I go back in 6 month to get my labs done again and to see if I am having any better results with weight loss. She said of course, it will be harder to get the weight off when my labs are off whack and im deficient in my vitamins. (of course). But all in all things are looking better. And of course the struggle continues to get the weight off. Been doing ok though. 20 pounds gone (in all - not in addition...I wish!) and i'm really trying hard to get more off. at least 2-5 pounds this week or 2 s what i'm striving for! ((Hugs to everyone!))
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