Are You Taking Your Vitamins?

A few weeks ago, I was at work, talking on the phone. Suddenly, I had a sharp pain in my left eye and it radiated throughout my head. Shortly thereafter, I was unable to speak. I knew what I wanted to say, but couldn't. I felt as though I was trapped in my head. It was as though I wanted to say the word "dog" and "watermelon" came out of my mouth. The whole episode barely lasted two minutes.

After my mother reminded me that my uncle died of an aneurysm, my PCP sent me for an MRI and MRA. To make a long story short, I had a TIA or Transient Ischemic Attack - a mini stroke. TIAs can be brought on by severe anemia, among other things. Guess what was dangerously low in my labs? You guessed it - hemoglobin. I hadn't been taking my iron consistently.

I knew about the dangers of deficiencies in Calcium, B-12, and a host of other vitamins and minerals. But I never knew (or acknowledged?) that anemia would bite me in the @ss so hard. It was frightening, to say the least.

Don't make the same mistake I did, please. Take *all* your vits.

Kristen....sorry this happened to you! I know Im bad...I haven't taken my vitamins..since maybe September or something like that of last year..and I just got a new job and can't get labs til I get insurance..but luckily Im okay....I finally found the box where my Bcomplex was but haven't taken it yet....I must...I must....aaaaah...

I am so sorry you had to go through that. Thankyou so much for sharing your experiance with us, it makes me realise  that as I go through the process of getting approved that I am making a life long commitment to all of the need that will go along with this surgery. I hope your feeling better. Laurie

Hey sweetie.  I am so sorry to hear that this has happened to you.  The last time I was there I was telling Sharon that I am bad at taking my vitamins.  Are you going to be ok?  Are you now on coumadin?

hmmm.. i just found out less than a year after i had my band i know have a vit. difficiancy  too. this is not fun