Low vitamin D before surgery....

momov2
on 11/27/17 11:21 am
RNY on 03/22/18

I discovered I have low vitamin D this past August. I was put on 4000 units of D per day. My bloodwork from last week is showing it is still quite low. In addition to my supplement I try to have greek yogurt and at least 1 cup of milk a day. I also go outside when I can.

I am worried that this will pospone surgery. I have already been working to increase it for 3 months without a lot of change.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone know of ways to help it increase it quicker? THANKS

Ref to Sudbury July 4/17 Sleep study July 29/17 Orientation Sept 13/17 1on1's Feb 2/18 OTN Feb 27/18 Pre op Mar 13/18 Surgery Mar 22/18 St. Michael's w Dr. Grantcharov Opti-10lb M1=-24lbs M2=-11.5 M3=-7.5 M4=-8 M5=-9 M6=-8.5 M7=-6.5 M8=-8 M9=-5 M10=5.5 M11=-2.5 M12=-5 M13=-4

rce884
on 11/27/17 12:21 pm, edited 11/27/17 4:21 am
RNY on 09/05/17

I had to take a ****tonne of vitamin D before surgery too. i think they said mine was still low when i had my surgery but they told me it would increase after with supplements. unless they tell you to worry i wouldn't.

OH and Good luck you will be on the losers bench in no time!

I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday!

Highest weight 311/ Weight day of surgery 271/One Month 257/ Two Months 247.5 / Three Months 241/ Four months 234/ Five months 228

oneatatime
on 11/27/17 1:59 pm, edited 11/27/17 6:00 am
RNY on 09/01/17

I agree with rce... keep doing what you're doing, and don't worry about it until they tell you to worry about it. My vitamin D was low pre-surgery too, and they put me on 4,000 IU's, but I don't know if it self corrected, because they never mentioned it again, and I didn't see my pre-surgery blood work.

My three month bloodwork is fine... well, as far as vitamin D goes. Lol

Many of us (if not most) have low D going in to surgery. :)

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy.

Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5

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(deactivated member)
on 11/27/17 3:48 pm, edited 11/27/17 7:48 am

When I we t to my nutrition appointment my Vitamin D was sky high, she even remarked how high it was.

It was a vacation to the beach in North Carolina. A lot of sun.

Now I have a friend who struggles with vitamin D and (as a cancer survivor I can not tell you to do this in peace) she tans once a week for 4 minutes.

BUT I would agree with rce and The number one lady.

LeslieCL
on 11/27/17 4:21 pm

Mine was low too. Put on 3000 iu a day.

Referred January 7/17, Orientation Humber May 28/17, Meet Dr. August 4/17, TRIO November 3/17, Internist November 21/17, Surgeon again December 21/17, Pre-op assessment January 4/18 and Surgery January 12/18.

Lina_Ann
on 11/27/17 9:29 pm

Mine put me on 7000 units a day. Low vitamin d is pretty common. Mine was super low. I meet my surgeon next week and have only gotten one blood test and the beginning of this journey.

Referral: June 2017
RNY with Dr. Neville in Ottawa: January 8th, 2018

Kathy1212
on 11/28/17 10:41 am

I had the same problem. I had to take 8000 units of vitamin D a day for 6 months just to get it to the bare minimum. Then I went back to taking 1 pill a day (1000 units) and it dropped too low again. My doctor said I'll have to take 2 a day, probably forever. I wasn't scheduled to meet the surgeon until the levels came up enough. I felt much better when they came up. I was outside every day in summer but my doctor said I can't get enough from the sun alone, due to living so far north.

Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto

1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017

Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017

  Kathy  

sunshinespring
on 11/28/17 7:09 pm - Bay Area, CA

I am taking 5,000 units a day, I neglected my levels and they were very low, I am a few years out from surgery and working on raising all my vitamins.

make sure you are taking vitamin D3 and NOT vitamin D2

Doctors normally prescribe D2 but is really not the one we need before or after surgery, good luck!! you will be just fine but keep working on it.

Zehlek
on 11/29/17 6:38 am

I was told the samething, they put me on 4000ui a day plus the additional that comes with the calcium

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