Greetings,

I live in Canada, so things may be different from US recommendations - but after having the sleeve a year ago, I was told that 2 multivitamins a day with no less than 9mg of iron was all I need.

I have a slight iron deficiency with blood work I had done and looking into it online - it seems some patients are required to take a separate iron supplement in addition to a multivitamins. It just seems to be random depending on where you have your surgery.

My doctor isn't that concerned, but I have noticed some hair fall/thinning - so I am assuming it is the iron deficiency even if slight and so I am kind of freaking out about it. Going to a dermatologist to see what they have to say.

So I was just curious to get some feedback here. Are you just taking multivitamins or additional iron on top of that?

Thank you.

FW

I know several people that had the band, and they all had major issues. It's terrible that it's still offered.

Good luck.

It's more likely something not related to the sleeve. But it could be 1,000 things. Please, get yourself checked out as soon as you can.

Things do change by about the one year mark. We can certainly eat more. And after watching everything we eat, closely, for a year, diet fatigue sets in.

There is usually some underlying reason why we became obese, and that often goes unaddressed -- at least in part. And obesity is usually many years of bad decisions and habits. And that doesn't just go away after one year of doing really well.

This is hard. Really hard. It is literally a daily battle. I have some awful eating days. The trick is to not let a day or two become 10 or a hundred.

My hardest days were several years in. It took a while to really get control again. It's hard. The surgery is still there to help. But after a year it becomes more about you, and less about the surgery. You can have the smallest stomach in the world and still gain weight.

I've used expired protein powders - as you said, unless it a year or more.