Reminder about calcium

poet_kelly
on 1/1/12 8:30 am - OH

I use Sundown Perfect Iron and I just take vitamin C with it. vitalady's is the only iron I know of that has enough C to help with iron absorption. Other brands will put a little C in there but you need 200 mg C for every 30 mg iron and most brands don't have nearly that much.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

mamakat
on 1/1/12 4:08 pm

RNY on 05/26/09

Kelly-
I recently went to the dr and was diagnosed with restless leg syndrom. She told me to start taking Iron with Ferrous Gluconate. She also said my iron levels were good but could be better and that the iron she prescribed would be sufficient. I'm not sure tho because it's only 27mg per tab. what would you do? Do you think 27 mg twice a day is sufficient for a rny patient? Anyone have any ideas? Thats the only iron I'm taking right now, the other iron left me with burpies that tasted like...IRON! Yuk.
Thanks.
Kathleen
ps. the bottle says its 150% of daily value

poet_kelly
on 1/1/12 5:37 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery says menstruating women need 54-63 mg iron a day and everyone else needs 36 mg. So if your iron isn't low right now, then that should be enough. The only way to know for sure is to take it for a couple months and then get labs done again and compare the numbers. If your iron at least stays the same, it's enough. If your iron drops, then it's not quite enough. When you get labs done, ask for a copy of the lab report so you can see all the numbers yourself.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

mamakat
on 1/2/12 3:03 pm

RNY on 05/26/09

Is the ferrours gluc absorable? Is it the right kind of iron?
Thank you for sharing all your info with us, Kelly! I always look forward to your posts... Hope your nephew is doing well.
Kathleen

poet_kelly
on 1/2/12 11:10 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Yeah, it's absorbable. Did I spell that right? It looks funny.

Thanks for thinking of my nephew. He's doing about the same.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

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