Labs- Cacium and Iron help, Please.

Kayla B.
on 7/22/11 1:36 pm - Austin, TX
I don't know that I'd consider 69 worth maintenance, personally.  I would personally want at least over 100.  Vitalady recommends over 200.  I'd be happy over 100 and so would my hematologist.  I was trying to see what just 2 proferrins was doing but...

All of this went to hell when I developed a bleed after plastics, lost a liter of blood through my drains, got reopened and subsequently needed a blood transfusion and 4 units of blood.  I'm at the bottom of the barrel again now, and this time, I'm just going to go for an infusion.

But such is life :)
5'9.5" | HW: 368 | SW: 353 | CW: 155 +/- 5 lbs | Angel to kkanne
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vitalady
on 7/22/11 8:29 am - Puyallup, WA
RNY on 10/05/94
You are taking 2 pills = 630, right?

I personally do not take Proferrin with calc. Too much habit, I think. I only wait an hour, but I worked too hard to get my numbers up.

Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94 

P.S.  My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.

had_enuf
on 7/22/11 10:19 am - East Bay, CA
 Ann,
I'm somewhat intimidated to add this when the "big guns" did not, but my understanding is that your Calcium to Magnesium supplementation should ideally be a 2 to 1 ratio.  Yours is 5 to 1.  Up that Mag to one with each of your Calcium doses, and if you add in some Mag Oxide, it will also help counteract the constipation effect.
       Judy                   HW359/Consult288/SW275          
         
          
Kayla B.
on 7/22/11 1:41 pm - Austin, TX
I agree, Magnesium is awesome :)
5'9.5" | HW: 368 | SW: 353 | CW: 155 +/- 5 lbs | Angel to kkanne
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ann M.
on 7/26/11 2:45 am - Northern, VA
I was taking a lot of Mg Oxide with no discernable affect.  I think I will start taking my proferrin by itself in the evening.  And then I'll add the Mg Citrate to each of my day time doses.  I also added an additional protein shake and started using half and half  instead of milk to get more fat. 

Thanks everyone for your input.

SW / BMI / SIZE:  312 / 49.5 / 26-28W         CW / BMI / SIZE:  159.1 / 25.1/ 10-12 
I need to lose about 2 more pounds for a normal BMI .  I still seem to be slowly losing at over 2 yrs out...so may get there yet.

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