How many pills do you take per day?

Roughly, about how many pills do you take daily?

LOL. I used to know this by heart but I had to go to my vitamin list I keep to pass out to new Docs to count them up. I could have gotten up and fetched my daily vitamin sleeve but too lazy.

18 vitamins - split up about 5 times a day. This is highly variable depending mostly on what kind of calcium you are taking and how much. I take citrical max 3 doses a day of about 600mg per dose (6 tablets total)

3 for medications (thyroid and BP/Kidney)

so 21 total pills. tablets, etc

I'm 6 years out and found the whole idea pretty overwhelming right after surgery. Even though you should ramp up slowly as you heal - just trying to get my head around it was hard but you figure out what works for you and after a while it just gets easier.

I still tweak according to labs and sometimes I add or subtract or rearrange based on new information or old information that I understand better. Even sometimes just to see if moving things around makes it easier to handle the inevitable disruption of my vitamin schedule.

We are all so different. My DS is not your DS, because each surgeon does his own measurements. You might need more (or less). I take these everyday: A,B,C,D,E,K2 (twice)--so 7. I take copper, zinc, and iron on separate days. (iron dose is Mon-thurs; zinc and K1 on Friday- Sunday), and copper just one day every other week-- that adds 2, making 9 daily. (Because of the cardiovascular risk with calcium and atherosclerosis, I have elected not to supplement, based on my family history. I don't advocate anyone else doing this.) My labs and PTH are fine at 13.5 years. Don't do what I do. Adjust based on your labs.

30 but not all related to the procedures

I am nearing 7 years and I follow the above Vitalady protocol. I do not take iron because after surgery I was dxd with acute myloid Leukemia which by the grace of almighty God, I arm now deemed cured. During my year of chemo I recieved over 30 bags of platelets and 38 of red blood. This caused huge iron stores on my liver requiring several plebotmies.

I am not on any perscriptions; however I do take 8 ageless cures curcumin as well. I split mine into morning and evening and my labs have been great. I do have severe osteoporosis which is being treated with a daily injection of fortero. I also keep my d3 labs in the high 60s.

Blessings

Julie

Noodles, no calcium??

Yes sorry, this vitalady list was from when they were out. I take 2 twice a day.

Right now 25 a day split into 5 times a day. That includes 3 that are for medical reasons.

Divided morning, noon and evening I take about 40 - lots of calcium, devrom, D3, K1, K2, multi and various minerals, etc. which keeps all my numbers in the normal range.