Do men who have had RNY take iron?

Do any of you guys who have had RNY bypass take an iron supplement?  It is on the list of required supplements from my surgeon's office.  However, I have been reviewing the recommendations from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and it says the 36mg of iron you typically get from two multivitamins is customary for men and postmenopausal women.  I have confirmed that the multivitamin I am going to use post-surgery does provide 36mg iron.  I'm trying to figure out if I should look for an additional iron supplement.

i take a multi vitamin with iron in it

 My multivitamin has iron in it as well, other then that my doc said I'll only need to take additional iron if my labs are low. 

 I echo what Matt said that if your labs come back low (typically 3 months after surgery) then you may need to take a supplement.  I have been taking a supplement since surgery since my iron was low pre-surgery.  My last set of labs came back perfect with the supplement.  Important thing is to faithfully take all of your vitamins and spaced out appropriately.  ie Calcium not with Iron/mulivitamin and spaced throughout the day.

Iron supplement here also, although I do not use a multi with iron so as not to screw up th separations between iron bd calcium upplements. I take considerably more than you suggested about 120 mg daily..

I was anemic before my surgery so I needed to take it anyways.  I am coming up to my three month tests so we will see how I am doing then.

Do Oz says to look at the inside of you bottom eylid. if it look pale (low red blood cell count) then you may need iron.

Thanks for all the input.  I've never been low, so I think I'll just stick to the iron in the multivitamin and let my lab results going forward tell me if I need any additional supplementation.  Surgery is in one week.  It's hard to think about much else.  I'll be glad when it's all over and I can start working to establish a new "normal."  See you in the Sunday weigh-ins!