Holy crap...

Well I had to come over here and post. The people on the main board made me feel like I was going to fall over and die right here. Holy COW! I posted this:

Subject: Vitamin Question
Post Date: 11/18/09 5:46 am
I want to start a vitamin regimen. I haven't actually taken any except for here and there since my RNY in 2004. I know, I know bad girl but I do want to start because I am so exhaustedly tired after 2pm I could fall asleep on my desk.

I was always told multi vitamin, b-12, and calcium. What kind do you take and what are the best time to take them? Anyone find chewables or bilingual better than the actual pill? Anyone get any energy when they actually take them regurally?

Thanks everyone in advance for your advice.

I just wanted to see others vitamin regimen, yikes I honestly didn't know not taking vitamins causes brain damage! I know I'm a sensitive person but sheesh don't have to yell at me

So I trust my good ole friends here on the pregnancy board to let me know their thoughts on the subject.

http://wlsvitagarten.com/2009/11/16/asmbs-suggested-suppleme ntation/

Each Vitamin will tell you how much you need for your surgery. Since you are RNY, just check out the RNY percentages or doses for each one. Hope this helps.

PERFECT!!! Thank you!

I am a bad girl and don't take calcium. I do take pre-natals once a day and will take them after I have a baby since they are AWESOME!!! I love my hair and nails now. I also take folic acid since I was low in that. I have to take B-12 injections since I had a hard time finding a suppliment that I could take due to allergies. Good luck with answers.

From what I am on here it is:

2 multivitamins
1800 of elemental calcium citrate (but dont take more than 600 at a time)

You may need other things but to determine in what amounts you need to have blood drawn. Those are:
B-12 and iron

Liquid vitamins work best as they are absorbed easiest. B-12 can be a shot monthly or a subilingual.

Hope that helped some.
Simone

No offense but I can see why they are upset.

No vitamins?? Thats one thing in surgery my doctor is religious about.

I take daily -

1 prenatal
2 folic acid
2 calicum
1 b12
2 iron
1 vit c

Good Luck... how often do you have your labs drawn?? I would suggest calling and asking for them to get drawn.

Where you talking vitamins while pregnant??

I took them while pregnant when I remembered, probably ever other day. I actually did take vitamins at first but after I got further out I figured I ate enough to be fine without them. Guess I wasn't very informed by my doctor, well I had insuarnce they didn't take so thats pretty much why I havent been to a follow up with my surgeon since 2005. I have new insuarnce now so I am going December 11th.

I am pretty good about getting my vitamins in - here's what I take just to give you an idea

5000 mcg B12 (mine is chronically low) I take this sublingually
calcium 1200mg
1 prenatal
800 mg folic acid

That's it for me!

Good for you looking to get back on track - it will make you feel better in the long run and probably help with the continued weight loss too!

Liz

Ok, I'm going to be blunt because I speak from first hand knowledge.   Whether you feel it or not, whether your labs currently show it, you are slowly but surely killing yourself. 

If you had a heart condition and the Dr. told you that you would need to take medication every day for the rest of your life, would you take it?  Would you be casual about taking it and forget?  I don't think so.  

The vitamins are the same thing.   My surgeon told me right from the beginning that I would need to take vitamins every day for the rest of my life.    Well here's what happens when you are casual about it.   (and I say this because I was a dumb ass for the fist few years and didn't take ANY vitamins or I took them here and there)

1.  Your hair will fall out
2.  Your nails will break
3.  You will feel extreme fatigue
4.  You will start to feel short of breath
5.  You can end up with osteoporosis
6.  You could have a heart attack

1-5 happened to me.   I can never repair the damage I did and it was all completely preventable.  My mother, who also had gastric bypass (same type, same surgeon, she's a year behind me) didn't take her vitamins either.  She developed rickets and had a heart attack and a mini stroke.  

Still want to be casual about your vitamins?   I'm not saying this to be mean or scream at you, but you need a kick in the ass. 

THANK YOU! And I have to be honest with you here, just recently I'd say the past month I have seen A LOT more hair in my brush than before. I mean of course when I had the surgery it fell out for a while but never since then. Also I been aching, like when I get out of bed in the morning I am so stiff and back and feet hurt BAD. This is exactly why I am looking to get on the vitamins, I have never had any problems until recently.