preventing deficiency vs. treating deficiency
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.
Until I got scared straight.
That dip in my b12 levels (from not supplementing for months) scared the crap out of me. I realized a few things as a result.
First, I need tools to help me remember. I use www.mymedschedule.com to send me texts about my vitamins now.
Second, I realized that I can and will do irreparable damage if I don't knock it off.
Lastly, and this may seem over simplified, but when the restriction, getting stuff stuck, etc. part is over for post-ops it can become easy to forget our bodies are STILL different than non-op bodies. Just staying cognizant of that fact helps encourage me to take my vitamins.
I also bit the bullet and got chewables which I'm much more compliant with than swallow pills. Your mileage may vary.
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.
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.
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21) 7/17/11 (3:30:58) 7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW 349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
My iron is no where close to really low or scarey low, but it has been on a trend since about a year headed down ever so slightly each time. I have changed irons, double and tripled the amount, etc.under the care of my PCP to see the same decrease; therefore, I went to the Hemotologist who is starting iron transfusions next week!
I guess the OCD that gets me in trouble is good for somethings!
I will say I am always disappointed when I have to take less of my favorite vitamins (For example, I love my sublingual B12s that are peppermint - I even looked forward to them after lunch, but my B12 is like double the recommended so now I only take it every other day to see if we can get it down.) I am of the school something are worth the extra money as I HATE taking pills, but the chewables are okay.
I may have had a few extra potholes along the way, but the journey has been good!
- RNY- Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery - Dr. Peters 8/09
- Medial Thigh lift & Brachioplasty - Dr. Macrea 7/2011
- LBL - Dr. Joseph Michaels (Sibley Memorial) 12/22/2011
- Upper Body Lift with Mastoplexy - Dr. Joseph Michaels 12/20/2012
Half Marathons: Napa: 7/18/10 (4:11:21) 7/17/11 (3:30:58) 7/15/12 (3:13:11.5)
SJ Rock and Roll: 10/2/10 (3:58:22) Run Surf City: 2/6/11 (3:19:54)
Diva: 5/6/12 (3:35:00)
HW/SW/CW 349/326/176
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.
