I need to rethink my vitamin regimen

poet_kelly
on 4/19/12 7:28 am - OH

Lately I am noticing that I am having trouble getting all my vitamins in. I think the problem is that at this point my vitamin schedule includes too many pills to swallow, many of which are BIG horse pills. It's to the point that it makes me feel slightly nauseous to take them all and there have been a few times I have decided not to take them because just thinking about it made me slightly nauseous.

I used to use ENS from Celebrate for my multi and some of my calcium but then I got tired of it and switched to multis and calcium tablets, but those are all big pills. Maybe I should go back to using the ENS for at least one multi and one dose of calcium. And I've been taking magnesium oxide, two 250 mg capsules, to prevent constipation, but maybe I need to try cutting back on that and see if I can do with less of that. And I recently added two ginger capsules a day because that is supposed to have anti inflammatory properties and I was hoping it would help my back, but so far I have not noticed an improvement so maybe I just need to cut that out, at least for now. Just so there won't be so many giant pills to get down.

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.

jodisue40
on 4/19/12 7:33 am - OH

RNY on 04/11/12

Kelley, I have a question....I hear people talk about all the vitamins they have to take, does the levels go down as time moves forward..the reason I ask is because all I have to take

Multi Vit
D-3
B-12

and Calcium in 6 weeks

I am only a week out just curious

poet_kelly
on 4/19/12 7:39 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Yes, we often develop deficiencies as time goes on. The first time I had a full set of labs done, my vitamin A and zinc levels were fine. Last time I had labs done, both were low and I had to start supplementing.

Just so you know, the ASMBS says you should start your calcium citrate no later than one month after surgery, and they also say you should be taking iron immediately after surgery.

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.

jodisue40
on 4/19/12 7:50 am - OH

RNY on 04/11/12

so take the Iron on top of the Multi vit I am taking now which has 18mg and I take that pill 2 times a day
it's chewables Centrum?

poet_kelly
on 4/19/12 7:54 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

According to the ASMBS, if you don't menstruate, that's enough iron. If you still menstruate, you need an additional 18-27 mg iron daily.

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.

jodisue40
on 4/19/12 8:03 am, edited 4/19/12 8:04 am - OH

RNY on 04/11/12

Ok thank you, I don't menstruate anymore, maybe thats why they didn't add iron

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 4/19/12 10:42 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Yes, your levels will continue to change over time, and will probably do so for many, many years.
I did not take any iron (other than what os in my multi) for the first 4 years after my RNY (I had a hysterectomy in 1995), bu****ched my iron levels slowly drop over the years even though I eat quite a bit of iron-rich foods, so after my 4 year labs I added some iron once a week even though it was still technically normal. I just got my 5 year labs and the iron is only just staying the same, and i would really like it back ip where it was before my surgery, so I will need to take the iron more frequently or take a higher dose.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

cajungirl
on 4/20/12 1:00 am

RNY on 02/21/05

Stay on top of your iron whether menstruating or not. My iron stayed level with supplementation prior to my hysterectomy in 2010. I have seen my ferritin and iron sat deplete and required infusions last year. So although many doctors don't recommend iron to post-menstruating women it still seems to happen to some of us post-surgery.

Proximal RNY Lap - 02/21/05

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april89love
on 4/19/12 7:56 am - NC

RNY on 03/16/11

If I didn't use the upcal I would never get in my calcium. Just too many pills.

Sandy

HW 225, SW 219, GW 140, CW 124

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!

poet_kelly
on 4/19/12 7:58 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I usually use the Upcal for one dose a day. I think what I need to do is order some yummy calcium chewables from BA or the Calcet creamy bites. I haven't had those for a while because money was pretty tight and they cost more than tablets or Upcal D. But they do make it easy to get my calcium in.

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.

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