problems with maintaing adequate nutrition

HEY EVERYONE. THIS IS MY FIRST POST. I AMTRYING TO GET PICS AND INFO TOGETHER. I AM A WEIGHT LOSS GRADUATE  AND WAS DOING WELL. FOR  2 YEARS. WORKING IN SURGERY,HAVING PROBLEMS WITH ANEMIA BEFORE MY RUE-N-Y IN 2003,SWITCHING JOBS,SCHOOL AND KIDS . I LOST 100 POUNDS DOWN TO 145. THEN AFTER 2 YEARS WAS BACH UP TO 154 WITH LOOSE SKIN.MY FRIEND THAT HAD SURGERY SAME DAY AS ME INTRODUCED ME TO FLAT SPRITE, AND I THEN GRADUATED TO REG. DRINKS ,TEA, ETC, AFTER THEY SIT ON ICE. I AM LACTOCE INTOLERANT AND HAVE TRIED 1 % MILK,SILK SOY, LACTAID AND STILL HAVE SOME PROBLEMS. I CAN EAT YOGURT AND SOME CHEESE. I KNOW FROM MY NEW NE JOB THAT CAFFIENE INHIBITS IRON ABSORPTION AND THAT MEANS TEA AT LUNCH HAS GIVEN ME NO IRON. I HAD AN EPISODE THAT I WAS REFERRED TO RHEUMOTOLOGIST TO RULE OUT LUPUS. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ANTICARDIOLIPTIN ANTIBODY SYNDROME(PRONE TO BLOOD CLOTS),FIBROMYALGIA, AND RHEUMOTOID/AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER MARKERS WERE ELEVATED BUT NOT AT THE HIGHER RANGE TO SAY I HAVE LUPUS OR RHEUMATOID.(ACA SYNDROME)NEVER REACHED HIGH LEVEL AND I DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE BLOOD THINNER AND I HAD TO HAVE A HYSTERECTOMY TO CORRECT BLOOD LOSS/ANEMIA PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN ANEMIC OFF AN ON SINCE 18 YEARS OLD. THINGS IMPROVED BUT HERE I AM TODAY AT THE RHEUMATOLOGIST OFFICE WITH LOW CALCIUM,LOW IRON (10) HGB,AUTOIMMUNE MARKER/LUPUS STILL MED. ELEVATED. I COULD NOT TAKE IRON 3 TIMES DAILY OR ANY BIG PILLS OR COATED. IT SEEMS THEY DISSOLVE IN THE POUCH AND HAVE CAUSED IRRITATION. I HAVE BEEN TRYIN FOR ONE MONTH TO INCREASE CALCIUM (MD ORDERED 2 CAL WITH D CHEWABLES DAILY/VITAMIN TAB D3,I TRIED ONE A DAY CHEWABLE (ORANGE) I JUST CANT STAND THE TASTE,I AM WATCIN WHAT I EAT TRYING TO MAKE EVERYTHING I EAT COUNT. NO CAFFIENE DRINKS,SOY MILK ,AND I JUST ORDERE CARBONYL IRON GENTLE IRON FROM VITALADY. I TRIED TO FIND PROSCORE POWDER AT GNC IN MONROE LOUISIANA WITHOUT SUCCESS. I BOUGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY AFTER MY IRON INFUSION THAT WENT WELL BUT HAS CAUSED MUSCLE/JOINT PAIN AS IF I WAS HAVING A FLARE UP. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO SEE/FEEL AN IMPROVEMENT AFTER INFUSION?I HOPE TO RECIEVE MY GENTLE IRON IN ANY DAY NOW TO START TAKING TO SEE IF I CAN IMPROVE IT ON MY OWN. MY BP WAS UP BEFORE/AFTER INFUSION AND THE DOC WANTED TO GIVE ME HCTZ 25 MG DAILY FOR A 90 RANGE DYSTOLIC. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT WITH FLARE UPS OF THIS MYSTERIOUS AUTOIMMUNE MEDIUM ELEVATION WITH NO DEFINITE DX MY DYSTOLIC WOULD BE IN 90 OR SO BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A FLARE UP BEFORE THE INFUSION.I WAS COMING HOME AND NOT EATING AT NIGHT AND IN AM. WE HAD TIME TO GET LUNCH USUALLY. ANY SUGGESTONS ON WHAT SUPPLEMENTS COULD HELP. I HAVE THE JOINT/MUSCLE ACHES,HAIR LOSS AND DRY/BRITTLE,BROWN SPOTS AND POOR SKIN,RASHES FROM SUN ETC,CAN'T THINK,HAD MD TELL ME IT WAS HORMONES AND HAVE BEEN UPED TO HORMONE INJECTIONS MONTHLY WITH MINIMAL IMPROVEMENT,TOLD IT WAS MY ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIET PROBLEM.I CAN'T SLEEP,LEGS/CALVES/TOES HAVE MUSCLE SPASMS,VERY FATIGUED/STRESSED. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE I BECAME SO BUSY THAT I FORGOT THE IMPORTANTANCE OF EATING EVEN IF YOUR NOT HUNGRY AND TAKING TIME TO STOP. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED. 

michelle at vitalady has much info on vitamins. I think I have her information on my profile. check it out. You do need to change the quality and type of vitamins and get your levels changed more frequently. Its your responsibility to keep up with your levels and take what you need to be healthy. check out my profile, and begin making changes....its never too late. Although it will take time to straighten your body out! vitalady.com. blessings to you!