Almost 8 yrs out

Hi!
I havent been here in quite awhile and wanted to pop in. I had my roux n y Jan 11, 2001. I have finally got to have my tummy tuck this month so I guess thats what put me into the OH mood again.
Already this board has been helpful. I thought I was the only one who had a problem with rebound weight gain.
Have any of you had Iron problems even with taking suppliments? It is the only deficiency I ever had and it came 5yrs out and quite suddenly. It took over a year of 3x a day iron to get it back up.

Good luck to all of you!

Lisa
currently living in Seoul South Korea
highest weight 280
lowest weight 133
current weight 152
highest rebound weight 172!!

Hi Lisa,

I have terrible problems with my iron.  I take 3 pills a day and always with my vitamin C...but I end up going in once a year for 8 infusions.  I must say I feel drastically better after the infusions.  Im having my last one tomorrow for this round...well, if it got my number back up into normal.

Michelle

Congradulations  on  your  years of  success .. I  am  over  4  years  out and  have  had  alot of  blood  work  the  only  thing  I  have  had  problems with is  Vitiamin D  and  B12  .. With  the supplements  my   blood   work   couldnt  be  better  ....
Thank  you  for  posting  your  post  is  very  much  a  encouragement  to  alot of  us.
Stay  determined  and  Focus  you  will  get  back  to  where  you  want  to  be ...

Lisa, Congratulations to you~you have been very successful over the past 8 yrs!!!!!!!

Congratulations to you.

I just posted on the main board and didn't see this area for people like me who have been out for a little over 5 years. Therefore, I am going to start a new post here on what I posted there.

Congrats!  You did great! Good for you for losing a lot of the rebound weight too!  It is so hard to do for some reason...I used to be able to just cut back and lose 5-10 lbs easily...after surgery...I have to work my butt off to lose 3-5 lbs!  But it's not impossible!  I gained 8 lbs and never lost it too...I had gained more than that at one time and did lose it...

I too got vit deficiencies along with anemia at year 4 post op!  It took me 6 months of taking high doses of carbonyl iron, 2 mg copper and Vit C (both to aid in absorption) ....but it began working immediately and aftger two months I showed enough improvement that the doc cancelled infusions or transfusions....My ferritin climbed very slowly...but my iron and blood went back into normal quite nicely! 

Everything else was just a matter of supplementation with dry forms of oil soluble vitamins or extra of zinc and magnesium... I was pretty low on many vits...and that was also when I had my weight gain! (10 lbs, which I did go on to lose SLOWLY)  I was off track and eating sugar and simple carbs, but I often wonder if the vitamin defs had anything to do with my gain...I am healthy now and eat more than I think I should and maintain with no trouble now...When I was trying to lose weight, I had to cut way way back because I could not exercise with anemia and magnesium deficiencies...So I HAD to diet big time! It was hard! 

Anyway...I wish you continued good luck and health!