Vitamin survey
Hey Gorgeous, you look fab in this picture. I so agree with what you posted above. My vits continue to be very important to me they are they same as posted on my page...LOL if my page is still there. I have been so busy I didn't even come in on our anniversary. I need to catch up.
All my tests are perfect and I admit I take allot of vitamins but I need them not when we remember, we need them forever and daily. Still holding at 122-124 and happy belated 4th anniversary!
All my tests are perfect and I admit I take allot of vitamins but I need them not when we remember, we need them forever and daily. Still holding at 122-124 and happy belated 4th anniversary!
Current weight:120 and still 5'4
I am 4.5 years post-op.
My Vitamin Regimen:
B Complex sublingual (1.7 mg riboflavin, 20 mg niacin, 2 mg B6, 1200 mcg B12, 30 mg pantothenic acid) (Spring Valley)
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
130 mg iron
1000 mg vitamin C
I wait at least 2 hours in between each dosing.
After RNY, B12 MUST be taken in injection, sublingual, or nasal inhalant form. It requires binding to an enzyme called intrinsic factor (IF) in order to be absorbed. IF is secreted in the part of the stomach that was bypassed. Therefore it is inaccessible to the RNY patient.
DO NOT take calcium and iron within 2 hours of each other. They are both absorbed using the same cellular receptor sites. The receptor sites like calcium better, therefore the calcium will be absorbed and the iron will be excreted in the feces.
DO NOT eat or drink any of the following within 2 hours of taking iron: dairy, eggs, fiber, tea, coffee, red wine, grapes, or spinach. They each contain substances that bind with the iron. The iron will then be excreted in the feces.
DO take vitamin C with iron. It enhances the absorption of iron. If iron upsets you pouch, take it with a meat snack. This will buffer the pouch and and enhance the absorption of the iron.
Calcium should be taken in divided doses NOT to exceed 500 mg at a time. The body just cannot absorb more than that at a time.
Calcium CARBONATE is not readily absorbed by ANYONE, no matter their WLS status. As someone who has had WLS, we really should be taking calcium CITRATE. It is better absorbed.
That's all I can think of right now.
Signs & Symptoms of Vitamin Deficiencies
Vitamin B1 (aka thiamine) deficiency can lead to an enlarged heart, cardiac failure, muscular weakness, poor short-term memory, confusion, and irritability.
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency can lead to inflammation of the membranes of the mouth, skin, eyes, and GI tract.
Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency can lead to diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, an inflamed & swollen tongue that is bright red, depression, fatigue, loss of memory, headache, and rash on exposure of sunlight.
Biotin deficiency can lead to depression, drowsiness, hallucinations, numbness/tingling in the arms & legs, red, scaly rash around the eyes, nose, and mouth, and hair loss.
Vitamin B6 deficiency can lead to scaly dermatitis; anemia; depression, confusion, abnormal brain wave pattern, and convulsions.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to anemia, fatigue, degeneration of the peripheral nerves with progression to paralysis.
Folate deficiency can lead to anemia, mental confusion, weakness, fatigue, irritability, and headache.
Vitamin C deficiency can lead to scurvy ~ bleeding gums, pinpoint hemorrhages, abnormal bone growth and pain.
Vitamin A deficiency can lead to night blindness, softening of the cornea, corneal degeneration and blindness, and impaired immunity.
Vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteomalacia ~ loss of calcium, resulting in soft, flexible, brittle bones, and deformed bones; progressive weakness; pain in pelvis, lower back, and legs. Osteomalacia can lead to osteoporosis.
Vitamin E deficiency can lead to red blood cell damage and liver damage.
Vitamin K deficiency can lead to hemorrhage.
Sodium deficiency can lead to muscle cramps, mental apathy, and loss of appetite.
Potassium deficiency can lead to muscular weakness, paralysis, confusion, and FATAL HEART RHYTHMS.
Calcium deficiency can lead to osteoporosis.
Phosphorus deficiency can lead to muscular weakness and bone pain.
Magnesium deficiency can lead to weakness; confusion; convulsions, bizarre muscle movements, hallucinations, and difficulty in swallowing.
Iron deficiency can lead to anemia; weakness, fatigue, headaches, impaired cognitive functioning; impaired immunity; pale skin, nailbeds, mucous membranes, and palm creases; concave nails; inability to regulate body temperature.
ETA: The heart is a muscle, people!!!
My Vitamin Regimen:
B Complex sublingual (1.7 mg riboflavin, 20 mg niacin, 2 mg B6, 1200 mcg B12, 30 mg pantothenic acid) (Spring Valley)
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
1/2 multivitamin (generic)
400 mg calcium citrate w/400 IU vitamin D (Citrical Petite)
2000 IU vitamin dry D
130 mg iron
1000 mg vitamin C
I wait at least 2 hours in between each dosing.
After RNY, B12 MUST be taken in injection, sublingual, or nasal inhalant form. It requires binding to an enzyme called intrinsic factor (IF) in order to be absorbed. IF is secreted in the part of the stomach that was bypassed. Therefore it is inaccessible to the RNY patient.
DO NOT take calcium and iron within 2 hours of each other. They are both absorbed using the same cellular receptor sites. The receptor sites like calcium better, therefore the calcium will be absorbed and the iron will be excreted in the feces.
DO NOT eat or drink any of the following within 2 hours of taking iron: dairy, eggs, fiber, tea, coffee, red wine, grapes, or spinach. They each contain substances that bind with the iron. The iron will then be excreted in the feces.
DO take vitamin C with iron. It enhances the absorption of iron. If iron upsets you pouch, take it with a meat snack. This will buffer the pouch and and enhance the absorption of the iron.
Calcium should be taken in divided doses NOT to exceed 500 mg at a time. The body just cannot absorb more than that at a time.
Calcium CARBONATE is not readily absorbed by ANYONE, no matter their WLS status. As someone who has had WLS, we really should be taking calcium CITRATE. It is better absorbed.
That's all I can think of right now.
Signs & Symptoms of Vitamin Deficiencies
Vitamin B1 (aka thiamine) deficiency can lead to an enlarged heart, cardiac failure, muscular weakness, poor short-term memory, confusion, and irritability.
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) deficiency can lead to inflammation of the membranes of the mouth, skin, eyes, and GI tract.
Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency can lead to diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, an inflamed & swollen tongue that is bright red, depression, fatigue, loss of memory, headache, and rash on exposure of sunlight.
Biotin deficiency can lead to depression, drowsiness, hallucinations, numbness/tingling in the arms & legs, red, scaly rash around the eyes, nose, and mouth, and hair loss.
Vitamin B6 deficiency can lead to scaly dermatitis; anemia; depression, confusion, abnormal brain wave pattern, and convulsions.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to anemia, fatigue, degeneration of the peripheral nerves with progression to paralysis.
Folate deficiency can lead to anemia, mental confusion, weakness, fatigue, irritability, and headache.
Vitamin C deficiency can lead to scurvy ~ bleeding gums, pinpoint hemorrhages, abnormal bone growth and pain.
Vitamin A deficiency can lead to night blindness, softening of the cornea, corneal degeneration and blindness, and impaired immunity.
Vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteomalacia ~ loss of calcium, resulting in soft, flexible, brittle bones, and deformed bones; progressive weakness; pain in pelvis, lower back, and legs. Osteomalacia can lead to osteoporosis.
Vitamin E deficiency can lead to red blood cell damage and liver damage.
Vitamin K deficiency can lead to hemorrhage.
Sodium deficiency can lead to muscle cramps, mental apathy, and loss of appetite.
Potassium deficiency can lead to muscular weakness, paralysis, confusion, and FATAL HEART RHYTHMS.
Calcium deficiency can lead to osteoporosis.
Phosphorus deficiency can lead to muscular weakness and bone pain.
Magnesium deficiency can lead to weakness; confusion; convulsions, bizarre muscle movements, hallucinations, and difficulty in swallowing.
Iron deficiency can lead to anemia; weakness, fatigue, headaches, impaired cognitive functioning; impaired immunity; pale skin, nailbeds, mucous membranes, and palm creases; concave nails; inability to regulate body temperature.
ETA: The heart is a muscle, people!!!
Sharyn, RN
RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012
I'm coming up to three years out in July.
I don't take added iron. My iron levels went UP last blood work and so it's not necessary.
I used to take the children's chewables and I think I'm going to go back to that. it's too hard for me to remember to take the just swallow ones. I take two chewable calcium carbonate and 2 not-chewable calcium citrate (because I'm listening to all the scary stuff about not enough calcium but my labs have been fine). I take a biotin, omega three fish oil and a B-12 (sublingual 500)
I take my biotin, omega, B-12 and a calcium citrate in the morning with my oatmeal.
I take my chewable calcium at my snack with my mozzarella stick
I try and take my multi's and vitamin c (which I also never took before recently) with lunch.
I don't take extra vitamin D because I spend time outside (I have a convertible and call that my sunshine therapy).
All of my vitamins are the cheapo ones from Walmart. I ran a report on fitday and if I was absorbing all that I'm eating, I'd have all my vitamins covered 100%..including iron at 150%..
I don't take added iron. My iron levels went UP last blood work and so it's not necessary.
I used to take the children's chewables and I think I'm going to go back to that. it's too hard for me to remember to take the just swallow ones. I take two chewable calcium carbonate and 2 not-chewable calcium citrate (because I'm listening to all the scary stuff about not enough calcium but my labs have been fine). I take a biotin, omega three fish oil and a B-12 (sublingual 500)
I take my biotin, omega, B-12 and a calcium citrate in the morning with my oatmeal.
I take my chewable calcium at my snack with my mozzarella stick
I try and take my multi's and vitamin c (which I also never took before recently) with lunch.
I don't take extra vitamin D because I spend time outside (I have a convertible and call that my sunshine therapy).
All of my vitamins are the cheapo ones from Walmart. I ran a report on fitday and if I was absorbing all that I'm eating, I'd have all my vitamins covered 100%..including iron at 150%..
Yes, RNY worked for me but it also requires a lot of work from me!
Before Surgery: 214
Highest Weight: 240
Now: 125.6
Goal: 130
Before Surgery: 214
Highest Weight: 240
Now: 125.6
Goal: 130
All these posts are so long ago. I am almost 11 years put RNY and have been having Vitamin D and Iron defficiencies the past year. I tried the 50,000 units little green jelly pill once a week script from my DR but that I had to stop cause it cause me to have abdominal cramping. I just received my order from vitalady of Tender Dry-3 5,000 IU and Tender Iron 60mg capsile withe Vitamin C....just not sure when to take them. I take my thyroid meds when I first wake in the morning....not sure when to take these vitaimins and what I should or shouldnt eat when taking them. I read somewhere to take the iron on a empty stomach so I was thinking of taking that when I went to bed. I was also wanting to ad a multi vitamin as well as I havent been taking any vitamins since my problem with the 50,000 units of Vitamin 2 months ago. E-mailed the vitalady for some input she e-mailed me once asking me what kind of surgery and what I was taking..I emailed her back and never heard back and that was 2 weeks ago. I had emailed her again last week and still no reply...so I ordered from her site anyway what I wrote in the beginning of this message. My DR said to start with doing the Vitamin D first for a week or so and then add the Iron....not sure why...guess in case I have any issues with something. Any info anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.
Lisa
New Jersey
I was taking my vitamins only when I remembered by year 3 1/2...Doc kept telling me my labs were "fine"...At 4 years I went in with a list of labs I wanted to have run because I couldn't find any vitamin labs in my medical records...
My labs were "FINE" because NO ONE WAS Testing all my vitamins so my cholesterol, diabetes and blood cell counts were "FINE"....for 3 years and when I actually had some 20 tubes of blood drawn for ALL THE VITAMINS...Oh, they were NOT fine...
I was malnourished and anemic...and no one could tell me how long this had been going on because there was no baseline labs to compare at all! I was low or deficient in A, D, E, Zinc, Iron, Selenium, Magnesium
So now I get ALL my vitamins tested every 6 mos and take all kinds of vitamins
2 Bariatric Advantage Multivits
1500-2000 mg Calcium Citrate w/ D3 and magnesium (broken down 3-4 times a day at 500 mg each dose)
1 capsule 5000 iu Vit D3
200 mg carbonyl iron (Tender Iron by Vitalady) chewed with 1000 mg Vit C and 2 mg copper capsule
2500 mcg B-12 sublingual
25,000 iu Vit A
B-100 capsule weekly
Dry Vit E capsule (forgot the dose)
Ionic Selenium Drops (YUCK!)
Omega 3 Krill Oil (Mega Red by Schifft)
1 Zinc Lozenge
NOW...My labs REALLY are fine....
My labs were "FINE" because NO ONE WAS Testing all my vitamins so my cholesterol, diabetes and blood cell counts were "FINE"....for 3 years and when I actually had some 20 tubes of blood drawn for ALL THE VITAMINS...Oh, they were NOT fine...
I was malnourished and anemic...and no one could tell me how long this had been going on because there was no baseline labs to compare at all! I was low or deficient in A, D, E, Zinc, Iron, Selenium, Magnesium
So now I get ALL my vitamins tested every 6 mos and take all kinds of vitamins
2 Bariatric Advantage Multivits
1500-2000 mg Calcium Citrate w/ D3 and magnesium (broken down 3-4 times a day at 500 mg each dose)
1 capsule 5000 iu Vit D3
200 mg carbonyl iron (Tender Iron by Vitalady) chewed with 1000 mg Vit C and 2 mg copper capsule
2500 mcg B-12 sublingual
25,000 iu Vit A
B-100 capsule weekly
Dry Vit E capsule (forgot the dose)
Ionic Selenium Drops (YUCK!)
Omega 3 Krill Oil (Mega Red by Schifft)
1 Zinc Lozenge
NOW...My labs REALLY are fine....
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