poet_kelly
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - All I have left is my iron and C. Got all my calcium in again today!
How about you?
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - Got all yours in today?
I still need one more dose of calcium and my iron and C. I may or may not get that last dose of calcium, depending on how late I am up.
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
one of the simplest tools for making good food cho - I know we all know what we should and shouldn't eat. And sometimes we find ourselves eating all the wrong stuff and don't even know why. But I've figured out why, at least most o...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
Sigh. Do you ever wonder why you bother? - I received a private message from someone that had posted on this forum asking for help and advice. The poster was not asking for my help specifically, but I assumed this person w...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
know your rights regarding your pre-op psych eval - Every once in a while I hear a story of someone that went to their pre-op psych eval and the evaluator said they were not ready to have surgery and it really delayed their process....
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
What I hate most about RH - No, it's not how crappy it feels. And it's not how rapidly it comes on, which is very rapidly for me lately.
It's the fact that it's almost always totally my fault that it happ...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - Got them all in today?
I just have my iron and C left. Got all the calcium in today!
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
OT - now why are there ants in my bathroom?! - I've been having a serious ant problem in my kitchen and I would call an exterminater but I really can't afford it right now. I've been managing the problem in the kitchen mostly ...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
If you only want to hear one response... - Please make life easy for everyone and tell us what that response is when you post.
For instance, I could post "Yesterday I ate half a cheesecake. Now I am wondering if that wa...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - How are you doing today? I just took my last dose of calcium and all I have left to do is my iron and C.
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
Quiz on the ASMBS guidelines -
OK, I said there might be a test later. Here it is!
1. How much iron does the ASMBS say men should take a day?
2. How much iron do menstruating women need?
3. ...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
ASMBS nutrition guidelines - Just wanted to post the link, in case anyone hasn't read it and would like to.
nutrition.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/file/0005/4784/BariatricNutritionReading.pdf
Yes, it's long...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
preventing deficiency vs. treating deficiency - It seems to me that there are two basic plans people tend to adopt after RNY regarding vitamins.
Well, really three plans, I guess. The third being the people that choose not t...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
omeprazole seems to be working - Just wanted to update everyone. I know I just started taking it four days ago, but my stomach was bothering me probably 75% of the time after I ate, and since starting the omepraz...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - How are you doing with yours today? I just gotta get my iron and C before bed.
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
What are your best tips for maintenance? - For those of you that have been maintaining for a while, what are your best tips for maintaining? How do you do it?
For me, I think the two things that help the most are measur...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - I'm getting ready to take my iron and C. Already got my multis, calcium, vitamin A and magnesium oxide in! How are you doing?
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
Now I'm kind of insulted - Today I took the five pound block of cheese I got from the food pantry the other day out of my fridge to cut it into smaller pieces so I could freeze some of it because it would ta...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
"you've really kept the weight off" - Tonight we had dinner with my partner's parents and after we'd finished dessert (I ate ONE bite of banana cream pie), we were just sitting around the table talking and out of no wh...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - How you doing today? I'm getting ready to take my iron and C, but I gotta try to get another calcium in if I stay up late enough.
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
OK, time for some good doctor stories - Now that we've heard all these horrifying stories of traumatic medical stuff people have been through, I thought it was time for some good stories. And people often think I just d...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - How you doing today? I'm getting ready to take my last calcium, then I'll get my iron and C before bed.
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
traumatic medical stuff - I've heard some stories of some pretty traumatic medical stuff. People that weren't properly sedated for an endoscopy, someone that had a nose bleed and had to have her nose packe...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
So I bought some omeprazole - yesterday to see if that helps my stomach issues. May I just say, that stuff is expensive! Even the generic.
There were three different brands from which to choose and two of ...
poet_kelly posted a discussion topic 13 years ago
daily vitamin check in - Got all yours in today?
I just need my iron and C. Oh, and I still gotta do my B12 shot.
