Question:
VITAMIN D
Hi everyone I had LAP RNY on 4/3/07 and down 101 pounds. My blood work came up good except for my vitamin d was a little low.. So now I have to take instead of 2 Viactic a day 3..Any other suggestions.... — YVETTE121 (posted on November 27, 2007)
November 27, 2007
Take a multi vitamin with Vitamin D. I was taking my multi and Viactive
and I was too high in vitamin D so the Dr made me stop taking the Viative.
— Carlyn M.
November 27, 2007
My surgery was on 5-10-6, and I'm now down about 120 pounds. I started at
about 327. My Vitamin D level was way low for several blood tests. My
doctor put me on the 50K units of vitamin D for 12 weeks--3 times. I
continually failed the normal Vitamin D levels on my blood tests, even
using these pills. I began using a new calcium/vitamin D and began a
regimine of a GBG Liquid Vitamin, and I finally got into the low normal
range, after failing 4 tests for normal vitamin d readings. Even though I
walk outside daily, eat cheese, extra vitamin D pills, my vitamin D levels
were consistantly low. Last blood test was the only one to pass the minimal
vitamin D level. My story is on my profile site.
— Dave Chambers
November 27, 2007
This is kind of a question with a comment, rather than an answer...but I
was told to ONLY take Citracal for a source of both calcium and vit D. I
also take a chewable daily multi-vitamin. I am just barely 5 weeks post op
from lap RNY and down 30 pounds since surgery. I haven't had any blood
tests yet, that's in January. I just wondered why one clinic says to take
Viactiv, and others don't? They said Calcium citrate was the best in
regards of absorbing into your system. I'm curious too because I struggle
so in getting my calcium as I have to crush the pills and it's horrible to
get down. I'm still struggling with swallowing pills. I wish you good
luck and success with finding your answer. Congrats on the awesome weight
loss! Hugs...Cheryl
— Cheryl K.
November 27, 2007
Each person is different and each blood test is different. The lab at my
surgeon's office showed on one test my iron was a little low. I tried
taking an iron pill but it gave me super bad headaches and dizziness. I
went to my regular PCP had a full spectrum blood test done, and for the
past 3 blood tests my iron levels have been normal. I stopped taking the
iron pills after the first blood test at my PCP's office came back normal.
Come to find out, my mother and grandmother can't take iron pills either.
So, it appears in my family we have no problems absorbing all protein
needed from foods. Just keep trying different things and having your blood
levels constantly checked. Good luck and welcome to the losing side! God
bless!
— crystalsno
November 27, 2007
Just go to the Vitamin store and purchase Vitamin D gel caps -- take 2 a
day and call it a day --this way you are getting the 800 mg needed a day
without reading the multivitamin pack to see if it has enough. I have the
multivitamin as well as the Vitamin D. I usually take the Vitamin D at
night -- my body is at rest and the vitamins can do their thing. Did you
know that vitamin D also helps to keep you from falling? Isn't that
something.
— the7thdean
November 27, 2007
Being in sunlight lets the body make Vitamin D on its own. So maybe a
little outside activity.....if you can find some wintertime sunshine where
you live!! :) Congrats on the wt loss.
— JStangel
November 28, 2007
My doctor prescribed a Vitamin gel pill that had 50000IU of Vitamin D. I
take it once a week for 6 weeks, then once a month. It has really helped.
— pammaley
November 28, 2007
I have taken 3 Calcium Chews ever since surgery 8/13/07 the brand I use is
Spring Valley and they are sugar free and the bonus is they have vitamin D
and K in them.. :) They support good bone health and my blood work has been
great.. :) I know we all are differant, but trying something new may help
with getting the vitamins in you that we all need. :)
God bless you and keep up the great work..
Paula
— japaad
November 28, 2007
I guess this time I have to disagree with everybody. :-( There is SO
much info on vit D now and it was a big deal at the WLS conference this
summer. So, first, Viactiv are calcium carbonate, which are useless to a
WLS person, and we need more like 2000mg a day, not 1000mg. Then, our vit
D MUST be vit D3 and it has to be dry. If it is in an oil form, we don't
get any. So, dry form vit D3. And because there is so much new info on it
now, we know we need to count our units in the thousands, not the
hunhdreds. Our proximal RNY And lap bands start on 10,000 IU per day.
(that's 2 tiny pills, caps with powder inside). Old lab studies will
show levels of 20-57 and your doc might think 30 is "fine".
However, if you are also running your PTH levels, those will not be
"fine". New D levels are 32-100 so we want to be around 70,
based on that range and newer studies. The RDA will soon be a MINIMUM of
1000, and that's for normies, who do not malabsorb their fat solubes vites.
As for the sun, first you'd have to HAVE sun. Direct sun, so all of us
not in CA or FL are out of luck. But let's say you CAN sit in the sun on
the southernmost tip of FL and eat oily fish and egg yolks all day. We
still cannot convert those forms of vit D into D3, which is the only form
the body recognizes. There are now LOTS of studies out now that say that
the old "30 minutes of direct sun on head & shoulders" gives
enough vit D. But no, it doesn't. If you had, say, a level of 30, being
able to do that MIGHT get you 5 more points, if you are fair skinned and on
said beach. And if you need 40 more points to reach a safe level, you
can't get that from sun, or any oily forms of vit D. It HAS to be dry form
vit D3. And that is eensy lil capsules with powder. I wish I could make
this thing paragraph (lessons welcome), so the summary: 1. Viactiv makes
kidney stones, not bones & teeth 2. we need at least 2000mg a day of
calcium citrate (many of us will need much more) 3. vit D needs far exceed
those formerly thought and vit D MUST be vit D3, dry form 4. and one I
didn't address... the idea that we are low in D, take a lot for a few
weeks and voila, we're cure? No. We will ALWAYS malabsorb D, so we will
ALWAYS have to address it. We can fix it, but then we have to keep it
fixed. 5. the rx vit D is D2, in oil, so not as effective in delivering
vit D to hungry bones, teeth, joints, mood, and yes, auto-immune disorders
— vitalady
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