Question:
I have two questions.....
I would like to hear from a number of longer post ops on how their blood checks are going, do people ever have normal blood readings in regard to vitimons after surgery....and for give my spelling, but has any one taken anything like enzimes to help with digestion...thanks — sweetdarling_ab (posted on October 19, 2003)
October 19, 2003
Dawn
My blood work has been within normal limits every time I am only 17 months
PO. I wasnt great about vitamins or calcium early on yet(made me sick)my
labs were good the doc contributes to a very balanced diet. I have used the
GNC papaya enzymes to assist digestion when i ate meat or something felt
stuck and they helped alot. Good Luck to you, Lesley
— Lesley T.
October 19, 2003
I am 22 months post-op and my blood levels have been checked twice. So far
they are great. I take Spring Valley Prenatal Vitamins and Citracal.
That's all. My surgeon says my levels are text book perfect.
— Patty_Butler
October 19, 2003
At three months post op I was checked. Everything was fine except for my
iron was low. Now I am on iron supplements in addition to the
multi-vitamin and calcium that I take now.
— aejbhm
October 19, 2003
At 3 mos everything was normal but my B-12 was "low norm". I have
increased it per the doc. I am about to go for my 6 mos bloodwork, I expect
it to be ok since I take my vitamins and eat right.
— M B.
October 19, 2003
I am 4 1/2 years post op and my blood is generally ok on most things except
B12 and low on iron. Ive never heard of enzymes so no answer there. (My
surgery was Feb 2, 1999)
— Barb D.
October 19, 2003
I will be 1 year post op Oct. 30. I have two full blood workups and
everything is perfect. Before WLS, I had always been borderline anemic.
Fine now! I take two Centrum Silver multi-vitamins, 4 Calcium Citrates +
D, one B-12 sublingual, and one iron with C a day. I do a pure whey
isolate protein drink every morning for breakfast and always eat protein
first.
— Ginger M.
October 19, 2003
I am 22 months post op and everything is just peachy! I was low on iron for
a while, but a slow FE once a week put me back well into the normal range.
My husband is 18 months post op and has had perfect labs every time, and he
doesn't take vitamins but once a week... SO... everyone is different!!
Neither one of us take enzymes, so sorry I can't help you there!
— Sharon m. B.
October 19, 2003
I'm 9 yrs. Labs wander up/down, but we tweak to keep them mid-range.
Enzymes went thru our live group as a "good idea". Of course,
the average wt gain was 6#. They help absorb the CALORIES, but not the
nutrition. The food does not pass by the primary absorption stations (the
basic 8 elements), so absorbing the calories didn't reroute the food where
it needed to go. Personally, I've paid for this malabsorption TWICE. I'm
not about to undo it. I have used papaya enzyme to unstick something, as
mentioned. But not on a regular basis.
— vitalady
October 20, 2003
I am 6 years post and my blood has been okay. My blood is checked yearly.
The couple of times that something was off, usually the iron or b-12, the
dose of vitamin I was taking was changed. I don't know anything about
enzyimes. My weight is still off. I lost 115 lbs. I went from a size 26 to
a size 10/12.
— christine M.
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