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Originally Posted by glenntaj
what doses of supplements are you taking? It's pretty standard post-bariatiric surgery that there be massive supplementation, as most of the area from which you could absorb nutrients is gone. I would think, for example, you should be on at least 5000mcg/day of B12, to allow passive absorption of 1-2% of that amount. I'd also think you should be supplementing calcium, magnesium, the other B-vitamins, D (probably at least 5000IU/day if you don't get ou in the sun much) and definitely essential fatty acids . . .
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I don't have my medicines with me right now, and can't get to them... but I know I'm taking 5,000 IU/day of D3 a day (and it is in my multivitamin as well). I am taking B12 every day and it is in my multivitamin and I also get a monthly B12 shot--my B12 levels are where they need to be, so I am getting enough of that. I take a calcium supplement (which also has Vitamin D in it) every day. I take a B complex as well and my doctor said that those levels are all where they need to be. I am not taking any magnesium--I had asked my doctor if I should take some because a friend suggested it, but he said not to take it because my magnesium level was high enough and he said that I was fine without it--I take about 30 pills a day and he said that if I didn't need it, that I didn't need one more pill. I don't know what you mean by "essential fatty acids"... so I suppose I'm not taking those....