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I'm almost 8 months out and I just had blood work done this week as I have been feeling so fatigued and having headaches everyday. My doctor said my Iron is low. My ferritin levels are at 15 so he just started me on an Iron supplement. I havn't loss in 2 months due to the way I've been feeling. The last thing I want to do these days is exercise. Has anyone else gone through this?

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Just wondering what were you taking as vitamins/supplements since surgery?

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This occurred to me also and about the same time post-op. The Iron in my Flintstone chewable did not seem to be enough so I had to add an Iron supplement. It is important to space the Calcium supplements and the iron supplements at least two hours apart. This I was doing, but about this time I had begun using milk and I suspected that the Calcium in milk was conflicting with the iron. So I moved all my iron to the end of the day, just before I went to bed.

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I have been on flinstone Complete chewables and Viactive calcium chews with Vitamin D and B12 injections. I take my flinstone Vitamin in the morning and my Calcium before I go to bed. I read that drinking oj when you take the Iron helps with the absorption. I'm going to take the Iron in the am when i take the flinstone vitamin. good to know about the milk though. I wouldn't have thought of that.

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I have been on flinstone Complete chewables and Viactive calcium chews with Vitamin D and B12 injections. I take my flinstone Vitamin in the morning and my Calcium before I go to bed. I read that drinking oj when you take the Iron helps with the absorption. I'm going to take the Iron in the am when i take the flinstone vitamin. good to know about the milk though. I wouldn't have thought of that.


How many Flintstones do you have to take a day?

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