Women!

[melbell2222 244]

Ok today my body is all time low, bc of my period. I feel so weak and tired. I think it might be my Iron so what do y'all do to get Iron in? What kind of Vitamins? Do you only take iron when your on ur period or it everyday? My doctors don't push taking iron for most patients. And iv only had my period last month and this month. My surgery was on August 22

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[LisaMergs 2,854]

Heck..I don't even remember it's been so long!

That said, I'm sure your doc has done bloodwork. See what your Iron levels look like, or have another blood draw done for this one purpose. They will guide you as you should need to be.

Never hurts to take a mulit with Iron, especially if you're a woman in childbearing years.

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[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Your surgeon or PCP can give you a vitamin/supplement schedule. I took an Iron supplement in addition to my other Vitamins during my first year.

[saramarie 4]

My all in one Bariatric Choice chewable wafer supplement has Iron in it~ and it is like sucking on a candy- yum

But just in case your tiredness isn't from low Iron, the nurse at my clinic always says that if we start to feel that way to start charting:

1)how much Protein we are getting in

2)how many fluids

3)how often we are taking our Vitamins and are e taking enough?

She said that often we will find that we aren't doing what we are supposed to be doing and that's why we get really low energy.

Also~ my sister had extremely low Bs. It affected her very badly with low energy. She ended up getting a B shot every week. She said she felt so much better right after getting it too.

If it continues def go to the dr and see what's up!

I hope it passes quickly, I hate that feeling

[pammieanne 269]

You want to be on an Iron (ferratin I believe is the one that we absorb the best) supplement every day. It's very common for post WLS women to be low in Iron. You can also get it via a patch at PatchMD. You can't take it with your Calcium (or like two hours before?), because it counteracts.

You can google this and likely find lots of information on it. I know on another board I am on, there is much discussion about keeping an eye on your iron levels.