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Did the doctor discuss with you your results and how to help build it up with a supplement and or  Multivitamins? Now is the time to ask about it & get answers from your doctor how to get levels up. Dont wait till after your surgery. Understanding your levels & Vitamins to supplement is important.

CW: 319 SD:May 2017

GW: 128

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My Vitamin D is 11.3 which is a Vitamin D deficiency. How will low Vitamin D effect me in the future once and I get my sleeve and will this make the process of getting approved longer?


FutureFitGirl



I was also Vit D deficient. My PCP prescribed weekly vit D pills with a lab follow up in 6-8 weeks. He also wrote a little blurb on the letter of medical necessity to explain our action plan on resolving this by surgery date. Good luck!

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In Canada people should be taking Vitamin D by default -- not enough sun.

If you aren't someone who's out in the sun a lot, regardless of where you are, you should be taking it by default.

If you aren't someone who's out in the sun a lot and don't have any dairy rife with Vitamin D (or other foods like oily fish/Maitake or Portabello mushrooms/cod liver oil/Raisin Bran), you should most certainly be taking Vitamin D.

Post-op you should assuredly be taking some type of Vitamins (I believe prenatal-like vitamins), it's important to get enough nutrients now so you don't get behind post-op. That's when it will really hurt you, and you'd find that out a year or two down the road.

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4 minutes ago, crystalrae said:

Why would Vitamin D levels affect surgery?

Cardiovascular health and maintaining bone strength. Bone density changes with weight loss (and of course gain) so it requires thorough exercise, Calcium, and Vitamin D, the cells within recycle themselves every year or less.

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mine came back as low Vitamin d as well. (surprise surprise, i live in northern alberta LOL :P) my dietician wants me to take 3000 iu of it a day, and maybe more before/after surgery depending on the results of a followup blood test. i used to take chewable tablets but I find the D-Drops wayyyyyyy more pleasant and easy to take. I just drip them into my Water when I take my pills and I'm done for the day!

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mine came back as low Vitamin d as well. (surprise surprise, i live in northern alberta LOL :P) my dietician wants me to take 3000 iu of it a day, and maybe more before/after surgery depending on the results of a followup blood test. i used to take chewable tablets but I find the D-Drops wayyyyyyy more pleasant and easy to take. I just drip them into my Water when I take my pills and I'm done for the day!

Where do you buy those " d drops"?



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