Eleanor's iron (was Re: Martha Robynn Donna)

[Guest guest]

In all honesty, I had slacked off on my vitamin

regimen, but have gotten back on track. Right now

I'm taking 6 of Vitalady's Tender Iron. Each is

25 mg of carbonyl iron. I'll have labs done in a

few weeks and see where I'm at in the ferritin

and iron levels and if I need to increase. I do

also take Vitamin C with the iron, but separate

the iron/C combo from anything else, including

food. There's a long list of things iron competes with for absorbtion.

I know a lot of folks have had really good luck

with either the Tender Iron, or cocktailing that

with some fumarate or polysaccharide. For some

reason, they do better with a combination than

they do with a single form of iron. I have tried

sulfate in the past (pre-op) and it caused a lot of tummy discomfort.

Will let you know how my numbers are the next time I get labs done.

At 21:05 02/24/2006, you wrote:

>E, how much what do you take in the way of iron? How

>is your ferritin?

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?

[Guest guest]

In all honesty, I had slacked off on my vitamin

regimen, but have gotten back on track. Right now

I'm taking 6 of Vitalady's Tender Iron. Each is

25 mg of carbonyl iron. I'll have labs done in a

few weeks and see where I'm at in the ferritin

and iron levels and if I need to increase. I do

also take Vitamin C with the iron, but separate

the iron/C combo from anything else, including

food. There's a long list of things iron competes with for absorbtion.

I know a lot of folks have had really good luck

with either the Tender Iron, or cocktailing that

with some fumarate or polysaccharide. For some

reason, they do better with a combination than

they do with a single form of iron. I have tried

sulfate in the past (pre-op) and it caused a lot of tummy discomfort.

Will let you know how my numbers are the next time I get labs done.

At 21:05 02/24/2006, you wrote:

>E, how much what do you take in the way of iron? How

>is your ferritin?

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?

[Guest guest]

Thanks E! How long do you think I should wait for a

redraw on my ferritin?

Laurie

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[Guest guest]

Thanks E! How long do you think I should wait for a

redraw on my ferritin?

Laurie

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[Guest guest]

At 10:51 02/27/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks E! How long do you think I should wait for a

>redraw on my ferritin?

I'd probably wait 4-6 weeks while keeping on your

current regimen, then see if the numbers are

coming up. If not, add more of what you need and

try again. Basic rule of thumb is to get fairly

frequent labs until you find a regimen that works

for YOU, since we all absorb stuff differently.

Then once you have your routine in place, stick

with it and get labs once or twice a year.

Track your own lab results yourself, getting

copies sent to you. Most docs just look for

numbers that are outside the ranges the lab

thinks of as normal. They do not usually compare

the latest labs to the previous set, so they

aren't looking for downward trends. Also, many

labs think of B12 levels as low as 200 as being

okay. I know far too many folks who can FEEL the

difference if their numbers get under 600. They

try to keep the numbers over 800, and prefer over 1000.

If you're interested, I have an Excel spreadsheet I use to track mine.

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?

[Guest guest]

At 10:51 02/27/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks E! How long do you think I should wait for a

>redraw on my ferritin?

I'd probably wait 4-6 weeks while keeping on your

current regimen, then see if the numbers are

coming up. If not, add more of what you need and

try again. Basic rule of thumb is to get fairly

frequent labs until you find a regimen that works

for YOU, since we all absorb stuff differently.

Then once you have your routine in place, stick

with it and get labs once or twice a year.

Track your own lab results yourself, getting

copies sent to you. Most docs just look for

numbers that are outside the ranges the lab

thinks of as normal. They do not usually compare

the latest labs to the previous set, so they

aren't looking for downward trends. Also, many

labs think of B12 levels as low as 200 as being

okay. I know far too many folks who can FEEL the

difference if their numbers get under 600. They

try to keep the numbers over 800, and prefer over 1000.

If you're interested, I have an Excel spreadsheet I use to track mine.

Eleanor Oster

eleanor@... (personal address)

www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm

San , CA

Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003

P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA)

~5'9 " tall

05/09/2003 319 Orientation

07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery

Current 157±2 Goal until plastics?

[Guest guest]

Eleanor,

VitaMom told me to double my Tender Iron, so I am

trying that. I'll see how that goes. Thanks, I'd

love to see your spreadsheet!

Laurie

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[Guest guest]

Eleanor,

VitaMom told me to double my Tender Iron, so I am

trying that. I'll see how that goes. Thanks, I'd

love to see your spreadsheet!

Laurie

__________________________________________________