RE: Re: Vitamin Question.....etc...

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/9/01 9:41:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

healyhead@... writes:

> I am

> interested in things people did shortly before surgery

> to better facilitate recovery and healing

I'm taking a multi with iron daily, 1500 mg of Vitamin C. Supposedly it

helps fight infection after surgery and speeds healing, I also take a B-100

complex almost daily. My blood work showed my B12 at 268 (I never took

vitamins before) which can be borderline in some people and normal in others.

I swim when I get the chance to strengthen my lungs and most important, I

quit smoking on May 24th.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/9/01 9:41:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

healyhead@... writes:

> I am

> interested in things people did shortly before surgery

> to better facilitate recovery and healing

I'm taking a multi with iron daily, 1500 mg of Vitamin C. Supposedly it

helps fight infection after surgery and speeds healing, I also take a B-100

complex almost daily. My blood work showed my B12 at 268 (I never took

vitamins before) which can be borderline in some people and normal in others.

I swim when I get the chance to strengthen my lungs and most important, I

quit smoking on May 24th.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/9/01 6:39:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

healyhead@... writes:

> Hi Jane (and anyone else who cares to respond) I am

> interested in things people did shortly before surgery

> to better facilitate recovery and healing. I have read

> some posts refering to blowing up balloons for lung

> capacity and increasing supplements. Any suggestions

> and/or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

> Hoping to be switched in 3 weeks !

>

>

Walking....walking walking walking....

~~* AJ *~~

Post op 7/24/01

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 - 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 - 390.2 -24.9 lbs!!!!!!!!!!~~~~

Check out the

Bellingham Support for WLS

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[Guest guest]

Hi Jane (and anyone else who cares to respond) I am

interested in things people did shortly before surgery

to better facilitate recovery and healing. I have read

some posts refering to blowing up balloons for lung

capacity and increasing supplements. Any suggestions

and/or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Hoping to be switched in 3 weeks !

Sharon M in NY

--- Jane wrote:

> Dear Marcia,

> I started taking

> all these vitamins and supplements (minus the ADEKs)

> about a month

> before surgery. When I went for my three month

> check-up and Gio

> reviewed what I was taking, he said that the Zinc

> was a real good

> thing to take.

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[Guest guest]

I never took regular vitamins as a pre-op, so I knew that was a habit

that I would HAVE to gt into. Since I had a long wait from consult to

surgery (3 months), I decided to go ahead and start my vitamin regimen.

First, it would get me in the habit, so it'd be one less thing to have

to think about post-op, and second it would get my blood levels in good

shape for surgery. That was my theory anyway. I can say that by the

time my surgery rolled around, my vitamin-taking pattern was well

established and I have remained very religious in taking them each day

(this is the #1 most important thing we can do for ourselves forever!).

Dr. Rabkin's office also advised walking as much as possible before

surgery, to increase mobility and lung function so you're in better

shape to deal with the post-op recovery period.

> Re: Re: Vitamin Question.....etc...

>

>

> Hi Jane (and anyone else who cares to respond) I am

> interested in things people did shortly before surgery

> to better facilitate recovery and healing. I have read

> some posts refering to blowing up balloons for lung

> capacity and increasing supplements. Any suggestions

> and/or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

> Hoping to be switched in 3 weeks !

>

> Sharon M in NY

>

> --- Jane wrote:

> > Dear Marcia,

>

> > I started taking

> > all these vitamins and supplements (minus the ADEKs)

> > about a month

> > before surgery. When I went for my three month

> > check-up and Gio

> > reviewed what I was taking, he said that the Zinc

> > was a real good

> > thing to take.

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

If you can't walk (I couldn't), get thee to a pool for no-impact

water-jogging. Even before surgery I was able to do this 45-60 min. a day &

it helped build stamina.

Marcia

> Re: Re: Vitamin Question.....etc...

>

>

> In a message dated 8/9/01 6:39:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

> healyhead@... writes:

>

>

> > Hi Jane (and anyone else who cares to respond) I am

> > interested in things people did shortly before surgery

> > to better facilitate recovery and healing. I have read

> > some posts refering to blowing up balloons for lung

> > capacity and increasing supplements. Any suggestions

> > and/or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

> > Hoping to be switched in 3 weeks !

> >

> >

>

> Walking....walking walking walking....

>

> ~~* AJ *~~

> Post op 7/24/01

> self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

> 07/24/01 BMI 64 - 415.1

> 08/06/01 BMI 59 - 390.2 -24.9 lbs!!!!!!!!!!~~~~

>

> Check out the

> Bellingham Support for WLS

> WWW.WLSBellingham.homestead.com

>

>

>