Guest guest Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Hello, my name is ann and I have a question about iron. Do you take a softgel or is it a pill form? Is it ferrus sulfate or ferrus furamate. Thanks ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Thank you lilcomfycouch, for the info on iron. I guess you never stop learning once you get the gastric bypass. It makes me want to get! as healthy as possible since I've gotten a second chance! Thanks again, ann ann m. lap/rny 9/29/02 st. louis mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 > > Do you take a softgel or is it a pill form? Is it ferrus sulfate or ferrus furamate. My surgeon switched me to ferrous fumerate. He says it's better absorbed than ferrous sulfate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Thank you Alacia for the info on iron that helped me alot.!!! ann ann m lap/rny st. louis mo 9/29/02 242/down to 130 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 a nutritionist @ a support group also recommended the fumerate form of iron. lori h. -- In Gastric_Bypass_Family , " kanapal12000 " <kanapal12000@y...> wrote: > > > > Do you take a softgel or is it a pill form? Is it ferrus > sulfate or ferrus furamate. > > > My surgeon switched me to ferrous fumerate. He says it's better > absorbed than ferrous sulfate. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 I had the same problem, so I alternate between the ferrous fumerate and a slow release iron pill. I also only take a pill every other day. 11/18/03 284/249 preop/188/? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Cherie Nothing at all indelicate about this subject. After 9+ months of diarhea daily pre-op, imediately post-op I went to the other end of the scale ... the one called CONCRETE. At my 3 month postop exam, I told my surgeon that it took 4 - 5 days of taking 3 ea doculax at bedtime to get any relief, he only suggested I change to a stool softener and increase fluids. Nothing was said about reducing intake of iron (he recommends hemocyte 324 mg). Maybe I will cut iron to every other day to see if that helps. If my labs come back within range, that will be my plan. ~~Pat~~ Orlando, FL 252/203/160 BMI 37/ 52 Years Young LAP-RNY 12/10/03 Wayne English, MD Ft Lauderdale, FL Message: 5 Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:34:20 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Re: iron question Hello Everyone, This may be an indelicate subject but a necessary one for me. I have a hard problem with iron making me constipated. I am real sensitive to iron as all of my children with the iron in the formula. How will this effect me do you think? Are there others that have the same problem? Thanks Cherie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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