Re: Odd Stuff In My BMs...

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At 9:56 AM -0800 1/20/04, Tracey Arnold wrote:

>

>Apparently they are little balls of cholesterol, fat and calcium.

>Harmless but a bit odd as the doc said he had never seen anything

>like this before. He says that it is likely just my body's way of

>passing the fat in my diet that the bypass has caused my system to

>not be able to process.

>

Lucky you! So many of us pass the fat in bright orange oil slicks

that can stain clothing and furniture if it comes out when you pass

gas and don't even realize it. Boy, would I have preferred to get

rid of the fat the way that you do. Well, that happened in the first

months post-op, and it is all " behind me " now, as I am 32 months

post-op.

>However, he did check my vitamin levels and mentioned that I should

>begin a B vitamin shot as a preventative measure to insure that I

>don't begin to pass too much unused vitamin Bs in the fat.

Vitamin B complex is water soluble, not fat soluble. How did he

connect the dots? OTOH, many RNY folk do indeed need Vitamin B12

supplementation either as sublingual doses (pills that you dissolve

under your tongue) or as shots. He could have been talking about

Vitamin D, also, as that is fat soluble (Vitamins A,D, E and K).

>He also suggested that I begin making sure that I get enough fat

>soluble vitamin supplements. Any recommendations of what I should be

>taking (I kinda forgot to ask! Oops!)

Well, you can order Twinlabs Allergy A & D to get those two down.

Google for it on the Internet to find the cheapest price, or try

Vitamin Shoppe. Or ask /Vitalady (http://www.vitalady.com)

what she has to offer in that regard. Chances are that you are

getting enough Vitamins E and K in your diet. Also, there is an ADEK

tablet (contains Vitamins A,D, E and K) that you can get special

ordered through most drug stores, although I think that COSTCO

charges the least of all, if you have one handy. Or, you can get

Vita4Life which has EVERYTHING under the sun for malabsorptive

post-ops (including A,D, E and K and loads of calcium citrate) in it

(http://www.vita4life.net). I take 12 V4L's/day.

--Steve

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In a message dated 01/20/2004 1:08:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,

icemouse65@... writes:

Apparently they are little balls of cholesterol, fat and calcium. Harmless

but a bit odd as the doc said he had never seen anything like this before. He

says that it is likely just my body's way of passing the fat in my diet that the

bypass has caused my system to not be able to process. **********WHAT a trip!

SO glad to hear that's all it is, tho.....

However, he did check my vitamin levels and mentioned that I should begin a B

vitamin shot as a preventative measure to insure that I don't begin to pass

too much unused vitamin Bs in the fat. He also suggested that I begin making

sure that I get enough fat soluble vitamin supplements. Any recommendations of

what I should be taking (I kinda forgot to ask! Oops!) *********FAT SOLUBLE??

Um, did he forget that as RNY'ers we really don't even process fat? That fat

just pretty much goes from the mouth to the toilet? Ok, anyway, you'll need to

procure the DRY forms of A,D,E.... These are fat soluble for normies, and in

the dry form, we can actually absorb these... YEAH!! I get mine from Vitalady...

I have been taking these pretty much since the beginning of my journey

post-op, and my skin is doing quite well (thank you!), not to mention that my

labs

are usually fantastic!!

Thanks!

Tracey

Hugs to you!

Katt Morales

Surgery Date: 01/07/2003

Dr. Terry Sanderfer - Open RNY Distal

Beginning Weight: 300 Current Weight: 148

Weight Lost: 152 Goal Weight: 135-144

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