Less than 24 hours...
I'm as prepared as I am going to get. I have read everything I can, done all the research that I can, ordered all the supplements I need, stocked up on the foods I can eat, and now there's nothing left to do but wait.
I found an EXCELLENT site last week called Vitalady. The owners of the site have both had gastric bypass surgery, and they sell all the supplements that a bariatric patient needs. They're formulated specifically for bariatric patients, and she even put together a schedule for what you need to take and when. There is a whole lot of info about the supplements that I had no clue about. For example, the iron must be taken with Vitamin C, or it won't absorb properly. Also, you can't take any of your other supplements with your iron, because the iron will prevent you from absorbing them. So, you need to take your Vitamins A, E, and D, calcium, zinc, and the multivitamin at a different time than the iron. Also, you can only absorb 500mg of calcium at a time, so you need to space your calcium out throughout the day. It's also very important to take Calcium Citrate and not Calcium Carbonate (stuff like Tums). The carbonate cannot be absorbed by a bypass patient.
I didn't know about any of that! So, I now have a daily schedule for my supplements to make sure I'm getting all the nutrients that I need. I take iron and Vit C first thing in the morning, then my Vit A, D, B-12, B-complex, calcium, and multivitamin at mid morning. Then B-complex, Vit E, calcium, multivitamin, and zinc in the evening. Then Vit C and calcium again at bedtime. All this will cost a little over a dollar a day - but I have to take them. Because of the bypass, I will be unable to absorb certain nutrients from my food, and I will be eating so little food that what nutrients I do absorb won't be enough.
Vitalady also had sugar-free chocolate syrup, so I can still get my chocolate fix, and a large variety of sugar free flavoring syrups. I ordered the variety pack to try them all. That way I can decide my favorite flavors, and just order those in the larger sizes.
I can't do any more to prepare. Now if I can just get my nervous stomach to settle down!
22 hours and counting.
I found an EXCELLENT site last week called Vitalady. The owners of the site have both had gastric bypass surgery, and they sell all the supplements that a bariatric patient needs. They're formulated specifically for bariatric patients, and she even put together a schedule for what you need to take and when. There is a whole lot of info about the supplements that I had no clue about. For example, the iron must be taken with Vitamin C, or it won't absorb properly. Also, you can't take any of your other supplements with your iron, because the iron will prevent you from absorbing them. So, you need to take your Vitamins A, E, and D, calcium, zinc, and the multivitamin at a different time than the iron. Also, you can only absorb 500mg of calcium at a time, so you need to space your calcium out throughout the day. It's also very important to take Calcium Citrate and not Calcium Carbonate (stuff like Tums). The carbonate cannot be absorbed by a bypass patient.
I didn't know about any of that! So, I now have a daily schedule for my supplements to make sure I'm getting all the nutrients that I need. I take iron and Vit C first thing in the morning, then my Vit A, D, B-12, B-complex, calcium, and multivitamin at mid morning. Then B-complex, Vit E, calcium, multivitamin, and zinc in the evening. Then Vit C and calcium again at bedtime. All this will cost a little over a dollar a day - but I have to take them. Because of the bypass, I will be unable to absorb certain nutrients from my food, and I will be eating so little food that what nutrients I do absorb won't be enough.
Vitalady also had sugar-free chocolate syrup, so I can still get my chocolate fix, and a large variety of sugar free flavoring syrups. I ordered the variety pack to try them all. That way I can decide my favorite flavors, and just order those in the larger sizes.
I can't do any more to prepare. Now if I can just get my nervous stomach to settle down!
22 hours and counting.
posted by DameKitten at 9:34 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home