Guest guest Posted February 9, 2001 Report Share Posted February 9, 2001 , why has this occured? Has you wls given you any reason? Amber/FL > B-12 > > > Actually my B-12 depeleted in less than a year. It was very fine > before the > surgery. I had a proximal RNy on 18 MAY1998 and my B-12 was almost > non-existent by January of 1999. Its a miserable existence to be B-12 > deficient. By December of 1999 I was so dangerously anmeic. I take the > injectable form of B-12 and I have bimonthly IV iron. > > > Re:Drinking milk > > > > > > >Congratulations on your weightloss Juley! There is nothing wrong with > > >drinking milk, NOTHING. Milk is good for you with alot of vitamins and > > >calcium that bones need, especially after this surgery. Pick a low or > > >no fat variety of milk. I think milk is sometimes the > ultimate food. I > > >drink t maybe a couple of times a week, and cook with it also. > > > IMHO not everything we consume to help with minerals and vitamns > > >needs to be purchased in a healthfood store or elsewhere, try getting > > >some vitamins from food and milk if possible depending on the surgery. > > > 1 1/2 years out, I had my first labs drawn one month ago, they were > > >perfect, I have my chewable vitamins with iron from HyVee grocery store > > >$3.99 for 100, B-complex ($2.00), 1 potassium tablet ($3.00 from > > >Phar-Mor). The rest I derive from my food choices. I don't do the > > >protein shake but once in a blue moon. I don't have the money to buy > > >expensive vitamins, shakes, etc. at say GNC, or elsewhere, and I am > > >doing just fine. I don't buy into the hype. > > > > > > > > >open RNY 7-99 -120 pounds 25 to go!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2001 Report Share Posted March 17, 2001 Gaylene, I have had some success with the b-12 sublinguil pills myself. My b-12 test was down to 251 at one blood test, so my surgeon told me to start taking b-12 every day. I use the dots from vitalady. After six months, my level was up to 410. I am hoping it will keep going up and stay there. After I get done being pregnant, I will have to get tested again and see how it is going, but so far so good. By the way, I had RnY with 150cm bypassed. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 LInda, I give my shots either in the hip or the thigh, I don't know about the stomach but the leg is easily accessible. The arm would be harder and these little buggers hurt once the B12 is in there (the shot itself is painless) and I'd much rather have my leg ache than my arm! I don't have access to my syringes right now to tell you what guage they are but they are a pretty tiny needle. I don't feel a thing when I give myself the shot. I'll try to e-mail you back privately when I find out what type they are. I give myself 2cc once a month. Hope this helps! e VBG 9/30/97 RNY 5/22/00 > Hello everyone, > I have a question about b-12 shots. Can you give the shots in your stomach? > Or does it have to be in the arm? What size syringe do you use? Can you use > a fine 1/2cc that is used for insulin? Any information would be welcome. > Thanks all. > P. > open rny 3/1/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2001 Report Share Posted April 29, 2001 Have your doc write a prescription for insulin syringes. They work great for B12 shots, and hold the 1cc we need (although it says 100units on an insulin syringe). You can buy a box at the pharmacy with the Rx. The only drawback is that they come a large lot size as diabetics need to use them much more often than once a month, but they don't expire like a med dose. Carolyn B-12 > > > > Hello everyone, > > I have a question about b-12 shots. Can you give the shots in your stomach? > > Or does it have to be in the arm? What size syringe do you use? Can you use > > a fine 1/2cc that is used for insulin? Any information would be welcome. > > Thanks all. > > P. > > open rny 3/1/00 > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 My pharmacy lets me buy 20 at a time. They sell them from the big box. I think it is like 3 or 4 dollars... Jan C. 3-11-98 RNY Re: B-12 >Have your doc write a prescription for insulin syringes. They work great >for B12 shots, and hold the 1cc we need (although it says 100units on an >insulin syringe). You can buy a box at the pharmacy with the Rx. The only >drawback is that they come a large lot size as diabetics need to use them >much more often than once a month, but they don't expire like a med dose. >Carolyn > B-12 >> >> >> > Hello everyone, >> > I have a question about b-12 shots. Can you give the shots in your >stomach? >> > Or does it have to be in the arm? What size syringe do you use? Can you >use >> > a fine 1/2cc that is used for insulin? Any information would be >welcome. >> > Thanks all. >> > P. >> > open rny 3/1/00 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 Greetings Friends: Hope you are all well. Lately I have been seeing a lot of talk here about b-12. Thought I would chime in; I know I addressed it in some FAQ's in bariworld but it was a bit long winded. I have been giving myself b-12 injections for the better part of the past 2 years now. My levels are terrific, it is convenient and inexpensive. Mind you, not everyone is in that mind set. I use a 1ml 25G 5/8 syringe. I believe this is an insulin syringe. I administer it in my upper thigh area; it is pretty much all muscle there. It is painless, the only difficult part at times is totally in my mind. I would not be able to use a larger needle on myself; no guts for that sucker. Again, this method is probably not for everyone but has worked out great for me. Oh, I buy the syringes 50 - 100 at a time and get Rx for b-12 from my internist. A vial, which is about 15 1 cc dosages is between 7 - 10 dollars. the syringes are between 20 and 25 cents each. Hope this helps some of you. Regards.....baron RnY......4/29/98.......535lbs (high 600) Current Wt..............190lbs (yay..lol) Visit my website at <A HREF= " http://www.bariworld.com/ " >http://www.bariworld.com</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 I paid .35 each for the 23 gauge I bought at Wal-Mart yesterday. Huge, but very doable Thanks, www.vitalady.com https://secure.paypal.com/affil/pal=vitalady%40bigfoot.com B-12 > >> > >> > >> > Hello everyone, > >> > I have a question about b-12 shots. Can you give the shots in your > >stomach? > >> > Or does it have to be in the arm? What size syringe do you use? Can you > >use > >> > a fine 1/2cc that is used for insulin? Any information would be > >welcome. > >> > Thanks all. > >> > P. > >> > open rny 3/1/00 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2001 Report Share Posted May 6, 2001 Just got blood test results... fully expected to find B-12 levels low because I rarely have shots, & the last one was more than nine months ago. The results show that my B-12 is greater than 2000... reading stops there, so don't know how far over I am. I do take lots of balanced B vites daily, and I take the b-12 sublingual, about 1or 2 per day... I am motivated to do this because when I don't, my lower lip cracks, swells up, gets sore. If I miss 2 days of my total B regimen, my lower lip gives me trouble. So, my experience doesn't seem to agree with the experiences shared on this list, and who knows why. I do have the concern that the b's I take are masking something else going on. By the by, my personal experience resulted in noticeably better reactions from TwinLab supps than the many other brands I've tried. Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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