Was anyone else told they were vitamin D dificient when they got their blood work results back? I just received mine and I know a few other people who received the same results? Did this cause anyone any problems when it came down to being approved for surgery?

I've known a few people to be told this. Vitamin D deficiency usually responds very well to supplementation.

Certainly, you want to address the problem. Your doctor will tell you how best to do it.

But I wouldn't worry too much about it.

I got the same results with my blood work along with calcium. I just take a Viactiv chocolate chew every day. When I went for my 1st consult, the nurse running the seminar said that most people have these vitamin ( Calcium and D )problems after banding. I look at it as I was ahead of the game and started treatment 6 months in advance.

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I was vitamin D deficient and so was my coworker (we had our surgeries 1 week apart). I live in western NY and it tends to be cloudy here in the fall/winter. Lack of sunshine will contribute to vitamin D deficiency. They gave me a prescription supplement that I took once a week for 12 weeks. Didn't delay my surgery at all. At my postop visit I asked him if I should get a new prescription for vitamin D and he said, "No, just get some Viactiv." No worries for you!

I was told yesterday that my Vit D was def.....and my parathyroid was out of wack..but they said vit d goes together with it...and gave me vit d 50,000iu once a week and said that we will repeat blood work every few months and watch it. They said it was no big deal..but just made me a lil nervous...The other thing...I was told..that this is fairly common..and the test for it wasn't always around. In addition they are finding that it is the cause of a lot of problems that could have been avoided..such as cancer..and osteoprosis... Good LuCk

I just got a similar letter but my dorctor said I had to take 50,000IU THREE times/week for 12 weeks. That"s alot right?