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Don't know if this fits here but.... Had my surgery and all went well. LOVE my sleeve. I am down 70+ pounds but still have more to go. My doctor does a liver biopsy automatically with weight loss surgery. It came back with some iron staining and at my first vitamin level check my iron was 3x what it should have been. He questioned it but talked to the pathologist who just passed it off as "sometimes that happens with metabolic syndrom patients." Well I have lost a good deal of my weight but my iron levels are still way too high and the doctor says a probably have hemochromatosis. It is a hereditary condition that increases iron absorbtion. The extra iron destroys your liver, pancreas and heart... I have an appt with the liver dr. in the next few weeks. I guess it is not the end of the world as it is treatable. Still I am left wondering what it is I should be eating. My surgeon says high protein until I have lost a bit more of my weight. Because of the hemochromatosis I should not be eating anything with alot of iron... that rules out most known foods because if it doesn't have iron in it the manufactures put iron in it. Also I should not be eating things with vitamin C as this enhances iron absorbtion. Lots of that added to products also. So no meats, no fruits, not many vegetables, no grains.... sigh... water, coffee and tea are about the only things I can figure out. I was drinking almond milk (unsweetened original only 35 calories per cup. Great Stuff!) but I noticed it had iron in it too.

Khy

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I am sorry I just wanted to say I hope you find the answers needed sorry to heat your going through so much

Let's hope the liver specialist can shed some light on what you can eat. Best of luck to you.

I am sorry to hear that Khy. I hope that every thing works out for you.

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