I had my surgery on January 25, 2013, and I recently just went to my 6 week follow up where they done blood work. Today I received the results, and it showed I had a Vitamin D Deficiency. Also, I have lost 37 pounds since surgery, but the scale hasn't went down any in about two weeks... in fact it went up a couple of pounds. I was wondering if the Vitamin D Deficiency would slow my weight loss?

Also, I was looking at the rest of my blood work, and the WBC, RBC, RBW was high? Has anyone experienced this, and if so what does it mean when that is high? I was just hoping that didn't mean that something was going wrong after surgery.

Thanks for all the help!!

I wonder if that means there are more fat people in Seattle just kidding!

But Seriously, I have heard that this can effect weight loss. Can't remember where I read it, but I'll look for it.

Oops.. *Affects

Oh I remember, I saw it on "the drs", but I'm sure it's googleable

I've been on 10,000 IU Vitamin D for a month in prep for surgery. I was also low and getting up to a more decent range will help with healing. Not sure about helping weight loss. I'll get my level rechecked in 3 months. (I wouldn't recommend that dose unles you have already been tested and are low.)

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I actually read some research on this the other day, though not specific to WLS. The study found that D deficiency is not causally related to weight retention or gain, just that higher weight can lead to lower vitamin D levels. I'm on my phone so don't have a link; you might google it?

I have heard that as well.

I wonder if that means there are more fat people in Seattle just kidding!

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Now wait a second with that Seattle comment.

I'm vitamin D deficient and was afraid to get back taking capsules at first. Not sure if it was ok.

Later plan to look for Vit D drops?

I don't know that it's directly related to weight loss/gain. But a low vitamin d level is linked to many illnesses including ms and many cancers.

I'm Vitamin D deficient and was afraid to get back taking capsules at first. Not sure if it was ok.

Later plan to look for Vit D drops?

Generally taking capsules is OK after surgery, especially Vitamin D because the gels are like little fish eggs. If you are unsure , give your NUT a quick buzz. I ha e been on vitamin d 5-6k IU for many years now partially because I live in Seattle and partially because I have read/heard such good things about taking d supplements. Not sure how true the claims are but they have worked well for me and everyone I have talked to about it. By the way, my six month labs for vit d were right in the mid range

We use a sublingual vitamin d manufactured by Superior Source. You can get it on Amazon. They make several different strengths.

They sell vit D "vita melts" at Walmart and drug stores.

Want to add that a lot of calcium chews have vitamin d in them. I have read that vitamin d is actually necessary for the processing of calcium by the body.

Thanks good info I will re start ASAP.

Just so you aren't surprised, vitamin D deficiency can take a very long time to correct. I was on 10,000iu a day for more than a year, and although my levels were higher, they still hadn't gotten back up to normal. For a while I was on weekly super-doses (50,000iu) too, but they gave me diarrhea :/