I just got my blood test results and my vitamin D level is lower than it was 1 1/2 years ago! I started this process back in 2012 then backed out. I started again now and had to have the tests done again. My vit. d is lower and my pth is higher. I did some reading and it says this could be hyperthyroidism and also talks about osteoporosis! I've been taking 2000 iu of D for over a year now. Now I'm afraid this will put my surgery in jeopardy! Has anyone else had this problem?

I naturally have a low vit d level. When it came back low during the pre work, they sent me to my primary doctor and she put me on prescription pill, I think it is 50k mil grams once a week. I need to go back and get retested. I don't think it will delay your surgery. But I meet my surgeon on Wednesday, so I will let you know if I am wrong.

I've had a vit d deficiency for 6+ years now. But I've found that taking the 5,000 I I per day is the only thing that brought it up..but it doesn't seem to be an issue with surgery. Mine gets scheduled Thursday.

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Thanks to both of you! NYVSGguy I'll be watching to see what happens with you!

Thanks again!

I'm low on Vitamin d as well. My PCP told me to take 1000 IUD a day. Spoke to my surgeon today and he said I need to up it to 5000 IUD a day for at least 10 weeks so I end up with 50k units

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Mine is always low due to Polycystic Ovarian syndrome. My surgeon put me on 20,000 a day for a month, it came up. Now I am at 10,000 a day. You can overdose on it, so definitely check with the doc

Thanks to both of you! NYVSGguy I'll be watching to see what happens with you! Thanks again!

Just curious, are you from Minnesota? I see mn in your name.

I just got my blood test results and my Vitamin D level is lower than it was 1 1/2 years ago! I started this process back in 2012 then backed out. I started again now and had to have the tests done again. My vit. d is lower and my pth is higher. I did some reading and it says this could be hyperthyroidism and also talks about osteoporosis! I've been taking 2000 iu of D for over a year now. Now I'm afraid this will put my surgery in jeopardy! Has anyone else had this problem?

I am 6 months post-op. Had a marginally low Vitamin D before surgery and again at 5 month check up. I am not totally compliant with the supplements. Seems like so much work. The Calcium has to be separate from the Multivitamin and the multivitamin makes me so nauseous. I ordered all of my meds from Bariatric Advantage. Does this happen to anyone else ? What are good Multivitamins?

My vitamin d is very low I'm on 50.000 once per week for 12 weeks then it drops to once per month.

I take 50,000 once a week as well and have for 3 years. Surgeon looked at my labs and didn't say anything so I think it's ok.

Thanks to both of you! NYVSGguy I'll be watching to see what happens with you!

Thanks again!

Vitamin D was not an issue. I am a scheduled for the sleeve on November 4th!

At my first appt I was put on 50 k a week. I was told if it was too low that it could delay my surgery until it rose to a certain level

Do you know what your vitamin D level is?

Mine has been down in the teens for years. Just this summer I got it up to 28. Usually it hovers around 12-18.

GomeKast, I suggest that you up your Vitamin D intake to 10,000 IU per day.

You can see on this page that optimal levels of Vitamin D are around 50 ng/ml.

http://www.vitamindc...-for-vitamin-d/

You can see on this page that the standard dosage is 4000 IU, but it is safe to take 10,000 IU per day.

http://www.vitamindc...-my-body-needs/

I take 5,000 per day right now. I've taken everything from the rx 50,000 to the 10,000 over the course of last 6 years.

But what seems to have helped was adding metformin for my PCOS. Once that got into me, the D started to actually rise and I felt so much better.

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