Hidden Bleeding, Vitamin B12....Re: Gastric Bypass Surgery
From: Ron (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:20:20 -0500 (CDT)
Hi JWJ,
Your mother needs to be evaluated for hidden bleeding. That would
explain the low iron condition. The bypass may be the source
She also needs a blood test to check her Vitamin B12 levels. Pernicious
anemia
can sneak up on you. Does she have any neurological symptoms like
numbness, burning, tingling, itching of the extremities or vision
changes?
Good luck and don't daly..
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Ron
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At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, J.W.J. wrote:
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>My mother had gastric bypass surgery, and now truly wishes she hadn't.
>She did initially lose lots of weight, but some came back because I
>believe she still has the underlying hormonal imbalances of PCOS (which
>she didn't know about then). In addition to this, she is left with a
>problem now of not being able to absorb enough iron and her iron level
>is constantly too low. She has to get iron injections and they only
>help temporarily, so she fights frequent fatigue.
>Jessica
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>At Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Rebecca wrote:
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>>I am trying to find out about gastric bypass surgery. Has anyone had
>>it? What was it like? If you dont want to post on here, my email is
>>RM080781@aol.com. Thanks in advance.
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>J.W.J.
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