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Solid food?
When is it ok to start normal and solid food again like pizza and steak and what not? I don't want the stitches on the inside to open. Will be a week since surgery tomorrow.
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Let me know how it goes.
What are the strength of the vitamin D pills?
You aren't taking those calcium pills at the same time as your thyroid hormone pills are you? Calcium prevents thyroid hormones from being absorbed properly. Make sure you separate the 2 by at least 4 hours. Take your thyroid hormone first thing in the morning and the calcium pills after lunch, over the course of the afternoon/evening. Take the vitamin D with the calcium. Magnesium is also necessary to absorb calcium. Talk to your doctor about that.
What are the strength of the vitamin D pills?
You aren't taking those calcium pills at the same time as your thyroid hormone pills are you? Calcium prevents thyroid hormones from being absorbed properly. Make sure you separate the 2 by at least 4 hours. Take your thyroid hormone first thing in the morning and the calcium pills after lunch, over the course of the afternoon/evening. Take the vitamin D with the calcium. Magnesium is also necessary to absorb calcium. Talk to your doctor about that.
I go in today at 7:10, last appointment of the day. And yes she has me taking 8 500 calcium and vitamin d pills a day.
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Sorry, I wasn't online much yesterday. Wow - you're doing good with the burger and fries; I can imagine it did really taste good...
Are you taking calcium supplements to get your level back up? Have you heard anything?
Keep me posted, okay?
I'm here whenever you need to talk.
Are you taking calcium supplements to get your level back up? Have you heard anything?
Keep me posted, okay?
I'm here whenever you need to talk.
Was able to have a burger and fries tonight. And let me tell you, it tasted soo good. Still waiting on Pizza for about another week or two. See my Endocrinologist for a follow up since my TT. My calcium was a touch low so I had to get another blood test done. Hopefully it is back up to normal. I believe it was at 7.6 and should be 8 to 10 or something like that. We will find out tomorrow. Thank you all for the support and advice. Means a lot.
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Ah... mac and cheese is a comfort food for most of us... good choice to wait for some of the other stuff. Don't forget chicken noodle soup and things like that - more comfort food... lol
Hang in there and we're here... just keep posting on this thread, whenever you need to talk to somebody.
Hang in there and we're here... just keep posting on this thread, whenever you need to talk to somebody.
I had Mac and cheese tonight and it was awesome. Still gonna wait on other stuff. Today was exactly a week.
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Going by dental work I've had where stitches had to dissolve; it took them longer to dissolve than it did for the incisions to heal. If they said 6 weeks for the stitches to dissolve, the incision will probably healed in 3 or less, but you still have to be really careful. I wouldn't get too overzealous. You're right, if you wait until they give you the go ahead, it will taste so much better.