JudyNY
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You need to take it 2 hours apart, so hopefully you can schedule your vitamins and minerals throughout the day. But I wasn't aware about BP med, thanks for pointing that out. Did your doctor tell you to take 2,000 mg?
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You need to take it 2 hours apart, so hopefully you can schedule your vitamins and minerals throughout the day. But I wasn't aware about BP med, thanks for pointing that out. Did your doctor tell you to take 2,000 mg?
suzannethemom
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My dietician assigned all of my supplements. I was surprised at 2,000 mg of calcium citrate instead of the usual 1,500 mg. I know that amounts will get readjusted after surgery and new blood tests.
JudyNY
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Yeah, I was surprised by the amount as well. It's good that we get so many follow ups on our vitamin level.
Tokash
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My doc continues to say to not lower B12 despite its coming back high. Doc also doesn't think the feritin is low. It was around 54 but a year ago it was about 154. My blood sugar came back at 101 but she doesn't seem worried about that either.
As for the question on vits mixing. I take all of them together. I don't have time/ability in my day to divide them out and was told some is better than none so take them at the same time.
As for the question on vits mixing. I take all of them together. I don't have time/ability in my day to divide them out and was told some is better than none so take them at the same time.
Tokash
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I take all of my vitamins together and my bloodwork is fine. I take the off brand Flintstone, vaccine chew, d, b, and will have 3 more supplements added in soon. Levels have never been low and I had surgery Feb. 2020
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Yes. He put me on iron 325mcg Mon, Wed and Friday. When I research Optifast it says it has iron in it but when you read back of bottle it says iron mg and potassium mg. I dont know how much of those minerals are in the vitamin. Tried to get an answer from manufacturer but they havent rrsponded. Nestle. My pcp said I could take the bariatric vitamins but have to wait till next week to see if he meant me to stop the iron supplement. He also had me on b12 and d3 which I did stop because I can see they are in the multivitamin and how much. I am taking Optifast chewable multivitamins.
Tokash
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I'm surprised they have you stopping B and D unless you live in sunshine most of the year.
Im taking optifast formerly optisource which was what I took after my surgery. It is an improved optisource. It has b12 and d3 in it and calcium citrate. I take 4 a day which is 500 b12 and 3000 iu of d3 taking the 4 vitamins. I should take 2 addition pills of d3 because my dr wanted me on 5000 iu daily.
TraceyT
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I bought vitamins before surgery - based on the samples I had been given. They were Celebrate.
Once I had surgery I couldn’t get the huge chalky chewable multivitamin down. It literally made me throw up.
I contacted my surgical team and Celebrate offers a multivitamin capsule. It’s for Bariatric surgical patients. So I take those. No funky chalky pineapple flavor that smells like it’s been fermented in the ass of something dead. It’s much easier for me to deal with. Talk to your surgical team - explain the issues with those nasty funk ass smelling chewables and see if your surgeon will allow you to take the capsules.
Once I had surgery I couldn’t get the huge chalky chewable multivitamin down. It literally made me throw up.
I contacted my surgical team and Celebrate offers a multivitamin capsule. It’s for Bariatric surgical patients. So I take those. No funky chalky pineapple flavor that smells like it’s been fermented in the ass of something dead. It’s much easier for me to deal with. Talk to your surgical team - explain the issues with those nasty funk ass smelling chewables and see if your surgeon will allow you to take the capsules.
I love your description of things in your posts. haha I always get a chuckle! I agree, these chewable vitamins are absolutely horrible! I can't believe they haven't figured out how to make a concentrated liquid form that you take like cough syrup! Even if it is gross, it's a quick one and done!
I ordered the Bariatric Fusion Complete with Minerals & Vitamins chewable on sale that day. My team said these were good because they have everything. You chew two in the morning and two in the evening (4 a day for gastric bypass and 2 a day for the sleeve). You get a 120 chewables in a bottle. Ok, the texture reminds you of a sweet tart without the sugar lol a little chalky but doable lol good luck.
I might have to try them, wanna ship me a sample? haha JK JK I found vitamin protein shakes that my team approved for me to use.. the concern is I like them now. Hope I do after surgery too because if not I have NO CLUE what I will do.
davisathens
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I use the Bariatric Choice Once Daily. It is a gel cap and can be pulled apart so that the contents can be placed in a dollop of anything... applesauce, yogurt, any soft food. They also come in various strengths of iron... from zero added iron to 45 mg. I order the 18 mg iron because iron is SO constipating to me and I eat enough red meat protein that my levels are always good. While vitamins are extremely important, what is MOST important is that we take them... at least something! Until you get to the point where you are able to swallow pills get whatever you are able to tolerate.
I would not have a problem shipping you some, we would just have to figure out how to pass sensitive information lolI might have to try them, wanna ship me a sample? haha JK JK I found vitamin protein shakes that my team approved for me to use.. the concern is I like them now. Hope I do after surgery too because if not I have NO CLUE what I will do.
JudyNY
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FOOD = just tried the Unjury chicken soup, smells good, and even taste pretty good. I used 1/2 cup of water (130 degrees), tasted really salty. I know some do not like it; but, I am trying different stuff. Also ordered from Direct Diet (they ship fast) and just had some WonderSlim Crunchers, ok, taste more like a cheese wheat cracker, 10 grams protein and 1 sugar. Also ordered some other stuff to try. Oh well, just waiting...
I really appreciate it, but was just playing around.
FinallyMe
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I plan to ask my dietician at my next appt in a couple weeks about the patches i have found. My husband is a pharmacist and said that patches are an approved delivery method for many prescription medicines but vitamins and dietary supplements are not regulated like drugs are, so there is no guarantee that they will deliver what they claim except by trial and error and I am not sure I want to order them without asking. He also said with my sensitive skin it is likely the adhesive on patches will irritate me. It is worth it to me to ask. They cost much less and would be so much easier than my current supplier.
The flavors are awful. I put my chewable in applesauce, yogurt etc just to get the vitamin flavor down enough to take them. The liquid vitamins were the worst tasting gunk I ever had.