Tbeiley

I hope your friend calls her surgeon. She took the step to get the help she needed for surgery, why not get the continued help to be a success?
Any way our brain sends us signals that we are hungry but it is also sends the same signal that we are thirsty. We can confuse our thirst for hunger. So eat the 1/2 to 1 egg and wait 30 min, then drink Water. And see if you are still getting the hungry feeling. Try more Water if you are.
Good luck to your friend & congrats on making a great life style change for your self. Having a close friend to lean on & for support is the best!

My doc recommends Bariatric Advantage Vitamins, you can find them on line. It does seem pricey but the chewable flavors seem to taste good and it gives you high % of the Vitamins that you need.
I buy a sublingual B12 2500 from costco which is also on coupon this week. Under $12 for 260. In cherry flavor. Yum.
Another friend of mine who is a gastric patient takes regular vitaminD 5000 IU in those little oil or gel tablets. ( the ones that look like a bead)
In fact she buys ALL her vitamins from costco.< /p>
But she has a different doc than I.
I take a chewable multi Vitamin 2x a day (French vanilla is awesome from BA) and calcium citrate In 500 mg chewable tablets for a total of 1500 mg a day. (i switch with mint and cherry) BA has some awesome chewy chews also so occasionally I will have a caramel chew instead at 250 mg each chew.
Need to take a B complex and that is in pill or capsule form and Water soluble for easy absorption. Also from BA.
And then everyone's favorite Iron. 18-30 mg a day. I chose a passion fruit chewable at 29 mg. And also ordered a chocolate raspberry truffle chewy to switch off with.
Not all vitamins are created equal, check out Bariatric Advantage for the nutrition contents and compare to what's out there. Not much beats or meets them in % and taste. Several people have told me to never go cheap on your vitamins. You want to mAke sure you take them, so get it tasty and convenient. And stay away from the ones with extra sugars too..
Hope that helps some.
Tracy B - just waiting on my approval from insurance and then surgery anytime within the next 2-3 wks for me.. : )

I'm allowed to have flat ginger ale after surgery so I would assume you can have flat sparkling Water. To be sure though I would ask my doctor.