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I take two children's multi-vitamins in the morning. 1 Viative 2 hours later and another Viactive in the evening.

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Hi pmommy,

I take One-A-Day (Energy). They are 'normal' Vitamins and are packed with the B Vitamins we need as well as Biotin. It's the only formula out on the market that I could find that I could tolerate. chewables are just yucky to me and forget liquids... they leave such a horrible taste in my mouth. It's going to be what works best for you. I was banded less than a year ago and have 4.5cc's in my band. I'm successful at taking these so I keep on keepin' on! :) Good luck with what you find and check out the Vitamin Shoppe that have tons to choose from!

Hi there!

Thanks for your response. I did some research on the suggestions and for taking just one pill, this one seems to have the most beneficial formula and full daily rec. for Biotin. :( However I bought some and opened those puppies to take a peek. :confused: Holy smokes, they are huge!!!! Do you take these whole with no issues? I hope to be fortunate to be able to take pills but those things scare me now, pre-banded. :(

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Hi there!

Thanks for your response. I did some research on the suggestions and for taking just one pill, this one seems to have the most beneficial formula and full daily rec. for Biotin. :) However I bought some and opened those puppies to take a peek. :eek: Holy smokes, they are huge!!!! Do you take these whole with no issues? I hope to be fortunate to be able to take pills but those things scare me now, pre-banded. :(

Hi pmommy...

Yup... I sure do! :( I was nervous at first too, but they go down. I have to take synthroid for my thyroid so I take that first thing in the morning. Have my coffee when I get into work. (2 reasons, one for the caffine :confused: and the other for the warm liquid to help clear out my pouch.) Then I take my Vitamin and a fish oil capsule. I search and search until I found something. These are what works best for me. Especially since the formula has everything we need... all the B's, Biotin, & Calcium. You'll be surprised what you can take - I know i was! :confused:

Good luck... let me know how you do. Friend me if you want to keep in touch! :confused:

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Has anyone found a bariatric formula Multivitamin that you only have to take once a day?

My nutritionist says I can't take a Multivitamin at the same time as a dairy product (but I do have to take them with food). Since I'm trying to get in so much Protein, I have dairy with almost every meal or snack... so I'm having a hard time finding two times a day when I can take my vitamin!

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chewable Flintstone vitamins.. taste great!

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I was taking the Flintstone's chewables, but I've recently switched up to the Centrum Multi-Vitamin, Biotin 1000 mcg, and B-complex with Vitamin C with rose hips and rice bran (from Finest Natural bought at WalGreens). It's funny, the B-complex is a bright yellow in color, and when I pee, my pee is neon yellow!

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My doctor insists on Bariatric Vitamins. So I got some samples of both the Bariatric Advantage the Celebrate. I thought the Bariatric Advantage were nasty tasting and my mouth felt gritty for a while. The Celebrate ones taste pretty good, and they were more powdery than gritty. I can handle that though. It went down easier. They will send you free samples to try.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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