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Need New Calcium/multi Pills...suggestions???

Lisa0203

By Lisa0203, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Lisa0203    73

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Hi All!

I was banded almost 8 weeks ago and have been taking the Unjury/Opurity brand of multivitamin and Calcium chewables. My Dr and nutritionist would like their patients to switch to the pill version of Vitamins after 8 weeks, so rather than buying several kinds I figured I'd ask for suggestions. As I said, I am almost 8 weeks postop, I have no fill in my band (which I would like to keep that way for as long as possible), and I have already lost close to 40lbs. I haven't had any "stuck" episodes or even any discomfort, but I am fearful of purchasing vitamins that are big enough to cause any of those problems! Somehow, in my brain, I cannot process how I have to chew chew chew my food but I can swallow a whole solid pill and not have any issues. My instructions are no chewables, no gummies, no Viactiv...1 multivitamin daily, 1500mg calcium daily. Any suggestions would be SO greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

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PattyGirl66    1,243

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I swallow "One A Day" Womens Petites (Multivitamins) - You take 2 a day, one in the morning and one at night. I have NO problems at all swallowing these, I am lucky because honestly I would hate to chew any Vitamins or pills.< /p>

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PattyGirl66    1,243

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I swallow "One A Day" Womens Petites (Multivitamins) - You take 2 a day, one in the morning and one at night. I have NO problems at all swallowing these, I am lucky because honestly I would hate to chew any Vitamins or pills.

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hely88    883

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I currently take vitacrave (CVS brand) Gummy and i take a gummy Fiber from Vitamin shoppe that has been working very well. Calcium is the problem. The nutritionist and the nurse said 1200mg of calcium citrate and I have looked everywhere it is so expensive and you have to take multiple times a day so I went for fill today and nurse said okay to take the carbanate which one type is the chewables. She said that was better then nothing. I did try some bariatric type of calcium but it tasted horrible and again to get the recommended does it was too much. Always make sure to get a calcium that includes Vitamin D.

Best of luck.

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CHEZNOEL    4,061

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I use the calcium citrate minis. You still have to take 6 pills, but they are much easier to swallow. CVS has bogo sells on their generics from time to time.

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NettaRue    4

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Hi Lisa,

Why can't you use chewables?

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Lisa0203    73

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Thank you everyone for your suggestions! My Dr. says no more chewables unless absolutely necessary because, as someone with a Calcium/Vitamin D3 deficiency already, it is sometimes best to take supplements that can be absorbed slowly by the body. My labwork already came back for my 1 month post op as being low on calcium/D3, and that is with taking 1500mg daily + 1 Multivitamin. So, I will follow Dr's orders and see what happens at my 3 month labwork. I'm actually looking forward to being able to swallow my pills...no matter how many days went by, there is no getting around that chalky, sweet, sour taste! Yuck!

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hely88    883

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You should always follow drs orders

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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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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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