Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!

Recommended Posts

What Vitamins do you take daily? And what do you take them for? I'm still pre op but will be having surgery in a little over two weeks. My doctor hasnt given me any information about vitamins I should take after surgery so I thought I'd ask here :) also, when did you start taking vitamins post op?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Flings tones chewable Gummy bears lol... Taste great

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Flintstones twice a day until 21 days post op, then i start regular woman's Vitamins twice a day, Calcium 1000 mg a day and B12 once a week.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

opurity bariatric. One a day- chewable. I like them. They come in a bottle of 100; so when I'm done I'll do flu stones probably. I started them when I started my pre op diet.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I am taking optisource from Walgreens. It is made for bariatric patients and has everything I need. I take four chewables pills a day. Is Optisource overkill? I like them, but it is $27.00 a bottle.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

My nutritionist told me 2 flintstone chewables a day for life, 1 sublingual B12 (you put it under your tongue and it dissolves), and I drink zero Vitamin Water with Biotin, Vitamin A and e for my skin elasticity.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

before surgery,2weeks before I was instructed to take 2 Multivitamins a day,I take Centrum chewables, after surgery I continued with 2 a day until my first post op, now its once a day also a sublingual B-12 once a week,at my last visit,he added chewable Calcium, which i take Citracal chewables and he added a Vitamin D supplement .I, on my own take Biotin

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I started taking 2 Centrum chewables a day (1 morning, 1 night) during my pre-op and post-op liquid diets. When I got to solid foods, I dropped to one chewable multi per day. Because of other meds I was on, I took 2 Tums twice a day for Calcium. I also take a 500 mcg B12 daily, plus Biotin. Starting at about 7.5 months, I switched to non-chewable Vitamins with slightly higher values than the chewables. Mine are Spectravite (CVS house brand) for women.

All of my Vitamins have been vetted and approved by two different doctors, my surgeon and my pulmonologist. I don't even ask my PCP questions because he is totally against WLS and is no support at all.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Lissa,its too bad that your PCP is against the surgery,but Im curious,you didnt have to get a letter from him saying that he agreed you needed to have the surgery?

My ins required it.

Kathy

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Kathy, I self-paid. No insurance requirements and no need for a letter from him. I've been seeing my PCP since I was 11 and I'm 45 now. He's seen my struggles with my weight and how hard I've tried to lose it on my own, yet he still kept telling me no to WLS. I finally said FU and went my own way after major health complications. Oh, and while he was saying No to WLS, he kept listing me as a "non-compliant, morbidly obese female". Um, if I'm morbidly obese, maybe it's time to suggest WLS!

Now, he gushes over my weight loss, even though he frowns every time I remind him that WLS got me started. What a moron. He needs replacing.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

sounds very old school,they can sometimes be the hardest to change,oh well good thing you didnt listen to him!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Kathy, I self-paid. No insurance requirements and no need for a letter from him. I've been seeing my PCP since I was 11 and I'm 45 now. He's seen my struggles with my weight and how hard I've tried to lose it on my own, yet he still kept telling me no to WLS. I finally said FU and went my own way after major health complications. Oh, and while he was saying No to WLS, he kept listing me as a "non-compliant, morbidly obese female". Um, if I'm morbidly obese, maybe it's time to suggest WLS!

Now, he gushes over my weight loss, even though he frowns every time I remind him that WLS got me started. What a moron. He needs replacing.

your Md must be a bean pole right? There are some physicians that are so against WLS. luckily mine was not and when I told him that I was starting the process he let me know that if I needed anything not to hesitate.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

One of my very dear friends is an MD and totally against WLS surgery. He probably weighs 400 lbs and can hardly walk up a flight of stairs. You should have read his email to me talking about the horrible results of WLS.

Well, I didn't listen because I was sleeved on May 8.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

No, Laura. My MD is average weight, but he's of oriental extraction and I'm sure has never had a weight problem in his life. @@ He always had this disappointed look on his face when he saw my weight. I can't wait until I'm at goal and go in for my checkup, just to watch him eat his words!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Trending Products

  • Trending Topics

  • Recent Status Updates

    • LeighaTR

      I am new here today... and only two weeks out from my sleeve surgery on the 23rd. I am amazed I have kept my calories down to 467 today so far... that leaves me almost 750 left for dinner and maybe a snack. This is going to be tough for two weeks... but I have to believe I can do it!
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • Doughgurl

      Hey everyone. I'm new here so I thought I should introduce myself. I am 53y/o and am scheduled for Gastric Bypass on June 25th, 2025. I'm located in San Antonio, Texas. I will be having my surgery in Tiajuana Mexico. I've wanted this for years, but I always had insurance where bariatric procedures were excluded. Finally I am able to afford to pay out of pocket.  I can't wait to get started, and I hope I'm prepared for the initial period of "hell". I know what I have signed up for, but I'm sure the good to come will out way the temporary period of discomfort and feelings of regret. I'd love to find people to talk to who have been through the same procedure or experience before. So I look forward to meeting you all. Hope you have a great week!
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • Alisa_S

      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.
      · 1 reply
      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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.
      · 1 reply
      1. summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

    • CaseyP1011

      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
  • Recent Topics

  • Hot Products

  • Sign Up For
    Our Newsletter

    Follow us for the latest news
    and special product offers!
  • Together, we have lost...
      lbs

    PatchAid Vitamin Patches

    ×