Are vitamins really necessary post op? Help

[ISleevedIt 379]

My doctor has me taking Vitamins and in another 6 weeks when I am 3 months out, he said he would order blood work to make sure I don't have any deficiencies. If your doctor says you don't need them, then you should ask to have blood work done in about 3 months to make sure you are doing fine and have no deficiencies.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

I took 2 Flintstones with Iron daily, B12 and Vit D at first. After 6 weeks they switched me to a prenatal with iron, 1500 mg calcium citrate daily, B12 3xweekly. I will be having my labs checked again this week, but that stuff is pretty much a lifetime commitment according to my doc.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

I take a Gummy Vitamin daily' date=' and at 14 months out I eat all 9 servings of my fruits and veggies, almost every day and have cut back on the animal protien a bit, WOW! Big difference. But don't try it right away, you need all that protien for a really long time.

Jucing will help with Vitamins, too.[/quote']

I am glad you mentioned juicing. So will drinking a green powder drink. Currently drinking Tonic Alchemy daily. It has 71 different fruits and veggies. Really good for you. There are a lot of green powder drinks out there. This is just one.

[SpaceDust 585]

My doctor and NUT say I will need to be on Vitamin supplements for life, but acknowledge that after the first six months or so, you may find that you need less supplementation if your diet is good. Since I already take a vitamin pack anyhow, it won't be anything new to me, just what the delivery method looks like, whether liquid, gummies, tablets or later back to pills. Especially at first, when we're eating so little and so tightly focused on Protein, I don't see how you can avoid needing supplementation, but there are plenty of ways to get it.

[sastexan4u@yahoo.com 43]

I take 2 Centrum sliver chewable a day also B-complex,Bonita for Hair growth that is all at this time just had my sleeve 3-4-13...don't need B`12 at this time will have blood work done in about month.I know you will have to take a Vitamin for the rest of your life.

[jose1973 2]

Thanks to all for taking your time to reply to my post. Will start taking the Flintsones Vitamins and have some bloodwork done at the 3 month mark

[jmiller2013 6]

I take a Centrum chewable multivitamin/ multimineral and 2000 iu d3. Postoperative my dr added 1200 mg chewable calcium citrate and a sublingual 1000mcg b-12 every other day. I buy everything at www.drugstore.com. Competitive pricing and free shipping on $25 order. I'm 5 days out and have had no problems.