I'm supposed to be taking my vitamins but I haven't bought the Bariatric vitamins do you guys think that a regular vitamin & the regular calcium would be the same thing? Or would it be too hard on the stomach? they're chewable.

I was told not to take any vitamins for two weeks.... But, again, all doctors are so different. I would call and ask your surgeon.

I spoke with my surgeon about that, he said any brand as long as I take the MG that I need

I take a flinstone complete in the morning and one before bed and 1500 mg dose of Wellese calcium liquid I got both at Walmart.

Your plan is fine, just make sure the calcium is calcium citrate.

I was instructed to start my vitamin as soon as i got home. 3 Bariatric chewables a day.

I was instructed to start my vitamin as soon as i got home. 3 Bariatric chewables a day.

where did you get yours and what's it called?

Cool. ... I start work tomorrow and I don't wanna feel too weak

Mine are called "fusion". I bought them from my surgeon. They have their on nutrition store called Envision nutricenter. NC Bariatric Specialists

I received guidelines of the types/amounts needed in a vitamin. As long as those are met, the brand doesn't matter. As an example, my nut wants us to have a vitamin with

• Iron (at least 18 mg)
  
• Folic Acid (400 mg)
  
• B1 (Thiamin)
  
• Selenium
  
• Zinc.
  

If they are not Bariatric vitamins, I was told to take double the dose. The bariatric brands are already higher potency. Also need a Calcuim Citrate with Vitamin D (1500 mg per day divided into 3 doses of 500 - otherwise you won't absorb them) Also take your calcium separate from your multivitamin - taking iron and calcium together means they don't get absorbed.

They also recommend a B complex (1 per day)

We don't absorb B12 in our digestive tract after surgery so you need to either take sublingual (under the toungue) daily, nasal spray 1x per week (Rx) or a shot 1x per month.

I ended up getting Celebrate Mult-Complete with Iron (chewable - Berry flavor is not bad). You take 2 per day. Solaray brand B-Complex chewable in strawberry kiwi flavor 1 per day. Bariatric Advantage Calcuim Citrate chews in Lemon (really good) - these have Vitamin D in them too.

Again this is what my surgeon recommends, I'm not endorsing anything or saying you have to go that route. Hope this helps.

I was told to start them 1 kind at a time once I got home...I have flintstones complete and a calciam soft chew that they told me to get.