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Did you get chewables Vitamins or liquid vitamins or just the regular Multivitamins?

My surgery is next week and I am not sure what to buy .

I really wanna be prepared for this post op!

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I got the celebration chewables, you need 2/ day of the multi and 1/day for Iron. They taste pretty good, if you go to their website you can get a big box of samples to try for $3

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I bought my multi/vitamin from Celebrate as well as my B12. My Calcium I bought from an online Vitamin shop. All are chewable, well the b12 dissolves under your tongue. I bought a 3 month supply of the chewable and will reevaluate then if I want more chewables.< /p>

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I use 2 childrens Gummy vitamins....2 choc calcium chews, and 2 Fiber gummies. What's nice about these is when you feel like a snack, take your tasty Vitamins :)

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I checked ahead of time with my doctor to make sure of when I could take pills. He said just as soon as I was comfortable so I didn't buy any chewables. I started taking capsules when I was still in the hospital and because the Calcium was in tablet form and it was a little larger, the doc suggested waiting two weeks before starting those.

Multi vitamin: Bariatric Advantage capsules from Amazon.com 540 capsules for $40.00. .I like these because they don't have Iron so I can take them at the same time as my calcium pills..The dose is six capsules a day but that is for a gastric bypass patient.. since I am a SLEEVE patient I take only four capsules a day, so it works out to less than $10.00 a month for a very good quality Vitamin. I have been taking this four capsule dose and all Vitamin levels came back perfect.

Calcium: Calcium citrate+D3 miniatures item number 33195 from Puritain's pride (currently out of stock until July). A bottle has 200 tablets with 200mg of calcium citrate and I take 6 tablets a day so a bottle lasts a month. With their buy 1 get 2 free promotion, it works out to less than six dollars a month for calcium citrate.< /p>

Iron: I take Now Iron... which is the ferrochel forumula (chelated iron) I only take it on days when I don't eat beef.

B-12: puritain's pride sublingual b-12... I was taking one pill three times a week but I don't have to take this anymore as my b-12 levels came back super high.

probiotic: I take the probiotic 10 from puritain's pride...

Other: I also take L - carnitine 500 mg four times a day, Salmon oil four times a day, and glucosamine and chondroton three times a day.. these are all horse pills and they slide through my sleeve easily.

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If I take any kind of Vitamin on an empty stomach (I am still pre-op) I vomit. I am scared to death about and unsure about what to take after surgery. Suggestions?

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I take flintstones. I also take a probiotic Gummy. Worked for me and found both at costco

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Are you a member of costco? The Gummy Multivitamins are fantastic. Also, when you're done with the diarrhea stage of the ordeal. Sorry, it happens to 98% of us and move on to the Constipation portion then take 3 S/F Fiber gummy chewables from Costco in the morning and 3 at night. I haven't had a problem since. Recommendation from a longtime sleeve pt.

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I was advised by a dietician that gummie Vitamins are not optimal for sleeve patients. One reason is empty caloric value. I tried the Wellesse liquid Multivitamin, Calcium +vitD, B-complex & Iron.< /p>

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