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I KNOW I CAN ASK MY DOCTOR AGAIN AND I WILL BUT I LOST THE LIST THEY GAVE ME AND IM JUST TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER OF ITEMS TO BUY, ANYONE KNOW WHAT Vitamins IM SUPPOSED TO TAKE? JUST WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE KNEW IN THE MEANTIME. THANKS! :help:

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My doc told me just to take a chewable multivitamin. However, I was told by someone that taking B-12 would help my skin's elasticity.

By the way, Marissa, you are gorgeous!!

WHY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RESPONSE AND THE COMPLIMENT! MAY I ASK IF YOU ARE MALE OR FEMALE? ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW MY DOCTOR TOLD ME THAT MENSTRATING FEMALES NEED TO TAKE AN ADDITIONAL Vitamin BUT I CAN NOT REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. MAYBE Iron?

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I am a female - to be honest, I don't know why I cannot get my pic to come up!!!

I am not sure about that Vitamin, but since you are younger it might be folic acid, Calcium, or magnesium. Sorry I wasn't much help doll.

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I am a female - to be honest, I don't know why I cannot get my pic to come up!!!

I am not sure about that Vitamin, but since you are younger it might be folic acid, Calcium, or magnesium. Sorry I wasn't much help doll.

Its okay i am just wondering how i am supposed to take all this stuff they are telling me to - medications - shots and like 4 or 5 different vitamins! i feel like i am always goign to have something in my mouth sheesh!

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If you take a sufficient multivitamin, there shouldn't be much more that you are needing other than your daily Protein and Calcium intake.

I totally recommend GNC's multivitamin for women. It has EVERYTHING you need in it and more. You can get it in liquid or get a pill-cutter to take it.

It is in a purple box with a pink flower on it - AWESOME!

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by the way, if you view my public profile - you can really see that I am a chick and know what I am talking about with the women's multivitamin. HA :D Have a good evening Marissa!!

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I am 22 years old and before my surgery I had to get chewable multi vitimans, liquid Calcium, gas ex chewables, childrens luquid tylenol(didn't even use this, why would I since I got liquid codine by prescription)

calcium is the big one... is till take that becuase too much cant hurt but not enough can be THE WORST THING EVER!!!! my 22 year old friend lost bone density, and she shakes in pain at night... so anyways, hope this helps!

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This will crack you up!!! "but it works" flinstone Complete Chewables" now go back and read it again. I asked were they serious??? You bet ya!! This is out of Henry Ford Hospital, so I new they weren't kidding. It contains a certain ingredient Choline. They said that would be a very big plus to all of us. They also put me on Pepcid Complete. I get my Calcium from this, and no sighn of Acid Reflux at all. "I think that stopped when I got banded."

I am very serious, I feel great!!!!! Shirley....:laugh :laugh

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You no what?

it sounds crazy, but it really works. I haven't felt this good in a long time.

And yes they do taste good. That's a plus egh! Shirley...

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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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