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LI Lady    64

LI Lady
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I just had my final round of pre-tests and am now waiting for insurance approval and a surgery date. I want to use the time to find some liquid or chewable vitamins that I will like. I am guessing that right after surgery liquid is the best way to go and then I wiil be able to switch to chewable. I already have a chewable Gummy Multivitamin that is no problem, so I am really looking for a liquid multivitamin. Many reviews say they taste terrible, but I guess everyone has different tastes. Any recommendations?

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Corridor72    518

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My surgeon said the chewables would be ok even in the immediate post-op period. I'm thankful for that too because the liquid vitamins smell AWFUL. I gag every time I have to give that stuff to a patient so I don't think I'd be able to get past that to try to choke it down myself.

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dylanmiles23    2,198

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I buy most of mine from Bariatric Advantage. They are for WLS people. The prices are great, 90 day supplies. I buy at Target chewable fish oil gummies and I also have chewable Fiber supplements. Yes I take about 12-15 chewables a day but I have them before I have my morning Protein Shake.< /p>

Good luck with your journey.

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mrsto    2,925

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I'm currently taking Celebrate chewable Multivitamins, which are a bariatric brand. They're decent, and have a lot more in them than any Gummy I've seen. I take liquid Calcium, which is pretty good. The brand is Solgar, which I get at the Vitamin Shoppe......strawberry flavored.

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Corridor72    518

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I buy most of mine from Bariatric Advantage. They are for WLS people. The prices are great, 90 day supplies. I buy at Target chewable fish oil gummies and I also have chewable fiber supplements. Yes I take about 12-15 chewables a day but I have them before I have my morning Protein shake.

Good luck with your journey.

How bad are the fish oil gummies? I need to get some of those too but am afraid of the taste.

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ChicagoRose    650

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gummies really aren't ideal for lap band patients because if it gets stuck it can't disolve easily. Also I was told my my Nut that bariatric Vitamins are no different than non-bariatric vitamins, just a marketing thing. I take one children's chewable from costco (Kirkland) and one Vitamin is a serving for an adult. You will be able to mash it to dust after surgery and take it with your fluids if you take bites of it, that's what I did. The jar is huge and cheap.

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GodsTyro    63

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I did vitafusion brand of gummies even right after surgery and had no issue with any of them :)

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dylanmiles23    2,198

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How bad are the fish oil gummies? I need to get some of those too but am afraid of the taste.

They taste fine.

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readysetg070113    1,476

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I use the bariatric advantage crystals I mix in my wTer in the morning they are good. It took a week to get used to but never horrible. Now it's like flavored water. I do the auto ship so I never run out. I also use the Calcium chew from them in caramel it's like a little treat when I crave a lol something. A calcium chew it is n ur says 3 a day so it works out for me. Oh have tines changed sine being banded and all for the good. I aslo take 5000 mg of Biotin

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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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      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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        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.

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