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LapbandKAB    22

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Hi all. I'm one month out from surgery and every now and then, I have stomach aches. It dawned on me that maybe I'm getting an upset stomach due to the calcium citrate chews I take? I got them from Bariatric Advantage and usually chew two at the same time (one after the other). Have any of you been bothered by stomach aches from these chews? I think I just realized I should take one in the morning and one in the evening with food. I'm just curious if this could be the cause of the stomach aches.

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Yadiordz    346

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Hi all. I'm one month out from surgery and every now and then, I have stomach aches. It dawned on me that maybe I'm getting an upset stomach due to the calcium citrate chews I take? I got them from Bariatric Advantage and usually chew two at the same time (one after the other). Have any of you been bothered by stomach aches from these chews? I think I just realized I should take one in the morning and one in the evening with food. I'm just curious if this could be the cause of the stomach aches.

Hi

My stomach was getting upset with their Vitamins and I swich them , I also purchase the Calcium but did not tried it because I was scare but I purchase some calcium in GNC that look like candy with dulce de leche and coffe flavor they are so good and my stomach tolered them , you can try them and return them if they upset you stomach good luck!

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heather316    72

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I was told to split the calcium chews, one 500mg in the morning and another one in the evening. Studies show that only 500mg Ca absorbs from the guts at a time. If you take 1000mg, appr 500mg leaves the body without being used.

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LapbandKAB    22

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Thanks for both responses. I'll start doing one in the morning and one in the evening to see if it stops the stomach aches. I am now recalling that the dietician probably did tell me to do the dosing like that but to me, they are like eating Starburst so I just did the two at the same time. It could also be the Iron in the chewable Multivitamin giving me stomach aches. I'll just have to try to figure out what it is and go from there. It is obviously one or the other. Thanks!

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Hi all. I'm one month out from surgery and every now and then, I have stomach aches. It dawned on me that maybe I'm getting an upset stomach due to the calcium citrate chews I take? I got them from Bariatric Advantage and usually chew two at the same time (one after the other). Have any of you been bothered by stomach aches from these chews? I think I just realized I should take one in the morning and one in the evening with food. I'm just curious if this could be the cause of the stomach aches.

Is this something your doctor recommended ? I think I would make sure to discuss it on your next visit.

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LapbandKAB    22

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Yes, I was told to take 2 Calcium citrates daily and a multi. I think my problem is that I was taking them together. I'm going to try one in the morning and one at night to see if stomach aches go away. Hopefully, that is my issue.

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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.

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        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.

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