Good morning everyone! My surgery is January 23rd in TJ, Mexico with Dr. Ortiz! I am so excited to get this done and time is going soooo SLOW! lol I am going to fly out on the 21rst and will be staying at the Marriott. Anyone else going to be there at the same time? I was told I had to lose 10 lbs before my surgery and as of this morning, I am down 9.5 lbs. Almost there. So now for the questions! The NUT recommended I use the Vitaleph line for my shakes and Vitamins. I ordered the preop package and have been using it. The shakes aren't bad at all. I add some walden farms syrup to them to change the flavors up. The vitamins are huge and it takes me a full bottle of Water to get down. My NUT says after surgery I can open them into my shakes to get them down. Is it a big deal if I just go to walgreens and by them. I don't really want to spend 300 bucks a month forever on the post op packages. I have stalked the aisles at the pharmacy and they have chewables or gummies of everything I take. Thanks in advance! Can't wait to be on the post-op side!

You can take prenatal or centrum multivitamins. I wouldn't pay that much. I tale Caltrate twice a day, Centrum once a day, and Biotin. My b12 is good right now, so I'm not currently taking it, but I can take 500 mcg a day. I drink Premiere Protein shakes.

At first you can chew two Flinstone Completes at night and morning. They have Caltrate in chewable chocolate also. I've heard to not use gummies.

Awesome!! Thanks!