8 weeks.

I'm sorry I was trying to talk about vitamins. I'm having a hard time digesting the chewable vitamins has anybody switch to gummies and if so which are the best to take.

I was told no gummies. I believe I can later. but now was a no go. I break mine in half, if they are too big.

Yea I've started crushing them and taking them at night sometimes I go dsys without taking them because as soon as I take them I throw up. I have really bad nausea I had it bad in hospital but it's getting a little better depends on what I eat salty items helps me alot I normally eat a light chip and it settles my stomach. But my food and water intake is getting better than it was.

I have the children vitamins that I take right now. I was taking the gummies, but they lack thiamine which is a vitamin that we need.

I have ordered liquid prenatal Vitamins from amazon. I was going to order BodSmith but they are sold out, so I ordered "Buried Treasure" Prenatal Plus. It has a ton of everything EXCEPT Calcium which I ordered a separate Calcium liquid Vitamin from BodSmith because you cannot absorb Iron if you take it with calcium.

It just takes 1-2 tablespoons of each, so I plan to put the one with Iron into a clear Protein drink like Isopure shake it up and hopefully will not be able to taste it at all.

I plan to add the calcium (which is orange cream flavored I believe) to a vanilla Protein Shake which also has some calcium.

I am pre-op but my tummy already is sensitive to too many vitamins. My understanding is that many of the liquids are even better absorbed.

I check the prenatal for iron, Biotin and zinc (the biotin and zinc is to hopefully help keep my hair) and the iron is well for iron which is hard to absorb with most Protein drinks that have a ton of calcium.

I could also add the multi with iron to a 5.5 oz low sodium V-8 as well, the V-8 has a lot of potassium as well. Anyway, that is what I currently take my pre-op vitamins with because it kind of "settles" my pre-op tummy. I hope it will do the same post op.

Good Luck!!!

I was having problems with chewables - I would throw up within 5 minutes of taking them. At my 1 month appointment, I talked to the nutritionist about it, and he approved me changing to capsules that I can swallow whole (they usually don't recommend this until 6 weeks out). I still get nausea when I take the capsules, and I throw up occasionally. It's much better if I take them with food.

I couldn't find chewables anywhere. I was told to take chewables for a month before switching to my bariatric multi Vitamin. I ended up with gummies because that was all I could find and my dietician said that was fine until I could begin my bariatric multi.

I am using the chewable Centrum and they make me ill. Like others, I go for days and don't take them because I am afraid I'll vomit. Have to do something different.

I've been drinking my vitamins for the past five years and it has been great after getting sleeved on 5/18/15. I use a brand called Isotonix sold online. They come in powder and you mix with water and take it on an empty stomach. They absorb very well (about 95%) instead of passing them later on when you go to the bathroom, pharmaceutical strength and very clean. My Surgeon and Nut approved. I take a Multi with iron, Vitamin C, Activated B Complex, Calcium with D and OPC-3 a anti inflammatory and antioxidant. I mix it all together with water and have a nice vitamin cocktail every morning. I, like many of you have a had a difficult time swallowing pills, (I have two scripts I still take, for now) and one of them is cut in half. Hope this helps

I take dissolvable B12, D3 and Biotin, all by Natrol. I wish they made a dissolvable version of every vitamin I'm required to take.

I take dissovable biotin,iron,and. calcium chews it's the muiltvitamin that I have a problem with. My b12 i d a nasal spary that i got from my gastric vitamins but i can't order that separate it have to order the whole kit and only take the iron pills.

They are all chewable but as soon as I take them th err u come back up the multi that is I don't even take their calcium it taste like chalk so I just went and bought some calcium chews from Walmart. How has your appetite been I'm still trying to introduce solids back into my diet.