At almost 6 weeks out, I've been given the go-ahead to take all my necessary supplements. I tried several different multis, but finally settled on:

• Bariatric Advantage Ultra Multi Formula with Iron

• Bariatric Advantage Calcium Citrate Chewy Bite (500 mg)

I'll need to take 3 capsules of the multi per day, along with 2 of the calcium bites. I realize I'm not supposed to take them together.

How do you, or would you, space these Vitamins out? It seems a little tricky because I still eat multiple tiny meals per day.

Your advice is appreciated!

I do a calcium chew as soon as I get up (6am)...2 hours later I take a multi(8am). I take a calcium chew at 5pm and another multi at 7pm. Twice a week I do sublingual B-12 and i do those at lunch. The main thing is to take the calcium 2 hours apart from the multi. Since you take 3 Multivitamins I would do Breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast, afternoon snack and bedtime. Do the calcium chews 2 hours before or after.

I spread all my Rx and multivitamins apart by 2 or 2.5 hours.

I don't know why I find this all so overwhelming. I listen to all of you on Vitamin spacing..meals...water...hydration..yet I haven't even had my surgery yet and \im overwhelmed at the preo op, travel to \Mexico...everything seems so much. |Anyone else feel like this?

Get one of those pill reminder things from your pharmacy. Mine has 4 slots with snap shut lids. Three for calcium and one for the multi chewable. And I take the first multi chewable upon waking, with an omeprazole. Then the Calcium 2 hours later, and 2 or 2.5 hours I take another calcium chew, and so on. And I take my 2nd Omeprazole with my last pill section of the pill reminder thingy. Just space them out every 2 hours or so as Atontor states above. It's really not a big deal. Don't let that be your deal breaker. It is the greatest thing I have ever done for my health.

8am 1 Complete Multivitamin and B-12 subl.

10:30 2 calcium chewy bites

1pm 2 calcium chewy bites

3:30 Iron

6pm Multi Vitamin with iron and zinc

10pm 2 chewy bites

From Floyd Center for Bariatric Services