My surgery is schedule May 25th. I am looking for advice on choosing Vitamins, besides a multi Vitamin what else should I pick up, I only want to shop at Walmart seeing how I am on a budget.

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Sublingual B12, Vitamin D3.

Make sure your multi-vitamin is chewable, not a big horse pill or a gummy. Walmart may also carry liquid multi-vitamin (Wellesse is a common brand) that might be good for post-op.

If you have a Trader Joe's near you I've found that their vitamins are cheaper than Walmart. I've been taking their High Potency Chewable multi-vitamin for 2.5 years and my labs have always been great.

My first year, I took Celebrate vitamins ( available online) .My 1 year post op lab work was really good w/exception of my b12 level, which was really high. So now I am on chewable flinstone, Wellesse liquid calcium w/vitamin d3 both of these you can get at Walmart.

I take a b12 every other day, but I buy it at GNC, (I believe under $7).

I use the Optisource bariatric Vitamin... That is all you need, everything in one chewable! Take it 4 xs a day, Breakfast, lunch, dinner,bedtime. I buy it on Amazon.

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I use Nature's Valley gummies. I know everyone says not to, but my doctor ran tests and they were fine. Just chew them really well so that your body will absorb it all.

This is the handout I was given at my first appt with the dietitian... Every MD is different so this is just what my program recommends... Maybe it will help... I am prep op so I am taking the Multivitamin (Celebrate chewable multivitamin with iron) at this time as well as Biotin (BariMelts) and Vitamin D (I was low on Vitamin D in my pre op blood work so the MD gave me prescription Vitamin D)

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@@Pink_Ninja That's my same handout! You're in NC, too! Who was your surgeon?

@@becomingmandikaye my surgeon was Dr Seymour at Duke... Do you go there as well? When is surgery?

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@@becomingmandikaye my surgeon was Dr Seymour at Duke... Do you go there as well? When is surgery?

@@Pink_Ninja I'm with Dr. Yoo @ Duke. Surgery is June 15th!

Congrats @@becomingmandikaye! I had surgery on May 12th... Are you doing the sleeve or bypass?

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The plan is sleeve, unless they find something in my endoscopy (June 6th!) that would necessitate bypass.

Are you in our May/June sleever Facebook group?

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I'm in *a* May/June Sleevers group, got added today. Not sure if it's the right one?