Help with choosing vitamins.

[robin7142 8]

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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[Bufflehead 6,358]

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.

[Kathy812 794]

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).

[Phillygirl_in_DE 20]

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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[alighterkaan 128]

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.

[Pink_Ninja 22]

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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[becomingmandikaye 262]

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

[Pink_Ninja 22]

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

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[becomingmandikaye 262]

@@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!

[Pink_Ninja 22]

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

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[becomingmandikaye 262]

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

[Pink_Ninja 22]

Are you in our May/June sleever Facebook group?

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[becomingmandikaye 262]

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