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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.

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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).

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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.

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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?

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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!

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

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

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