Hello everyone, I'm in early pre-op stage of surgery, completing checklists, evaluations, etc. I've attended my first five pre-op support groups.

So my question is, how much on average, does it cost monthly, for all of the Protein, Vitamin and nutrient supplements that will be required post-op?

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Prior to surgery, I was taking four types of prescription medicine to control my high blood pressure and diabetes. Those conditions went into remission when I had RNY gastric bypass surgery 3 years ago. So the extra cost of the Vitamins and supplements that I take after surgery are comparable to the cost of the prescription medicine that I am no longer taking.

I take a Vitamin supp patch. IT's 25$. That's all for me.

that's sort of hard to say - it's a big investment up front because you're buying all those supplements at roughly the same time, but you run out at different times so you're only replacing one or two things a month. I do know the drop in my food bill has more than offset the cost of the supplements, though. Plus you learn to shop sales and stock up when you find good prices. I buy at CVS and Walgreens during BOGO sales - or I get things online when places are having 20% off (or whatever) sales.

So bottom line is it cheaper to go online or to say a big box store?

Look for sales. I bought a lot of mine initially online from drugstore.com (except for the bariatric advantage calcium chews that I got from bariatric choice). I have also bought some of my vitamins at CVS when they have had sales.

I appreciate all the feedback so far. I am trying to determine how much to set aside in the household budget.

So it sounds like about $50ish dollars is good guesstimate.

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I am ordering a box of vitamin patches as I think it'll be easier than attempting to ingest them. My pharmacist said they would be great. also not so hard to get them all in this way.