I am having gastric bypass surgery I October and I am trying to prepare as much as possible. I am really confused about Vitamins. What should I take, when should I them and how should I take them? I hope this doesn't sound stupid. New to all of this.

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Not stupid at all! Asking is how you learn.

Different programs require different things, and then even individuals within the same program may have different Vitamin needs. I, for example, only use a Vitamin patch and an iron/b12/folic acid pill once a day (which I may be going off for a while soon as my Iron levels were a bit high) but I have a friend who had the same surgery and who is a similar age, and she takes like 5 different vitamins/supplements a day. It's going to have to be something your surgeon and surrounding doctors/nurses to figure out. Most likely you'll be put on their standard regimen of Calcium, multi, iron and then they will adjust accordingly after monitoring your levels of everything via regular blood tests.

Hope this helps! No questions (or I should say almost no questions ) are stupid. This is the time to learn as much as you possibly can. I'm sure I'll see you around the boards and be talking to you again soon.

I am getting my surgery date today! My last meeting we talked about Vitamins and I was told that Vitamin Patches were not proven to be effective . I wa surprised to hear this as I have two friends who use them and thier levels stay up ! Any thoughts on this?

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Every surgeon/program is different. I take Flintstones Complete chewables - 1 in the am and 1 in the pm. My surgeon had me start those immediately after surgery.

-Kelly

Ps. Good luck with your upcoming surgery!!

-Kelly