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aziledk

By aziledk, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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helenpgh    81

helenpgh
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The Bariatric chewable vitamins I had bought made me gag. I ended up taking Centrum vitamints but they don't have Iron so had to take a small iron pill at night. Now I am using Flinstones children's complete (my surgeon recommended). They have iron. I take 2 in the morning. Then I take viactiv chewable for Calcium -- one with lunch and one with dinner.< /p>

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chycky    671

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My nut doesn't recommend Patches or gummies. They said concern with patches and absorption. I would ask your team.

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blackgirlfat    14

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I'm taking the Celebrate Multivitamin and Calcium chewables. The calcium chewable is like a jolly rancher and is fine. The multivitamin makes me sick to my stomach and tastes very disgusting. I can only tolerate the multivitamin if I take it with food.

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SleeveG    31

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I use Source of Life liquid Vitamin for three years recommended by my fabulous educator, a compound pharmacist. It is on Amazon, not the average store. Our pharmacist has a great health food store. Tastes good and a bottle lasts forever.

How many times a day do you take it?

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Pescador    1,374

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SleeveG, you take it once a day. The taste does not bother me at all. I just liked the liquid, and a bottle lasts forever in the fridge.

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Pescador    1,374

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Thanks I saw it at my local Vitamin Shoppe will definitely be picking it up. Do you take Calcium and Iron seperate?

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Our pharmacist said this is the best and all you need. However, in three years I have added Black Cohosh, a hair Vitamin my husband found (Not Biotin which was worthless for 1 1/2 years). Our surgeon has monitored our blood work religiously and added Thiamine shots for me, now tells me no more B6. I think it will be a constant part of our routine, to either add something, or take away something. Your NUT can advise, but I am done with buying the expensive products in the surgeons office right now.

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volfan    78

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I did a powder vitimin you mix in Water, twice a day. I really had no issue swallowing pills so after two weeks the nut said go ahead and take the oil form. I went on line googled mutlivitiam patch, if you decide to go that way, use biariaticpal a coupon. Any on line sight you buy from google their name and coupon, 90% of the time I find a discount coupon. I like the Patches, but have had problems with them coming off, so I switch to shoulder from butt. Now I have issues with daily activites, I like my hot tub and showing after a work out or any sweaty activity, but the patches can't get wet, and need to be on around 12 hours, not convenient for me

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Lala62    21

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I am using the Patch MD Vitamins that I order from the Bariatric Pal Store. I am less than 2 weeks post op so I have not had any labs done yet to confirm how effective they are or aren't. But there is a noticeable difference when I forget to put one on. My energy level is not nearly as good. So far I'm pleased. I use the B12 and the multivitamin Patches.< /p>

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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