Why aren’t we supposed to take gummy vitamins after surgery? I took (but disliked) my Flintstones chewables before surgery but now they make me wretch as soon as I start chewing them. Can I try the gummies I had from before or will they hurt my new stomach?

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Amanda [emoji16]

HW 248 CW 238 SW 231

Surgery Date: 11/21/2017.

Goal weight 150’ish ??

i was told from my bariatric team that the gummy vitamins do not have the minerals we need. They have not figured out a way to put them in the gummies. So that is why they want us to do flintstone vitamins or some other choice besides the gummies.

I have found that the quick melt vitamins made by Celebrate work really well. I can’t stand the chewable ones, but the quick melts are just fine.

My team ok'd gummy vitamins if I also took an iron supplement. I was having trouble with the vitamin pills. It's made a world of difference for me.

Ya I hate these chewable celebrate vitamins they always make me feel sick. I was wondering about the vitamin patches but read some where on here that our bodies cannot absorb vitamins externally so therefore the bariatric vitamin patches won't work. Anyone know if this is true or have any experience using these?

Maybe I'm the only one but I really enjoy then bariatric advantage chewables, they actually taste good and basically disintegrate completely in seconds. I'm still on liquids so I actually look forward to them, it's like candy. I'll probably switch to swallowables once I finish this bottle but they were great and I'd highly recommend (not to mention they're also made specifically for bariatric patients so their is that)

Edited November 25, 20178 yr by Mhy12784

56 minutes ago, Rawlinos said:

Ya I hate these chewable Celebrate Vitamins they always make me feel sick. I was wondering about the vitamin patches but read some where on here that our bodies cannot absorb Vitamins externally so therefore the bariatric Vitamin Patches won't work. Anyone know if this is true or have any experience using these?

No experience but patches sound like bullshit. I don't think there's a lot of data supporting them either. I'm sure you'll find some people who swear how great they are on here, but I think it would be foolish to risk your health on something unproven (that's also probably really expensive)