I will ask my surgeon as well, but what vitamins do you take? Brand? Bariatric? Gummy?

thanks!

So I will suplement with Iron , hopefully a chelated variety, Dr Weiner says that's the best, see some are taking Ferrous Fumerate. I can so do this! Those prices don't seem so bad, maybe I can swing that!

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I use ProCare Bariatric Chewable Vitamins. I take one a day and I am done. Has everything my Doctor wants me to have. Taste ok too

I take BariMelts and alternate with the vitamin patches. They come in specific Gastric Sleeve bundles so I know I’m taking in the right amount.

How do you like the patches? I just ordered some a few days ago because I can’t handle the nausea from the chewable ones.



HW: 282.2 lbs
SW: 256.4 lbs
CW: 186.0 lbs

2 hours ago, She_whirls said:

How do you like the Patches? I just ordered some a few days ago because I can’t handle the nausea from the chewable ones.



HW: 282.2 lbs
SW: 256.4 lbs
CW: 186.0 lbs

Try sucking on them like a hard candy rather than chewing. My dietician said no patches. Some vitamins can not be absorbed through the skin. Such as B vitamins for one.

I was told NOOOO gummies for the rest of our small-tummied lives!?!

My husband and I use the MultiVitamin Plus patches from PatchMD. They're made specifically for bari patients and have a little bit of everything. I also recently started taking fish oil and higher dosage of B12, 'cause hey - it couldn't hurt.

You can do this!

We were given a list of vitamins and they are all chewable as they are the most absorbed after surgery. Definitely NO gummies allowed. Also, centrum chewable was ok but not silver as they don't have enough iron.
I chose Opurity Bariatric Chewables Sleeve and Bypass optimized from Unjury.com They are one per day and only other viatmin I need to take is calcium citrate. They are only $30 for a 90 day supply so it was a great deal for me.

I’m curious, why no gummies? I’ve been using calcium gummies to supplement a multi vitamin and I suck on them for about 10 min until they dissolve in my mouth. I didn’t know that I wasn’t supposed to take gummies and don’t understand the downside but have heard no gummies a few times in this thread.

3 hours ago, NYCNomad said:

I’m curious, why no gummies? I’ve been using Calcium gummies to supplement a multi Vitamin and I suck on them for about 10 min until they dissolve in my mouth. I didn’t know that I wasn’t supposed to take gummies and don’t understand the downside but have heard no gummies a few times in this thread.

I am pretty sure that she said they are loaded with sugar and not much vitamins. She said that we may as well eat a piece of candy than have those.

I use Journey Bariatric vitamins and Journey Calcium+ Vit D supplements. My surgeon's office sells them and offers an auto-ship program with free shipping so I just do that instead of trying to guess what I need out of any other store bought/non-bari kind. I'm a simple gal