This is my first post! So I am having Gastric on the 5th. I have been reading and digesting (no pun intended) as much information as I can. I tried the chewable Flintstone vitamin for the first time today and wow I just remember how bad they taste. Has anyone tried something different. I wonder if homothetic liquid vitamins would work better.

if there was one thing you would advise me to do before surgery what would it be. I have friends telling me I should eat my last meal that I really love so that I won't crave it afterwards but that's what Kinda got me in this the position I am in now. Did anyone do that before they started their liquid diet.

I did it a couple weeks before starting my liquid diet. My husband and I went out on a nice dinner date to a Brazilian steakhouse - where they bring all the nice cuts of meat to your table on skewers. I enjoyed that we splurged on a nice meal.

Use bariatric vitamins. They have doses that are tailored for us bariatric patients. I use a multi w/iron I bought from Amazon. The brand is ProCare Health and it's a chewable.

I was also told to take Vitamin B complex w/50 mg of thiamine.

A probiotic with 10 strains. 10 Billion of something which is a lot! LOL

Two hours later I can take a 1200-1500 mg chewable calcium citrate w/vitamin D3 and chew another one 3 or 4 hrs later. Iron has to be separated from calcium by 2 hours.

I'm looking forward to just swallowing my vitamins because in my opinion, they're all gross. I have to finish my current supply of chewables first.

Good luck on your WLS journey!

Here’s a good post to read from the gastric bypass forum....

First I wish I was reading this site before not after. I would have not stock up on any vitamin's before because now I hate them all. My taste bud has changed so much. I ended up doing the Patch MD. Give yourself time to heal and do not rush to move to the next step. Warm tea and soup was and still is my go to comfort for my stomach. Best of luck.

My surgery date is February 5th as well! Good luck!

My date is also February 5th. Going to be a great day and start of our journey
See ya lighter

1 hour ago, Boldilocks said:

My surgery date is February 5th as well! Good luck!

Best of the luck to you as well

1 hour ago, Hopping To It said:

My date is also February 5th. Going to be a great day and start of our journey
See ya lighter

The excitement is really building up as I get closer. Best of luck to you

4 hours ago, Liz The New Me said:

First I wish I was reading this site before not after. I would have not stock up on any vitamin's before because now I hate them all. My taste bud has changed so much. I ended up doing the Patch MD. Give yourself time to heal and do not rush to move to the next step. Warm tea and Soup was and still is my go to comfort for my stomach. Best of luck.

this has a wealth of information on it this site. Glad I found it!

On ‎1‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 5:50 PM, KimTriesRNY said:

Here’s a good post to read from the gastric bypass forum....

This is something I do not think I would have gotten from the doctor. Great tips and strategies that will have to try.

Love all the support here❤️