I was just told that prior to my upcoming surgery (non rny related) that I need to be off all vitamins and no protein powder for a week. Will I have issues with this? She said the vitamins can interfere with anesthesia and the pp can mess it up as well. I'm about 3.5 months out of rny surgery. My bloodwork for vitamins done at 3 months were all good. She said if I felt bad I could take them again but stop 3 days before. BUT on the surgery paperwork it said to not stop taking vitamins (only stop fish oil) if you are a gbp person. I didnt read the packet until I got home or I would have asked for clarification. Anyone have any advice about this?

Call your surgeon's (bariatric) + other surgeon to discuss this.

I already have. I get different opinions from everyone. I have my actual bariatric surgeon and also my new bariatric surgeon (because my insurance changed I see a new one for follow up care) and they have opposite opinions regarding protein powder in general. Old one says it is fine to use and new said omg don't use it at all, just eat meat. Due to kidney issues I can only eat 6oz of meat a day and my portions are still around 3/4 cup to 1 cup (depending on food) 3 times a day. The kidney surgeon suggested eating cauliflower for protein. I told him the protein wasn't high enough and he googled it in front of me and saw that you need to eat a full cup of cauliflower for 2g protein. I typically use the pp mixed in food or as a meal replacement not as added protein. I just wanted to hear if anyone else has experience with other surgeries after bypass.

Hi I had hip replacement surgery six months after my gastric bypass and went off vitamins a week before surgery and had no side affects from not taking them I was off them for about two weeks as I was in hospital for a week and didn't take them until I got home.

2 hours ago, ajallen said:

Hi I had hip replacement surgery six months after my gastric bypass and went off Vitamins a week before surgery and had no side affects from not taking them I was off them for about two weeks as I was in hospital for a week and didn't take them until I got home.

Thank you. I think they drilled it in to my head successfully to make sure to always take my supplements so I was getting a little panicky about not taking them for this week.

You'll be fine for a week. I had to stop my calcium for a bit and change it entirely due to kidney stones and went without all vitamins for 2 weeks because of surgery

On 2/26/2019 at 12:36 PM, newmebithebypass said:

You'll be fine for a week. I had to stop my Calcium for a bit and change it entirely due to kidney stones and went without all Vitamins for 2 weeks because of surgery

What is your calcium plan? Not being nosy I just have had so much conflicting info about taking calcium or not post kidney stones. From surgeons and doctors and specialists and dietitians, I dont even know which advice to follow.

I had to go off my vitamins and calcium for six weeks (after vsg) and my levels always remained normal. I had to revise to bypass but haven't had to go off of them since bypass.

What is your calcium plan? Not being nosy I just have had so much conflicting info about taking calcium or not post kidney stones. From surgeons and doctors and specialists and dietitians, I dont even know which advice to follow.

So my calcium plan personally is 1000mg of calcium 3 weeks of the month then take a week off. It has to only be the calcium citrate with d. Because any other formula causes kidney stones

On 3/3/2019 at 1:28 PM, newmebithebypass said:

So my calcium plan personally is 1000mg of calcium 3 weeks of the month then take a week off. It has to only be the calcium citrate with d. Because any other formula causes kidney stones

Thank you so much for posting this. I have had a history of kidney stones and am in the process of planning to get SADI-S procedure done in about 1 month (now that all testing is finally done and cleared) and was doing a ton of research of how citrate bonds the calcium so that it doesn't bind with any oxalates and cause stones. The calcium citrate is found to cause it's own stones but are VERY dissolvable and do not harden like the oxalates do which cause bad kidney stones. I really like the 3 weeks on, 1 week off cycle!