Do you think the patches for the vitamins needed are ok to take or do you recommend pills.

They all work for at least some people (as much as vitamins 'work' for anyone).

It's a matter of what works for you, which unfortunately, may be a trial and error affair.

Good luck,

Tek

Thank you I guess I will have both and just see what works best. I was getting the patches for the first month don't know how well I will do with chewable.

I have been on the patches for a year and have had 8 blood workups they work great

Good to hear I don't remember to always take pills and don't care for them. Can you tell me what brand of patch you went with if you don't mind.

Thank you

I think capsules are preferred over pills/tablets. I take a calcium citrate capsule and the Bariatric Pal multi vit with iron that is also a capsule. My D3 and B-12 are small tablets that I suck and sort of dissolve in my mouth before swallowing.

I’m taking chewable flinstones and those calcium chews. I had asked my surgeon about the patches because I like the idea of them.. but she said they aren’t absorbed as well.

I was swallowing capsules from day two. Once they removed the drip on day 2 all my pain meds were given to me to take orally. It was difficult for the first couple of days because I had a lot of swelling. I was ok by day 4. My vitamins were in capsule form & I just spread out when I took my meds throughout the day so I wasn’t swallowing several in one go. (The multi vitamins used to make me very nauseous & I’d often ‘vomit’ - not fun.) We’re all different & some struggle to swallow tablets for some time. It will be trial & error to find what method works for you.

I don't think I started vitamins until week 2.