Hi everyone!

Can anyone share with me what B-Complex vitamin you chose to use after your surgery? My surgery is scheduled for November 23rd and I am working on getting things together. I did buy SOLARAY chewable B-Complex. It has 7.5 mg of Thiamine, which post surgery requires 12 mg. This means I would have to take 2 of them per day to get the required amount of Thiamine. Is there a vitamin out there that has the required amount of Thiamine (12mg) in one serving? If so, what kind is it and where did you get it? TIA

Are you buying all your vitamins separately? Because the bariatric multivitamins HAVE Thiamine in them. I don't take B-Complex at all and I'm 9 months out and other than a slight Vitamin A deficiency in my 6 month labs (which was normal level in 9 month labs) and a potassium deficiency, my other vitamin levels are all normal and I just take the multivitamins and calcium and the occasional vitamin A. Or were your Thiamine levels low in your pre-op labs and they wanted you to take extra?

46 minutes ago, NovaLuna said:

Are you buying all your Vitamins separately? Because the bariatric Multivitamins HAVE Thiamine in them. I don't take B-Complex at all and I'm 9 months out and other than a slight Vitamin A deficiency in my 6 month labs (which was normal level in 9 month labs) and a potassium deficiency, my other Vitamin levels are all normal and I just take the multivitamins and Calcium and the occasional vitamin A. Or were your Thiamine levels low in your pre-op labs and they wanted you to take extra?

I was told to get a vitamin b-complex with at least 12 mg of Thiamine. This is not an option. I will take that for the first 30 days and then they will change it to a multivitamin, I think.

I use the Celebrate B50 Complex - 1 per day - which has 50 mg Thiamin (as Thiamin HCI), as well as multi-vitamins & calcium tablets of course.

Post op vitamin requirements seem to vary a great deal.

On 11/06/2020 at 13:57, Deb9386 said:

I use the Celebrate B50 Complex - 1 per day - which has 50 mg Thiamin (as Thiamin HCI), as well as multi-vitamins & Calcium tablets of course.

This is the brand my surgeon recommended also.

I take:

- Multi 2 times per day (Kirkland brand - not bariatric specific)
- Calcium 3 times per day (bariatric chew)
-Vitamin D daily
- Vitamin A daily (because mine was low @ 6 months)
- Thiamin 3 times per week
- Iron and Vitamin C 3 times per week
- B12 1 time per week

On 11/6/2020 at 3:54 PM, It's time. said:

Post op Vitamin requirements seem to vary a great deal.

Yes, I am noticing that.