What a year's supply of vitamins looks like for someone who had the Loop Duodenal Switch/SIPS/SADI-S surgery

[NovaLuna 707]

Hello, everyone! I had the Loop Duodenal Switch surgery 14 months ago on January 23, 2020. At my heaviest I was 389 pounds, but was 321 on the day of my surgery. I am currently 191 pounds and only 11 pounds away from my personal goal weight. When I was first looking into this surgery (which was the suggested surgery of my surgeon) I was wondering just how many Vitamins I was going to have to take every day and just how much this was going to cost me. So I decided that since I just ordered a year's supply of vitamins I may as well share that for those of you who are looking into the surgery and want to know those things. And what exactly a years supply of vitamins looks like lol (though do keep in mind that every person is different. I take less Iron then the norm because my iron is naturally high. I take less Calcium for the same reason. And not every one will have just a Vitamin A deficiency. Some have B, or D, or K, or all the above)

So, for me, personally, I take 2 bariatric Multivitamins WITHOUT iron, 1 bariatric Multivitamin WITH iron, and 2 calcium citrate every day. I also take 5,000IU of Vitamin A every OTHER day. How much does that cost? Well, you will definitely have to shop around and try different vitamins before you find some that you either like or can tolerate. Some people struggle finding vitamins because certain ones make them sick. I never had this problem. However, generally after a month... or three (depending on your surgeon) they tell you that you can go to non-chewable vitamins. I can't. I have something called EoE (Eosinophilic Esophagitis) which is an autoimmune disorder that I was diagnosed with in 2016 that causes narrowing of the esophagus and makes it impossible for me to swallow pills. Thus, chewables are my only option. It's more expensive that way, but nothing I can do about that so telling you how much everything is isn't going to help as you likely won't have a problem with the far cheaper non-chewable option. If you DO have that problem however and NEED chewable vitamins full time like myself, then I spent $565.23 on a years supply of vitamins. That's about $1.55 a day or $10.87 a week or $47.10 a month (it's not as bad as it seems at first glance when put that way, right?). I wanted to make this thread because anyone who has this surgery will have their surgeon's office reminding you repeatedly, so that you understand, that vitamins are something you HAVE to take with this surgery! You cannot just suddenly decide it's too expensive and then land yourself in the hospital or even DIE because you don't want to fork over the money to keep you healthy. If you know the price ahead of time then you can either set money aside such as my own habit of setting $50 aside a month so that I can just order 6 months or a years supply at a time once I have enough to do so (I just wiped out my vitamin savings with this recent order though lol).

I wanted to make this thread because when I was going through the process I really would have like to SEE what a years supply of vitamins looks like! Also, if you have any questions about the Loop Duodenal Switch/SIPS/SADI-S and my own experiences with it, feel free to ask! Well, here's what a my own years supply of vitamins looks like:

[Tim C 335]

That's not bad at all!

[NurseAudge 1]

Thanks for this. I'm having the SADI surgery in a couple days! I'm nervous and excited at the same time. Congrats on your success btw 👏

[laurenantics 76]

Thank you so much for this! I have my first consult in one week and this was something I was curious about. $50 a month seems very do-able.

I want to share one thing that I think will make others contemplating or having had DS... my first thought was "OMG, what happens and I end up on a deserted island and cannot take my Vitamins? !?" As if I was Tom Hanks or something. HAHAHAHAHAHA. The mind is a curious thing.

[BDL58 86]

Thanks for the visual! My DS is scheduled for June 1st...it’s almost here!

[Minxpetite 3]

I had the SADI-S last August. Each day, I take 1 capsule of BariatricPal's Multivitamin ONE which includes Vitamins A, B, C, D, E, K, and 45mg of Iron. I was able to buy a year's supply for 99 dollars from the company. It came in 4 small bottles of 90 capsules each. I also take 3-4 calcium citrate chews a day depending on whether my meals include Calcium. I'd definitely recommend the 99.00 deal for anyone that can take capsules; my surgeon required chewables for the first 3 months.

Edited June 9, 2021 by Minxpetite