I am starting to feel like a walking medicine cabinet! :thumbup:

In addition to my high blood pressure medicine once a day and Centrum chewable vitamins twice a day, I will need to start taking:

B12 1000mcg - once daily

THEN - in 2 weeks, start B1 100 mg once daily

THEN - in 3 weeks, start Ca citrate / Vitamin D 600mg once daily - 2 hours apart from other vitamins

THEN - in 4 weeks, start URSO Foret 500 mg once daily (this - she gave me a prescription for and it is OPTIONAL)

What are you guys taking?

Lol I know what you mean at the moment I'm on Vitamin d and caltrate because I'm on steroids and then I take vitamin B1 because mosquitos bite me constantly and then theres these other ones for "stuff" lol. All up I take 15 a day that works out to 105 a week 420 a month and 5040 a year lol and that doesnt include if I get sick and need to take antibiotics or I have a headache and need aspirin - I'm actually suprised I dont jingle at the end of the day

Edit * Also that reminds me I haven't even taken my tablets tonight so thanks for reminding me - I would of been screwed if I hadn't lol

Wow, I haven't taken any more than a multi-vitamin and calcium since being banded. Actually, that's what I took before banding too. I take the Viactive soft chews, they're pretty yummy. They have flavors like caramel and chocolate mint.

After surgery, I'll be taking 1 chewable multivitamin a day, Tums for Calcium, Metamucil and Pepcid. That's all I was told to take. I wonder what the purpose of 2 multivitamins is? Your body can only absorb so much and the rest is just excreted.

Hi - saw your post today and saw that you lost 123 pounds so far!!! WOW- I'm very excited to hear about your experience and your opinion on how the lapband helped you to achieve this great loss. I'm still deciding on lapband vs bypass - leaning toward lapband, but alot I've read on this site is on how hard it's been. While I know it's a "tool", I really need alot of help! Good luck reaching your goal weight - you're almost there!!!

mom22

I take one tablespoon of Centrum Liquid everyday, that's it.

Has your Dr. explained why you are going to need all these extra Vitamins? Have you had problems with Vitamin deficiencies in the past? Bypass people have problems with vit B but it isn't usually a concern for Lap-Banders.

I personally take 2 childrens Flintstones chewables and a chewable calcium (caramel...YUM!!) every day....thats it.

I'm 1.5 years post-op, down over 100lbs and just recently had my annual labs done, everything came back perfect. :thumbup:

So unless you have had vitamin problems in the past, I would be hesitant to start on some massive amount of anything until I saw some bloodwork that warranted it. Lap-banders should be able to get pretty much all the nutrients we need from 'real' food !!!

Patricia

11/16/06

306/202/175ish

You should also wait to take vitamins until you get on full liquids since the minerals might upset your stomach.

Sounds like your doctor is more attuned to gastric bypass patients rather than bandsters. Lap band is not a malabsorptive procedure where nutrients are prevented from naturally reaching your body, the way gb is.

I take a daily Vitamin capsule and a couple of chewable calciums since I'm past menopause, but I would be doing the same if I weren't banded.