vitamins

2 weeks out what kinds of vitamins do i need to get.

Here is my list Tums for the calcium a chewable multivitamin and B-12

Here is what I take... 1200 calcium citrate w/vitamin D multi vitamin 30 mcg Iron Biotin I was taking a sublingual B-12 till yesterday when I went for my 2 week post op the gave me the injection so now I only need it once a month.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm a little concerned that you're asking us for what vitamins you're supposed to take. My surgeon and nutritional counselor gave me a strict list of what I had to take. TUMS does not work for calcium ( ask your Dr. or Nutritionist ) because it is calcium carbonate, which can no longer be absorbed properly. You have to find chewable calcium CITRATE, and my surgeon's team recommends 1200-1500 mg. every day. I shopped around, and found this website to have the BEST price! ( or visit GNC type stores ) http://www.vitacost.com/store/products/ProductSearch.cfm?SearchText=calcium+citrate&SearchBy=PN&ss=1 Next - Sublingual ( under the tongue) B-12 (1000 mcg total) once a week. Next - a chewable children's vitamin is fine, every day. I was also prescribed Prevacid ( packet that is mixed with water to give you an all-day release suspended formula ) to prevent ulcer / act as an antacid. Next - I will have labs to test my iron level 1 or 2 months post - op, and if needed, I would take IRON ( 50-66 mg per day recommended ). Several of my co-workers, who have had surgery at several different hospitals, still have a similiar list to this. By all means, please take this message to your Surgeon or Nutritionist to discuss what they think is best. But, they should, have a relatively standard list of what their patients should be taking. You don't seem to have all the info you need; that's the part that concerns me most. Big hugs, and best wishes, Kym from NH

Every Dr and every NUT are different. What one DR and NUT use is not nessiscairly what another uses. For my DR and NUT Tums are fine, with 1500mg. I use sugar free childrens chewable and my previcd. After 6 weeks I start b-12, and Iron. Go with what your DR and NUT say not what every other person says.

Hi Fredrica, My doctor has 3 choices of vitamins. I chose for the moment to take the multi vitamin for bariatric patients, b-12 and also add b-1 to that. Those are the ones that i have to take. Peggy

Hi guys! This is what I need to take: 1 Flinstones with breakfast and 1 with dinner 2 Viactiv chews with breakfast and 2 with dinner I am also taking Pepcid 2x a day