Iron and Vitamin supplements

Hi All...I am 3 weeks pre-op and I have just started my iron supplements.  My question is I'm supposed to take 65 mg...however the only iron chewables I could find are 27mg each.  I have been chewing 2 tablets a day, however should I up it to 3 or just stay at the 2?  Is it better to be over or under? Also, anyone have any recommendations on what the best chewable multi-vitamin, calcium and B12 there are? Any and all information for someone 3 weeks out would be great.   Thanks, Star

Hi Star Glad you are doing well....congrats on being a loser and welcome to the bench. Now, When I started the Iron I can't remember what I started with but it wasn't chewables.....it was just regular iron tabs but they were to hard on my bowels so I quickly switched to the SLOw FE iron tablets and take one each morning and have no problems with those....I did use chewable vitamins in the beginning - but I used the gummy ones  and the regular ones were way to tart for me.  I got so sick of those I switched to the Womens Formula One-A-Day and those work great for me...now for B12 I use the Trader Jose sublinguals - they are 500mg each so I take 2 tabs once a week.  And Calcium, in the beginning i just ate 2 Tums - the ones high in calcium and Dr Ali said that was fine.  I switched to Citracal creamy Bites and fell in love with those but low and behold they quit making them so I may be switching to regular calcium pills or go back to tums once my citracal is gone.... I don't know if this helped.  I had no problems taking pills after surgery but alot of people do.   Take care and good luck.

Hi Jean, thank you SO much for the vitamin recommendations!!  Doctor Francis had recommended teh Slow Fe Iron tablets, but I couldn't find them.  Where do you purchase those?  Also, what mg are they? Thank you and congrats on your weight loss!!!   Star

Hi Star I can't remember the mg of them, but I get mine at Sams CLub - come 2 bottles to a package....And thanks for the kudos....

Hi Jean, Where do you get the SLOw FE iron tablets??? Thanks, Michele

I've purchased the Slo-Fe tablets at Walmart. =)