There are different sellers of bariatric vitamins out there.   I had been on vitamins i ordered from Bariatricsupplement.com  for the last 9 years.  BUT we are now going to have the DS and I hear there are other places that are also good like Bariatric Advantage.  i know VitaLady had the surgery and started selling the vitamins, but i don't know about where she gets hers to sell.  I am just looking for the best vitamins out there for DS and what are you supposed to take?  Do you all know?

My surgeon told me to take 4 flinstones chewables, vitamin b-12 and 1800 calcium citrate a day

I don't do that though-

I take

4 multivitamins from Costco (going down to 2 a day starting next week)
1 dry vitamin D3 50K from Vitalady.com every day
1 dry vitamin A from Vitalady every other day
2 regular vitamin E from Costco every day
1 dry vitamin K from Vitalady 3 days a week
1 Super B complex from Costco every day
10 Calcium Citrate pills every day

please feel free to call me or join us at a DS Support Group Meeting

 Hey Vickie,
Thanks for this information. We were just talking about this last night. Dinner with everyone was so much fun. I can't wait until the next one. 

GoingCrazyinKY....you misses a great one. Just what I needed to talk with folks that have been through the paces for a while to learn what works and doesn't. Try and make the next one. Great information and great new friends. 

Vickie!  My husband and I are going to go to Dr. Husted for our surgeries too!  how long did it take you to get a surgery date scheduled after your first meeting with Dr. Husted? 

Dr. Husted suggested taking Bariatric Advantage vitamins and i was wondering what you think about them?

I never took them so don't know anythng about them.  I think she suggested taking the chewables cause some people have a hard time swallowing pills.  For me, it was much easier to swallow pills than it was to choke down those nasty chewables.  You may be different.

I post every month about our DS get togethers in and around Louisville.  Our last dinner meeting was on 7/18.  Jus****ch the boards and I will be posting for the next one the week before the event.  We have been trying to keep it to Saturday evenings at 6, usually the 3rd Saturday of the month.  You are welcome to come anytime.  I PM'd you my email and my phone number and you are welcome to use those as well.  Best wishes to you.

I had fun as well...always like to meet new people and learn more about their journeys and types of surgeries! Thanks for the invite Vicki!

Where is this meeting?  For DSers???  I live in Frankfort, KY.  Is is nearby???  Email me at [email protected] and let me know when and where it is.  It sounds like fun!!

i wonder why your surgeon wanted you to take flinstones with a DS.  Why didn't she say to take the dry ADEK?  Wow.  I am shocked.

I took Bariatric Advantage vitamins  for 3 year now my dr wants me to take Optisource it is a bariatric surgery formula & I dnt even have to take anything else it absorbs almost everything it is great I feel so much better ,I dnt even have to take a b12 shot anymore yeaaaaaa they are great I get mine form on line http://www.nestlenutritionstore.com/general-itemdetail.asp?T 1=OPT

OPTISOURCE™ VITAMIN & MINERAL SUPPLEMENT

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Ensures you get at least 100% of the daily value for 23 vitamins and minerals in just four tablets.

With the recommended daily dose of just four OPTISOURCE chewable tablets, patients recovering from malabsorbtive bariatric surgery will receive at least 100% of the daily value for 23 vitamins and minerals! These include high levels of calcium, vitamin B12, iron and folic acid for increased absorption. Chewable tablets that pack a huge nutritional punch.