Vitamin Help!!
GUYSS!!! HELPP!!! I'm looking for the calcium citrate that I need after surgery, in the chewable or liquid form. I'm just wondering where you all bought yours? Because.... I can't seem to find it anywhere! I've found it in tablets, but not in the liquid or chewable. All I can find is calcium carbonate?!
Help!?
SURGERY: Jun13, 2014 Starting Weight: 370lbs, Current Weight: 198lbs, Goal Weight: 180lbs
I got my chewable ones through Opurity but it's expensive for shipping ($18 for the Calcium & the multi - 3mnths worth).
Orientation Session: April 2013 Sleep Study: July 1/13 Abdominal Ultrasound: July 16/13 Endoscopy: October 23/13 Pre-Surgical Class: Dec 11/13 Surgeon: Jan 6/14 PATTS: April 4/14 Optifast: April 9/14 RNY Surgery: April 30/14
For chewable calcium, you can use the Jaimeson chews for the first 3 months post-op. Then you need to switch over to the citrate kind. You can find the Jaimeson chews pretty much anywhere, Walmart, Shoppers, other drug stores, grocery stores....etc.
And, as someone else mentioned, you can use Wellesse liquid if you prefer.
Referral to Ottawa: Jan/11 Info Session: May/11 Nurse: Feb/12 Dietician/Behavourist/Abdominal Scan: Apr/12 Pre-op Education Class: Feb. 6/13 Meet Surgeon Feb.15/13 Surgery with Dr. Raiche March 12/13!!
The race isn't given to the swift nor the strong, but it's given to the ones who endure it to the end...
Our dietician at TWH said you can't get citrate in chewable form, so carbonate was fine for the first few months.
Referral 08/13, Orientation TWH 09/18/13, SW 09/26/13, NP 09/26/13, Surgeon Appt 12/13/13, MRI 01/06/14, Nut Class 01/14/14, Nut 01/20/14, Scopes 02/21/14, Psych 02/25/14, Dr. Urbach 03/28/14, PATTS 04/15/14, SURGERY 05/06/14!!! 
I just buy the regular tablets at Costco and chew them up. They are chalky but have no taste.
The other alternative is to order Bariatric Advantage products online or Celebrate or Building Blocks.
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I bought the wellese liquid from Costco and I found chewable ones from Your Good Health store. They are a combination of citrate and maleate. It is supposed to be absorbed better than citrate alone or carbonate. They also tasted pretty good.
Kelly
Referral: June 2012, Orientation: Feb 2013,Meet Surgeon: April 2013; Meet SW, RD, RN May 2013; Meet Surgeon again Aug 2013, Surgery Dec 10, 2013
im really confused as to what kind of calcium to buy.. I know citrate is better absorbed.. but im allowed to have the carbonate after surgery?? Why not just start the citrate right away? Or are we on carbonate for a reason in the beginning?
SURGERY: Jun13, 2014 Starting Weight: 370lbs, Current Weight: 198lbs, Goal Weight: 180lbs
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