First day on the patch!

bublegirl1
on 8/2/15 1:31 pm

RNY on 11/10/14

My thanks to Lora for turning me on to these! I'm so excited to not be taking my 20 pills today. The only thing is that I have this nagging feeling that I'm forgetting something. Lol I'm sure it will take a while to get used to.

My calcium/D was the hardest thing for me to remember. My labs came back on the normal low side so my surgeon increased my dosage to four times a day instead of three. I'm not sure I really needed that much I think that my labs came back that way because I wasn't even getting in my three times a day that I was supposed to to begin with. So the patch is only a hundred milligrams of calcium less than if I were taking the supplement four times a day so it's a lot more than my normal three times a day. I just pray that these patches keep my numbers were they need to be. I can't tell you how freeing this feels.

-Amie

AmyDee123
on 8/2/15 4:35 pm - Lutz, FL

RNY on 06/12/15

I started mine last week. I LOVE THEM! So easy, and I love that I am not choking down pills anymore.

LapBand Weight 460 (2006) | Panni Removal Weight 200 (2008) | 3rd kid (2009)
Revision to RNY Weight 355 (June 2015)

Sherrie P.
on 8/2/15 5:58 pm

RNY on 02/06/13

Which patch are you using? Where do you put it? How long do you have to wear it? Weird question... any nausea?

THANKS!!!!

Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013 HW: 286 Pre-Op Diet: 277 Surgery Day: 265 Goal: 155 CW: 155

Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.

Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 8/2/15 6:16 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Patches are from PatchMD. One patch daily (8-10 hour wear time), and you can wear it anywhere the skin is firm and hair free (upper arms or shoulder are recommended). I haven't experienced any side effects at all.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Sherrie P.
on 8/2/15 6:53 pm

RNY on 02/06/13

Thanks... I might have to check this out.

Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013 HW: 286 Pre-Op Diet: 277 Surgery Day: 265 Goal: 155 CW: 155

Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.

Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift

tdbull
on 8/3/15 9:00 pm - WA

RNY on 08/13/13

Do you take the multi vitamin patch only and have you completed stopped taking your oral vitamins? I'd like to try the patch but don't want to get all messed up on labs. I just had mine done so won't be ready for labs for another year. But I would love to get rid of all these vitamin bottles

Lapband surgery in 2009 - Revision to RNY August 13, 2013 with gallbladder removal.

HW - (260) SW - (197) GW - (135), updated on 1-2-14 to 125lbs HT 5'5" Goal reached 3/2/14-revised goal to 120 on 3/9/14 reached 4/6/14

cc583
on 8/2/15 8:23 pm - Middletown, CT

VSG on 09/28/16

After my surgery I am planning on taking the calcium chews from Bariatric Advantage. They make a tropical orange and it tastes just a starburst. One in am and the pm.

5'5" HW: 484, SW: 455,CW: 325

Surgeon, Darren Tishler

selhard
on 8/2/15 8:49 pm - MN

RNY on 11/26/12

!Tropical orange! !Starburst! I think you just un-convinced me to order the patch.

cc583
on 8/2/15 8:59 pm - Middletown, CT

VSG on 09/28/16

Yep! Checkout the website. https://www1.bariatricadvantage.com/catalog/us-en/2/Calcium

5'5" HW: 484, SW: 455,CW: 325

Surgeon, Darren Tishler

cspotrun
on 8/2/15 8:30 pm

RNY on 07/01/14

I started the patch a week ago. I still take 2 extra calcium petites and a vitamin D since I'm trying to raise that level. Are any of you supplementing with anything extra? One day my patch was itchy, but other than that no side effects. Loving life!