Vitamins ???
I am one of the few that is totally against vitamin supplements. I have a lot of reasons but the funny thing is that I have felt no difference since I stopped taking them about 9 months ago and my labs show that I have no known deficiencies.
I do still take a b12 supp once a month or so but I just make sure I eat a well-balanced diet and I get my checkups regularly. I know I'll probably get flamed here but that's just what I do.
I do still take a b12 supp once a month or so but I just make sure I eat a well-balanced diet and I get my checkups regularly. I know I'll probably get flamed here but that's just what I do.
I had the VSG. I take a muti-vitamin daily and a calcium-D twice a week. The calcium-D was added about 20 months post-op. You need to have your blood and urine tested to see if you need to take anything. Be careful, as you can take too many vitamins! I would question the need for the B-12 and B complex supplements--- are they needed? Remember we are eating normally, just smaller amounts of food and the problems caused by the bypass are not found with the sleeve. So test!!
My guess is that it's not the vitamins but that it's the restricted calorie diet. Now that I'm on some post-op shakes that are more calorie-dense, my energy level has jumped back up dramatically.
My nutritionist had me on the vitamins (all above except B complex) prior to surgery, but I had to stop all vitamins, herbals, aspirin, etc., two weeks prior to surgery to get them out of my system. I'm of the firm belief that while protocols from surgeon to surgeon vary, there are reasons they do what they do.
My nutritionist had me on the vitamins (all above except B complex) prior to surgery, but I had to stop all vitamins, herbals, aspirin, etc., two weeks prior to surgery to get them out of my system. I'm of the firm belief that while protocols from surgeon to surgeon vary, there are reasons they do what they do.
So I talked to my NUT today... I have been taking the vitamins and feeling like shat, throwing up and sick for the last few weeks... Well they gave me the instructions that say start taking 4-6 weeks before surg. They were wrong, I am on a liquid diet and should not have been following those instructinos..
Thanks for telling me... she said you start those when I start soft food..
Thanks for telling me... she said you start those when I start soft food..