MY SUPPLEMENTS
THIS IS WHAT MY DR. SUPPLEMENTS REQUIREMENTS ARE:
CALCIUM: 1000-2000 MG DAILY
VITAMIN D: 800-1000MG DAILY ( OKAY TO COMBINE WITH OR TAKE SEPARATELY FROM CALCIUM)
VITAMIN B12: 1000 MCG OF SUBLINGUAL ( UNDER THE TONGUE)
MULTI-VITAMIN /MINERAL ( COMPARABLE TO A CENTRUM A-Z )
VITAMIN B COMPLEX
IRON : 325 MG OF FERROUS SULFATE OR 65 MG OF ELEMENTAL IRON
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THIS IS WHAT I'M TAKING :
BY: CAL-EZ PACKETS
VITAMIN D3..1000 I.U.
CALCIUM : 1000MG
BY: BARIATRIC ADVANTAGE
CHEWABLE IRON -60 WITH VITAMIN C ( ONE DAILY) OR EVERY OTHER DAY
BY: BARIATRIC ADVANTAGE
B-50 COMPLEX WITH ACTIVE B - VITAMINS ( 2 DAILY CAPSULES)
SOME TIMES I TAKE ONLY 1 CAPSULE
BY: BARIATRIC ADVANTAGE
MULTI-FORMULA CHEWABLE ORANGE FLAVOR ( 2 DAILY)
BY: VITAMIN SHOPPE
VITAMIN B12 1000MCG
I WANT TO CHANGE THE CALCIUM / VITAMIN D
WANNA FIND SOMETHING CHEAPER IN PRICE ON
ALL THE VITAMINS....NEEDS HELP MONEY IS REALLY TIGHT RIGHT NOW
CALCIUM: 1000-2000 MG DAILY
VITAMIN D: 800-1000MG DAILY ( OKAY TO COMBINE WITH OR TAKE SEPARATELY FROM CALCIUM)
VITAMIN B12: 1000 MCG OF SUBLINGUAL ( UNDER THE TONGUE)
MULTI-VITAMIN /MINERAL ( COMPARABLE TO A CENTRUM A-Z )
VITAMIN B COMPLEX
IRON : 325 MG OF FERROUS SULFATE OR 65 MG OF ELEMENTAL IRON
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THIS IS WHAT I'M TAKING :
BY: CAL-EZ PACKETS
VITAMIN D3..1000 I.U.
CALCIUM : 1000MG
BY: BARIATRIC ADVANTAGE
CHEWABLE IRON -60 WITH VITAMIN C ( ONE DAILY) OR EVERY OTHER DAY
BY: BARIATRIC ADVANTAGE
B-50 COMPLEX WITH ACTIVE B - VITAMINS ( 2 DAILY CAPSULES)
SOME TIMES I TAKE ONLY 1 CAPSULE
BY: BARIATRIC ADVANTAGE
MULTI-FORMULA CHEWABLE ORANGE FLAVOR ( 2 DAILY)
BY: VITAMIN SHOPPE
VITAMIN B12 1000MCG
I WANT TO CHANGE THE CALCIUM / VITAMIN D
WANNA FIND SOMETHING CHEAPER IN PRICE ON
ALL THE VITAMINS....NEEDS HELP MONEY IS REALLY TIGHT RIGHT NOW
But Target does not carry any chewable calcium citrate.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Recommended levels of calcium citrate are 1500-2000 mg per day. You should only take 500-600 at a time which means you need to take it 3 or 4 times daily.
1000 IU of D3 probably isn't enough either. I was taking 4000 IU per day and my D3 was in the tank. My SIL who had gastric bypass 3 years ago said she hasn't met anyone who could maintain with less than 10,000 IU per day. The problem is that it is hard to find dry D3 at that level. D3 in oil does not help since we don't absorb the oil and therefore don't absorb the D3. So I buy mine from vitalady.com. I'm not sure if it is cheap but it's what I need.
Most of my other vitamins I buy at Walgreens, CVS or Rite Aid when they have buy one get one free sales. I buy the store brand or generic Calcium Citrate petites which are 200 mg per day. Therefore I take 9 per day. 3 every dose. But they are small and easy to swallow. One of them has something on sale all the time so I just check my vitamin shelf in the cupboard and stock up.
1000 IU of D3 probably isn't enough either. I was taking 4000 IU per day and my D3 was in the tank. My SIL who had gastric bypass 3 years ago said she hasn't met anyone who could maintain with less than 10,000 IU per day. The problem is that it is hard to find dry D3 at that level. D3 in oil does not help since we don't absorb the oil and therefore don't absorb the D3. So I buy mine from vitalady.com. I'm not sure if it is cheap but it's what I need.
Most of my other vitamins I buy at Walgreens, CVS or Rite Aid when they have buy one get one free sales. I buy the store brand or generic Calcium Citrate petites which are 200 mg per day. Therefore I take 9 per day. 3 every dose. But they are small and easy to swallow. One of them has something on sale all the time so I just check my vitamin shelf in the cupboard and stock up.
Winnie
I've never heard of Cal-Ez. Is it calcium citrate? Just FYI, the ASMBS says you need 1500-2000 mg calcium citrate daily.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
kidnamedtoad
on 2/26/12 12:13 pm
on 2/26/12 12:13 pm
Hi Dawnie,
I get my chewable multivitamin at Trader Joe's and my sublingual b-12 there too! Their prices are reasonable. CVS had a BOGO sale and I picked up dry D3 there. I got the swallow kind of calicum citrate with maganesium and d at Costco. The chewable calcium was bankrupting me. I don't like having to take a drink after I've eaten to take the calcium but I try to take just a sip and so far so good I'm not choking on it because they are horse pills. I am a little farther out so the doc said I can do swallowable after 3 months.
I get my chewable multivitamin at Trader Joe's and my sublingual b-12 there too! Their prices are reasonable. CVS had a BOGO sale and I picked up dry D3 there. I got the swallow kind of calicum citrate with maganesium and d at Costco. The chewable calcium was bankrupting me. I don't like having to take a drink after I've eaten to take the calcium but I try to take just a sip and so far so good I'm not choking on it because they are horse pills. I am a little farther out so the doc said I can do swallowable after 3 months.
Toad Starting weight: 249 Day of surgery wt: 217 GW: 109 CW 149 
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