who is having trouble getting their vitamins in?

poet_kelly
on 5/14/12 6:25 am - OH

Where do you keep your vitamins? What if you put your morning vitamins right in front of your toothbrush? So you'd actually have to pick them up and move them out of your way in order to brush your teeth in the morning? And find a place to put your other doses where it would be really hard to miss them.

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.

xtine
on 5/14/12 7:12 am - San Jose, CA

RNY on 11/29/11

That's a good idea and I will try that. Right now I just have them in the medicine cabinet and I also have a holder that I keep in my purse to take my vitamins when I am at work not just home.

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Kimba032712
on 5/14/12 6:24 am

RNY on 03/27/12

I started off taking my vitamins pretty good, but forgetting sometimes. That was when I was on a liquid diet.

Now I'm on a soft diet and when I find a food that doesn't come back up, I stay full for a long time. I only try to eat 2 or 3 times per day. Can only eat 1-2 ounces of food at a time. My chewable vitamins (multi vitamins and calcium) are so big. I'm supposed to take 2 mutlis and 3 calcium tablets per day. If I did that, I couldn't eat anything; I would be too full all day.

So, I really have 2 problems with my vitamins. I forget and If I do remember, then I don't have enough room for food.

poet_kelly
on 5/14/12 6:26 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Hmm. What about using Upcal D for your calcium citrate? It's a powder and you can put it in any drink and it has no taste. You can also mix it in yogurt or stuff like that. It wouldn't make you any more full than whatever you mixed it in would make you.

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.

jujubee4224
on 5/14/12 6:42 am

RNY on 04/09/12

I talked to my surgeon's office today. They said I should add biotin to my routine to help avoid the hair loss. Can you tell me how many times a day I should take it and when? Thanks

poet_kelly
on 5/14/12 6:44 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

You might want to ask your surgeon about how much to take. There is no "official" recommendation, like from the ASMBS or something like that. I've never seen any studies that show it will prevent hair loss, either, but some people say it helps hair grow back. It's a water soluble vitamin so it's hard to take too much.

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.

Sarah R.
on 5/14/12 7:12 am

RNY on 05/09/11

Since day one ive always done great with my multi and my b12 but ive struggled with the calcium and iron. Iron is very very hit and miss and calcium is something Ive been trying to take every day but hate the chewable I have and also have been forgetting to take all the doses. I just bought the some lemon chewy bits and also started coordinating my doses with my meals.

BellaSaid35
on 5/14/12 7:18 am

Guilty. I get so confused about what I need, how often, what can't be taken with what, etc. and my stomach tends to hurt after all supplements. Ugh!

Ive been much better lately though, it's the dang calcium that trips me up. I usually get only 3/4 of what I need. :(

Rny 2.14.12

Reel
on 5/14/12 7:41 am

I almost always have problems getting that 3rd dose of calcium in.

Gypsyw0lf
on 5/14/12 7:43 am - Regina, Canada

RNY on 12/19/11

I'm really good about my morning doses...as the day progresses and my schedule gets more hectic I will often forget my last multi and my third dose of calcium. I'm working on it. Need to put some of the great ideas from this thread to work.

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