Freaking out!

My NUT sent me the paperwork to review regarding the post op diet. It seems really complicated. Not to mention all the vitamins and B12 and calcium I need to take. Thinking I am going to need flow charts and a white board to keep track of all. Please tell me that it is manageable and that I am not the only one who freaked out over it. It is getting realer for me the closer I get to surgery. I am just at two weeks out and starting my pre-surgery diet.

I take calcium with my meals. I take my vitamins with my Miralax during my last drink of the day (around 8pm, or I go to the washroom to much at night). I have a reminder on my calendar to take my B12 on Mondays (since it is once a week).

I don't even think about it anymore. It's all flows into the norm. Don't worry about it. Just set up a pill reminder system if you need to.

It seems complicated I'm sure, but 16 months out, it is easy. I ended up trying out the vitamin patches for my multi after 1 year out and it is easy. I really only need to take my calcium/vit D by pill and that is by choice (as it comes in patch also). Early out I had to set alarms on my phone to remember.

It can become as natural, as breathing...and it should be...Everything is overwhelming, right now...Hang on, to your socks!

It's a wild ride...but SO worth it !!!

Hi! I think what you are feeling is totally normally. I treated drinking my water and taking my vitamins like it was my job for the first few months. It does not take long for it to become second nature in my opinion.

For me it all came in baby steps so the transition wasn't as daunting as it seemed when I first saw what was necessary.

I already took medication daily so the vitamins-calcium/D3 etc wasn't so hard to add . Get yourself a nice big daily pill organizer

The first days post surgery are all about getting water in. I think many don't eat at all. Then it's about getting in your protein with protein shakes. I highly recommend "premiere protein" brand shakes.

The fact that it takes so long to be able to eat certain foods comfortably makes the whole process easier in my opinion.

I'm not sure about others, but the schedule given to me did not require ALL supplements to begin right away the day after surgery. I began taking a bariatric vitamin prior to surgery, then the calcium supplement one month after, then added B12 six weeks after. Along with the diet progression, a new supplement was added. As others say, it becomes routine, and once you internalize how critical it is that you get all of your supplements in, you will manage it just fine. I also was overwhelmed by the timing---take the Prilosec on an empty stomach, take the calcium twice a day because your body won't absorb a double dose all at once, don't take iron with calcium, also take calcium prior to the multivitamin---it can seem confusing at first.
You'll get your own regimen down.
The first thing I do in the morning is take that swig of my liquid calcium. With my coffee, I take my thyroid pill and Prilosec. Later, after I eat something, I take the multivitamin and anti-depressant, etc., spacing things out through the day.
You'll get it. It's all one step at a time.

Thank you guys so much! That makes me feel better. I also realized after posting that I posted in the wrong forum, not that the questions doesn't apply to both, but I am having VSG done on the 28th of this month.

VSG? Well that's good news as it's even easier to manage. Good luck!

It is much easier to manage. I only have to take a multivitamin and potassium right now. So far all of my labs have been normal with the exception of potassium. Since I have a heart condition that can be serious but I started the potassium right after getting the results.