Personal experience is fine but if someone takes vitamins based on that person's recommendations and they are not medically certified, they could be sued and lose everything they have. And that could even cause this site to be shut down.
 

The people with vitamin deficiencies have typically either followed poor vitamin instructions from their doctor or they have been lax in taking their vitamins. Sometimes someone will post about a specific problem and we will direct them to their doctor or to an endocrinologist. What we do share is information on where to find the best tasting vitamins that are specially formulated for our needs as well as stressing the need to take your vitamins every day.

someone from the DS board stepped in and had to start in. And this wasn't even HER forum.

But this is Charlees' forum. She lives in TN so this is very much HER forum. Since the OP is also having the DS, she was probably the best person to respond to her about vitamins for the post-op DSer.

I am not answering any more about this

I've never asked you for a response. You are the one who seems to feel the need to "educate" all of us about vitamin overdoses. I simply pointed out that for those of us having surgery, which the OP is, our vitamin needs are different than the general public. 

And, you will have some malabsorption even with the sleeve. It won't be to the same degree as the bypass or the DS but there will be some due to the reduced stomach size. If you are not aware of this, perhaps you need to spend some time on the VSG forum and see what they have to say about it.

But the information you posted was directed at someone who IS a surgical patient. I don't like to see newbies receive inaccurate information by people who don't have the experience to know otherwise.

I have seen too many post-ops suffer from serious deficiencies due to misinformation - some of it from undereducated doctors who direct their patients to use Flintstones vitamins and Tums for all of their vitamin needs, and other times because the patient does not fully understand the importance of a good vitamin regimen.

According to your earlier post, you are planning on having surgery. Once you are on the other side of the knife perhaps you will better understand the difference in the needs of a post-op and a non-op.

Our malabsorbtion of vitamins and minerals is for the rest of our life. Many times irreversible damage is done by the time symptoms show up or it is caught by bloodwork. That is why we stress good vitamins and a good regimen.

 

Yes, it's lower but it's still 45 calories a bottle if you get the bottles by the case like we DID at Sam's. After we finish what we have, we are switching to PowerAde Zero. I tried it, like it and it has 0 calories per bottle.

I'd rather eat than drink my calories, wouldn't you? Worth a try, buy one and see if you like it.

Liz

Does anyone know if Jackson has one? You would think it does but you never know....

I'll definatly have to check this out. Thanks for the info.