What's your vitamin routine?

Goodness! I sure need to try some of whatever you're having!  (did you ever see the movie When Harry Met Sally?... ) 
Anyway, do you think the vision correction is from the palmitate?  I think I'll pay Vitalady a visit!  Is everything ok with her and her DH? 

I think the dry vitamin A (palmitate) definitely fixed the night blindness but I'm not sure of it helped the overall vision. That might be from fixing the diabetes.

You asked about dry D3. Most obese people, if not all people these days of living and working indoors, are low on vitamin D. Dry D3 for RNY and DS is critical because we malabsorb oils and we can't convert D2 to D3, which is what the body needs to help with calcium absorption and bone strength.  Three things go hand-in-hand: D3, calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH). When you get your labs, you want D3 up near 100, calcium around 9.2 (low 9's is a good thing, not higher) and PTH around 30 (again, low numbers are a good thing).

Here's the link to Vitalady's RNY plan: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU46vLsRDC9rZGhranhtcXpfN mhuYmh4c2Nr&hl=en

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This is great info! Thank you for starting this.

You're welcome. I think this chain is one for the files ;)

 I chew   6  Flintstones sour gummi bears when I wake up 

3 citracal petiites  or  3  posture- D  calcium with phosphorus and D ....  

sometimes  Endurox   before a  BIG workout (  to help me breathe better  oxygenate better ) 

vitamin C  chewables  throughout the day   ( sunkist are SO yummy like candy ) probably  6-7 total 

3  more citracal if i remember  

iron  sometime  NOT with the calcium  but with the C

probiotics 

Thanks for posting Ava. Can you tell the difference with the Endurox?

What vitamins and other supplements do you take and in what dosage?
Bariatric Advantage Iron
Bariatric Advantage Multi-Vitamin
Sublingual B12
Dry D3
B complex
Milk Thistle
Bariatric Advantage Calcium Chews (6 per day)
Bariatric Advantage Omega 3 Chew - 1 per day
Priolosec

What is your schedule for spacing them out? Please be specific for newbies ;)
Iron 1st thing in the morning (empty stomach)
Prilosec right after iron
Around 45 minutes after protein decaf:
1 BA Vitamin
B12
D3
B Complex
Milk Thistle
Omega 3

Atleast 2 hours later:
2 calcium chews
2 hours later
2 calcium chews
2 hours later
2 calcium chews

Before bedtime
1 BA vitamin

What is the hoped for benefit of the less typical ones?
Milk Thistle - AST/ALT Liver enzymes were very high and hope this will bring them down - stopped Lovastatin which can increase liver enzymes - will recheck in 3 months
Omega 3 - in place of Fish Egg Oil capsule

Which ones have brought about a marked improvement in a condition?
Labs have been good. 

How long did it take for the benefit to take effect?
I took vitamins and some others prior to surgery.

Linda

I take the Proferrin and vita lady said this does not have to be taken with vit C. she said it does not like acid like the other iron. I take it before bed.

In the morning I take B complex, Zinc and I just started on Magnesium since I had a talk with Vita lady. I also take Milk thistle in the morning and before bed.

I take Calcium Citrate as often as I can remember. I take a chewable I got from
Vitacost.com . After dinner I like to take the Bariatric Advantage choc. chews because they feel like dessert to me.

I recently got some liquid calcium citrate from Cotco that is berry flavored and doesn't taste too bad. Vita Lady said I should be taking more than 1500 mg a day but I seem to not be able to remember to take it more than 3x per day.

I also take Biotin sometime during the day. I am not sure if it helps my hair but it's cheap so I take it. A few hours later, I take a hair and nails vitamin. Same story. Not sure if it's helping my hair but it's cheap. My nails do seem to be doing better since I started it.

I take Coscto's adult gummies sometime during the day. I try to space all my stuff out at least 2 hours apart .

It is so helpful to see your schedule for everything!  Just looking at a long list of abbreviations is so hard to understand. I find it a bit confusing.  This helps tremendously!

Thanks Linda - Your routine sounds like something that could work with my schedule. Thanks for letting me learn from your trial and error.