Vitamins Question and Sugar Question

Anyone else around my surgery date start on their vitamins?

I can not stand the chewable Centrums the taste is soo horrible. I bought a Calcium Citrate and tried taking it but it went down so hard it hurt and I had to throw up.

Yesterday I bought the Calcium Viactive chews and some chewable one a day gummy multivitamins. They are better than nothing right? I took them yesterday just fine. But today I took them on an empty stomach and I think the sugar got to me because I had to throw it up.

Anyone else having trouble with sugar too?

I started multivitamins my first day home.  I have the chewable kind from GNC.  They are OK.  They are large and I have to take two for one daily dose.  I do not start the Calcium supplement till one month out.  I haven't added any sugar into my diet as of yet.  I also have not thrown up yet.  I am definitely still trying to figure my body out though.  For me I can't tolerate the protein powder or the Atkins protein drinks (go straight thru me)... so I am still drinking the protein bullets from GNC to get my protein in. 
Sorry I can't be of more help.  I hope you figure it out soon and look forward to hearing what others have to say.
Emily

Sorry, I haven't started my vitamins yet.  Been really lucky so far i.t.o. not throwing up. I think I read that someone had tried the kiddies chewable vitamins....

I use the ones from bariatric advantage.  The orange ones.  The taste is... tolerable.  The calcium losenges from the same brand however, I can not tolerate.  WAY too strong flavor and sweetness.... and HUGE.  I am looking into a powdered calcium I can mix with crystal light and drink down instead.

I am afraid of the gummy and chewy stuff, seems to me those would be very tough on your little stomach.

well i took them again today and so far so good, i find that if i take them with food I am okay and also if I chew them really really slow lol. The chewable centrums I had bought were that orange flavor (would have prefered no flavor but they dont have any) and that was the taste I could not stand.

I havent started mine yet, but I was told to start them when you can get your protein in, and the gummy ones were fine...but to chew them as well as possible. I too cannot start the calcium until 1 month out. I also have to take two pepcid completes per day to reduce stomach acid per my dr.s orders....u might try that too. :) 

My Nut had told me not to worry about vitamins till at least 3 weeks out but I started myself early because I am not getting in enough protein. (I dont want to eat)
I will wait another week for the calcium but Im still trying to take the multivitamins, I am finding that I can take the gummies if I chew them up really really REALLY good first.
I also am taking OTC Prilosec for 2 weeks. Well the generic version. It seems to be helping since I havent had any heartburn for a couple of days, but my stomach feels all icky. 

We bought a pill crusher and I crush the Centrum chewable and the Bariatric Advantage Calcium Citrate. I swallow the crushed substance in small amounts over several sips of protein shake. I also take a blood pressure med, a med to prevent gas, and a med to prevent gall stones - all prescribed by my surgeon. Each of those I release from the capsule and swallow the same as above. I think that's it. I haven't had any problem getting them down. Since I swallow these items along with sips of the protein shake, it helps mask any icky flavor.

Important tip: I have found that if I sip while standing up and then walk around the couch 2-3 times, sip, sip, sip, walk around the couch 2-3 times, sip, sip, sip, walk around the couch 2-3 times, I am much more able to get the liquids down and in record time. My theory is that when I sip while sitting (straight up or reclining) my organs are "bunched up" as opposed to standing and they are more elongated. When standing, the liquids go down so much more easily! ...and followed by walking, it seems to help them process through my system more easily without the subsequent "gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, belch" and uncomfortable tightness. Try it and see if it works for you!

I've been eating the Bariatric Advantage multi chewables. I can force them down. But when I tried their lozenges, chocolate flavored, i couldn't stand them. They're huge and have the consistency of chalk. Today my nut had me try a Bariatric Advantage chew bite for calcium. It was raspberry flavored and it tasted like candy! It was sooo good. I have to order them online, but I highly recommend them. They also come in chocolate and lemon flavors.