Question:
is there any specific multivitamin u have 2 take after surgery?
i don't have a lot of money to be dishing out for a certain special kind of vitamin. can i take a less expensive kind? my dr's office recommends bariatric fusion... — geigerpitbulls81 (posted on January 29, 2010)
January 29, 2010
Depends on your type of surgery and your post doesn't state but will answer
from an RNY patient point....I took Centrum adult chewables, available at
Walmart when I was early out. You need twice the recommended daily amounts
so 2 per day, usually morning/evening. I also purchase my calcium citrate
there; Citrical w/D. Early out I used a pill crusher until I read a tip
here that they dissolve easily in fluids like crystal lite. Tip: I buy the
Great Value brand equivalent of crystal lite. It's just like Koolaide and
quite tasty. For more info on vitamins, check out Andrea U's blog. She is a
fellow OH member who researches and freely shares her findings on all
things vitamins. Good luck on your surgery!
http://wlsvitagarten.com/
— Arkin10
January 29, 2010
THANK U...I AM HAVING RNY BYPASS SURGERY. THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL!! =]
— geigerpitbulls81
January 29, 2010
I take tropical oasis you can buy it online cheaper then in the store it's
liquid so you don't have to take a nasty pill
— Sylvia M.
January 29, 2010
I took the viactive chewables - they come in chocolate flavor. I got them
at walmart. Now that I am far enough out to swallow pills I take centrum
silver in the smaller pill form
— Dawn A.
January 29, 2010
My Surgeon's office said I can use Centrum Chewables. They not only smell
like oranges, they taste like oranges! These are good tasting. Try them.
— SPIRIT2002
January 30, 2010
I get my vitamins from Bariactric Advantage. If you do automated ordering
you pay no shipping charges.
My surgeon told me I need vitamins made for bariactric patients. People
will tell you they use this brand and that brand they buy at Walmart, some
use pre-natal vitamins and some use gummies made for children. Those are
not appropriate for you.
A lady that posts on OH has a blog that is very informative and she has a
vitamin comparison chart. I can't remember the link, but she posts on the
RNY board in the What are you eating/doing today? post. Her name is Pat
and she is a wealth of information.
I will try to remember to get her link and provide to you.
— JB1114
January 30, 2010
http://www.pamtremble.blogspot.com/
This is the website I mentioned in an earlier post. Her name is Pam.
— JB1114
January 30, 2010
Walgreens has a post bariatric vitamin called optisource. it's $30 a
month. They're chewable and orange flavored. you chew 4 a day and it
covers all your basis. Good luck hun.
— Julzizhr
January 30, 2010
Rebecca - As you can see many of us take different vitamins. My surgeon
had the RNY and takes the centrum vitamins and I do too, and I haven't had
any problems with my bloodwork. Please don't let anyone tell you that
buying your vitamins at Walmart makes the vitamins bad. I myself am like
you. I don't dish out a lot of money for bariatric advantage, bariatric
fusion, etc. I find sometimes when you see the word bariatric in the
title, you have the priveledge of paying more for it. Ask your doc and NUT
if you can take the regular vitamins. Most say to start out after surgery
taking 2 flintstone vitamins a day. I didn't like them when I was a kid
and didn't like them any better as an adult. The doc told me the viactiv
were fine as they had the same vitamin content and they weren't expensive.
Worked fine for me and I got a taste of chocolate with it.
— Dawn A.
January 30, 2010
THANK U SO MUCH EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!!! =]
— geigerpitbulls81
February 2, 2010
I am 6 years post op and over the years I have tried all the different
vitamins. I was not absorbing the vitamins though and I was serve anemic.
I tried all types of things and finally a friend referred me to Vemmma.
Interesting enough I went to a conference last weekend in Vegas to hear
about clinic studies and outcomes of the vitamin and there as a bariatric
doctor there and spoke at length about these. He said that we just dont
absorb the vitamins and that Vemma is the best vitamin for bariatric
patients on the planet. I have been taking it 5 months and feel better
than I have felt in the last several years. You can go online and look at
it www.Jones.Vemma.com.. hope this helps, Jeanette
— ckjjones
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