Question:
I am pre-op and trying to do now what I know i will have to do post-op.

I have started a vitamin regiment. I am taking 2-One Source Active Kids multivitmin, 2-500 mg viactive chews. A Day. Is ther anything else that I should be taking???    — Dawn V. (posted on April 18, 2002)

April 18, 2002
For calcium you need the calcium citrate. The viactiv are calcium carbonate. And you will need 1500 mg. of the citrate. If you use Citrical, that would be 6 pills a day. And your body only absorbs 500 mg. at a time, so you will have to split up the doses. Also it is good to know that our bodies absorb the citrate best in the evening and night, so I wait until later in the day to start mine. If you have trouble swallowing pills in the beginning, Citrical makes an effervescent 'liquitab' that dissolves in water and you drink it. You can special order this at almost any local pharmacy. Michelle vitalady Curran also sells a citrate capsule on her site that dissolves within 4 minutes in saliva, so should swallow well. Her site is www.vitalady.com Good luck figuring it all out, its tough at first, but gets better. Remember not to take your multi with any dairy product, it cancels out the iron. If you take with Vit. C, the iron, it absorbs better.
   — Cheri M.