My nutritionist suggested I get Flintstone Vitamins when I have my surgery (June 13th). I too am over 50 (57 actually). She also keeps saying to make sure I eat my protein first.

Good Luck!

Hi, I am post op day 12 and up until yesterday, My port felt like it was pinching me from the inside, but it stopped. The nurse said its sounds like its where the clamp of the port is stiched to the muscle. It stopped yesterday. Hope this helps.

I take Flintstones too there add is 10 million strong and growing. I always joke I am one of the 10 million strong and shrinking

Laura

I also do the Flinstone vitamins and I am not over the age of 50. I really would like to switch to gummies but doesn't look like thats going to happen. How are you eating? I am only a week out but do not feel much restriction....at all! I dropped weight faster a few weeks following the surgery. People at work would ask me how are you losing so much weight, "don't eat" lol!! Happy Healing!!!

I am taking the Bariatric Advantage vitamin...hate um....However I do love those calcium chews, maybe a little to much -

HI ALL, I HAVE BEEN TWO YRS PAST MY LAP BAND SURGERY....I LOST 97LBS AND STILL LOSING..MY APPETITE HAS SLOWED DOWN TO A I DON'T FEEL LIKE EATING....BUT I DO, I HAVE H2O PROBLEMS I WANT MORE WATER BUT I HAVE TO SPEND THE DAY WITH A BOTTLE OF WATER AND ONLY SIP, I CAN'T TAKE A GULP OR IT WILL COME RIGHT UP FROM MY STOMACH..THIS IS THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT THAT I HAVE SEEN IN TWO YRS, DRS. DON'T PREPARE US FOR THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THESE THINGS SO WE CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS SURGERY....I ALSO BUY MY VITAMINS FROM WHOLE FOODS, THEY ARE PURE . THERE IS A BOOK OUT CALLED DRUG MUGGERS, SUZY COHAN, FROM RODALE BOOKS, YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF NEW INF. ON SAFE VITAMINS....I TAKE COQ10 AND AFTER TWO WEEKS I FELT SO MUCH BETTER EVEN MENTALLY...HOPE SOME OF THIS HELPS..MARYANNE

FORGOT TO TELL YOU, IF WE EAT FOOD THAT WILL SWELL UP IN OUR STOMACH LIKE BREAD, PASTA, RICE, UNLESS IT IS WHOLE GRAIN THE FOOD WILL COME UP WHEN IT SWELLS...SORRY KIDS BUT ICE CREAM IS ANOTHER ONE, VERY SMALL AMTS WORK BETTER. TRY NOT TO DRINK WHEN YOU EAT, IF YOUR THIRSTY DURING A MEAL TAKE A DRINK BUT SQUISH IT IN YOUR MOUTH AND LET IT OUT DON'T SWALLOW ,IF YOUR OUT FORGET IT...I CARRY SMALL SANDWICH BAGS WITH ME IN CASE I HAVE A PROBLEM, JUST ZIP AND DUMP...LOOSENING UP THE BAND SOLVES SOME OF THE PROBLEM, BUT TRY TO HOLD OFF CUT BACK AND SIP, SIP, SIP, TRY LIQUID FOOD FOR TWO DAYS THE BAND WILL EASE UP...THOUGHT I WAS GETTING AN ANGINA ATTACK THAT CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT WILL EASE UP...

Is it hard to swallow pills with the lap band?? Do they get stuck?

So far, nothing has gotten stuck. I take several small pills, that would fit through a straw, and they go down fine. I take one capsule shaped pill that I break in half first. I just take them one at a time....instead of the whole handful at once like I used to do! I'm hoping that, after I've dropped some weight, I won't have to take them all any more.