mdjovigirl

I have hashimottos, the surgery does nothing for it. I think the hashimottos inhibits is from losing as much as others.

So I ordered vitamin patches for the 2nd time through Bariatric Pal website only to later find this article....so what's true? http://www.bariatriceating.com/2016/06/faq-vitamin-patches-bad/ CAN WE ABSORB VITAMINS AND MINERALS THROUGH OUR SKIN BY USING ONE OF THOSE MULTIVITAMIN PATCHES I HAVE HEARD OF? Vitamin Use Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Death When we heard about ‘multivitamin patches’ that were being marketed to bariatric patients, we were skeptical because we remember the ‘spray vitamins’ similarly targeting us a few years back that turned out to be bogus – the FDA and Attorney General of several states thought so too. We consulted with experts regarding ‘patch multivitamins’, all of whom emphatically said that none of the claims made by the patch company were true. Not a single word. They even underscored that what these companies are proposing is biochemically impossible, as the skin is a very good seal against water soluble organics, which is why you can’t get drunk on alcohol through your skin. It’s also a good barrier against ion transfer, or else a few hours in the ocean would dehydrate and kill you. Think of all the things you come in contact with during your day – if these materials passed through the skin, it could in many instances mean death. Most vitamins and minerals fall into these two categories and anybody claiming nutrient absorption through a known protective barrier had better produce studies to back it up – burden of proof is upon the patch companies, as their claims go against widely accepted and well known medical facts. One pharmacological expert went further to say that the people responsible for the bariatric vitamin patches ‘are either willfully fraudulent or just plain stupid, but either way are a second away from an FDA Warning Letter or FTC action’. Use your judgement and please be careful of this kind of stuff. You cannot fit the entire world of nutrition in a single pill. It does not make sense that you could tape a packet of pulverized vitamins to your arm and have all that material magically move through your skin and into your body. You cannot absorb the amount of minerals needed after bariatric surgery through a ‘sticker’. People who have had bariatric surgery are often looking for something easy and defend this product because they want to believe. People cite nicotine, birth control and other medications used as prescribed treatments via patch dose – the difference is that the highly specialized transdermal medication patches available via prescription, are for tiny amount of drugs, not several teaspoons of organic minerals. There is no comparison. If you’d like to be compliant, there is no easy way out, you must swallow capsules or chew tablets. There is no magic pill and certainly no magic spray or sticker.

Which insurance? How do you make your doctor do an endoscopy to see if it stretched?

Me too....except 2-1/2 years old and havent lost a pound since about 6 months out. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Does anyone have experience with Vitamin Patches? Do they work? Sent from my LG-V496 using the BariatricPal App

Good luck! Sent from my LG-H811 using the BariatricPal App

Glad you are ok, i didn't follow the pre-op diet either and have had no complications it's been almost 2 years. Sent from my LG-V496 using the BariatricPal App

I'm in lusby....southern Maryland

Sleeved the 2nd of July and today I broke with that liquid diet and ate a few bites here and there. It created no issues...that I know of. I go for my one week post op tomorrow and they are saying I will move from liquid to protein shakes....isn't that the same damn thing? I'm starting to regret this a bit!

Back on I go....thankfully the worst I did was 3 tsps of Mac n cheese and and 2 cubes of cheese. I really just want mush...but another week of no food....grrrr say yay to protein shakes!