Back~To~Amy 307 Posted April 20, 2012 I'm looking into Vitamins and have a couple of questions. 1.) will I be able to use gimme vitamins immediately after surgery or do I need to find a liquid or dissolvable form, 2.) should my Multivitamin have Iron or no iron it it and 3.) any recommendations on good tasting vitamins? Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carly 56 Posted April 20, 2012 I think your doctor or Nut will probably recommend some kinds and tell you when you are to start taking them. I couldn't start Vitamins until after the second week. They had to be chewable and the brand I take is Bariatric Advantage. Some people on here do not like the taste of them, but for me, so far, they are fine. Check with your dr or Nut before you get anything tho, and ask when you are supposed to start. Some Drs, like mine are concerned with starting too early for fear or irritating the stomach. Good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cmullinvegas 39 Posted April 20, 2012 My nut gave me tons of samples. I can take Iron in a Multi-Vitamin or separately, but be careful not to take iron with Calcium. I also take omega-3, Vitamin D, Biotin, and get a B12 shot. I like the bariatric Vitamin caramel calcium citrate. I also take a chewable omega-3 from BA. I have a multi-complete vitamin from Celebrate, but I don't care for it so I am taking a gummie multi and vitamin D I purchased at target. I doubt my nut would like that because "the only Vitamins they recommend are celebrate and BA." Lots of people here take gummies though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kyllfalcon 768 Posted April 20, 2012 Thinking I would have difficulty swallowing pills, I bought all liquid supplements before my surgery. It turned out my sleeve didn't have enough room for all that thick liquid, and I can swallow pills just fine! So I changed to normal supplements but I do use gummy vitamins just because they're fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piplula 709 Posted April 20, 2012 I bought opurity Vitamins for bypass and sleeve paitents...They were ok prior to surgery...BUT..now that I have been sleeved...I can't tolerate them...so my dieititan recommened Flintstones Complete and I chew two tablets per day. They go down fine! Hope this helped! Sent from my DROIDX using VST Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piplula 709 Posted April 20, 2012 Yes..you need Iron and the two Flintstones Complete have the Iron you need! Sent from my DROIDX using VST Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piplula 709 Posted April 20, 2012 Well let me rephrase that ..it has all the Iron I need...you may need more according to your current HgB status...check with your dr. Sent from my DROIDX using VST Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
