Questions, Questions, Questions!

[leanora27801 315]

I'm on day four of my pre-op diet and I have so many questions. My first one is do I need to purchase chewable vitamins? Next, should I go out and stock up on popsicles, Jello, and shakes? Then finally, while being on the diet has anyone had to deal with bad stomach cramps? I need all the help I can get!

[angelajo 6]

I am in the liquid stage before also but in my second week of it. I did go and buy a bunch of sf Jello, sf popsicles and broth so I didn't need to keep going to the store and looking at food. I also have been having the same problems with my stomach...I think its the food change and my stomach trying to keep everything in the starvation mode. Last night I took a laxative and drank a ton more Water. Today I feel a lot better.... Hope this helps! Good luck with your surgery!

[leanora27801 315]

I'm going to try the laxative too, to empty all the toxins from my body!

[Djmohr 6,965]

My clinic put me on a chewable multi Vitamin 6 months before I had the surgery. They stopped it a day before and restarted it at the 4 week post op mark.

[James Marusek 5,244]

After surgery your taste buds may change so be careful about buying too much food before hand. This will probably affect your choice of Protein shakes. After surgery from a RNY, I was required to take several different types of Vitamins. The only chewable one that I took was the Flintstones Multivitamin, the rest were in pill form. You might consider buying a pill splitter and a pill crusher. After surgery, you may not be able to swallow some of this medicine unless you crush it or split it first.

[Gingerisgreat 56]

I did stock myself on a few items, first being Jello because it does give you something to "chew" on days where drinking feels old! I also bought Mrs. grass Soups because the broth is approved for both pre and post op diets, and it comforts me when I feel ill or nauseous. I also had plenty of waters and G2 on hand. I honestly did not feel like going into a store for at least five days post op. I did have chewable vitamins at home prior to surgery however I could not ingest any for at least a week post op. I did experience quite a bit of abdominal cramping when I first started on the Protein Drinks and it did subside after about a week. Good Luck! You've got this!!!

[tamg26k 479]

I could not tolerate the SF popsicles after surgery. They were just too sweet for me. Almost the same with SF Jello. In fact I'm almost 5 months post op and have all of the Jello that I purchased before surgery still in the refrigerator. I started my chewable Vitamins about 1 week after surgery. I think every program is a bit different in this. I bought the Premier Protein shakes for me pre-op and continued them post-op. I tried other ones and could not tolerate them either. I think the first week after surgery I just had broth, Protein Shakes, and Water.

Everyone is different in what they can and cannot tolerate. I just bought as I went along.

Best of luck...You got this!

[SuzeMuze 338]

As the previous posts indicate (like many threads here) the best advice will come directly from your surgeon's office. For what it's worth, my surgeon instructs us to wait until 1 month post-op to begin taking Calcium, B12, and a Multivitamin supplement (at larger than normal quantities) and always in either chewable or sublingual form since they offer the best absorption rate. I didn't stock up on anything in particular because I tend to get bored with food rather quickly. Plus, I found that walking around the grocery store was not only good for me (for the exercise) but being around "bad" food didn't bother me...I just wasn't interested in it.

[leanora27801 315]

Thank you for your suggestions, and support!