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Hey all,

I'm pre op and preparing for my post op recovery. What Vitamins do you take daily and in what form (pill, liquid, chewables). I'll check with my NUT too.

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For the first four weeks post-op, I took:

--Wellesse liquid multi-Vitamin, double dose

--Wellesse liquid Calcium, 1 tablespoon 3x per day

--Wellesse liquid Iron, 1x per day

--gel capsule of Vitamin D supplement

--sublingual B12

After four weeks, I switched to Trader Joe's High Potency chewable Multi-Vitamin, 2x per day; generic Iron supplement in a coated tablet, and B12 cut back to 2x per week rather than every day. I kept the Calcium and Vitamin D the same and added in a daily K2 supplement (gel capsule, like Vitamin D).

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I have some friends that are fellow-sleevers that were advised by their surgeons and nutritionists not to take pills ever again. I take a B Complex and a multi-Vitamin everyday, in pill form.

Your surgeon will advise you on the pill issue. I can't stand chewables so I'm more than happy to take a pill.

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I received a prescription from my nutritionist (via the surgeon) which costs me $25/month for Nascobal (nasal b-12 inhaler). It comes with the following for "free":

BariActiv Multi Vitamin (60 pills)

BariActiv Iron+Vitamin C (90 pills)

BariActiv Calcium+D3 & Magnesium (120 pills)

Each is a 30-day supply, so that works out to 2 Multivitamins, 3 Iron, and 4 Calcium per day.

They really make me feel ill, though, as I'm having a lot of trouble with their taste and consistency (they're all smooth-dissolving tablets). Before this, my wife found generic Flintstones and I had small swallowable pills (smaller than a dime, so ok according to the coordinator).

YMMV, so this might be something to talk to your surgeon about. I'm sure some people are fine with them. I don't consider myself picky at all, but I am really having trouble choking these down and it's only been a week. I'm definitely going to look into other alternatives before month's end.

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I take a multi Vitamin Gummy, B12 gummy, hair nails and skin gummys, 3 5000 mcg of Biotin daily and Vitamin C gummies. I usually buy them on Amazon or at Target. My nails have never been so nice. I bleached my hair 1 week ago and its already grown an inch.

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