gustavio 439 Posted August 30, 2016 I now take women's one a day but they are so large I have to break in half and still choke on them! Any suggestions? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trekker954 421 Posted August 30, 2016 My WLS handbook has a slew of vitamins/minerals I was to take after surgery. I received this handbook during the initial group NUT meeting. Its my bible. I went to my 2nd week post op appt and brought what Vitamins I bought. Although I was planning on using the patch MD multi and B12 patch. I could tell with the list of Vitamins it did look like some on her initial list were covered with the Patch, but at the time I didn't know that, so I just shopped away. So she looks at everything and said, all you need is the Multivitamin Patch, it has everything you need right now. Before your 2 month post op, get your labs done a week before and we will review and see if you need any adjustments. She said their isn't enough scientific data on the patch, but with patients who ARE using them, their labs are coming back good. I'm thrilled because they are so easy. I checked with Alex that I can use it overnight, which I do. I put it on around 7 pm and take it off around 6. So when morning comes, I remove it, so regardless of what I'm wearing during the day (in this florida hot weather), no patch in sight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gustavio 439 Posted August 30, 2016 Where would i get this patch Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CLN.BK 165 Posted August 30, 2016 @@gustavio I take Flintstones Complete multi-Vitamin (it's chewable). I also take 1000mg of B12 (CVS's liquid version). I haven't personally tried the patch, but I've read where it has burned & peeled skin that resulted in infections. Conversely, there are people such as trekker who use it with no issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
