VITAMINS

[momm2twins1118 0]

I have my surgery date for March 24th. I have yet to buy any Vitamins. Where do you buy vitamins? What type do I need?

[LindsayT 596]

I have my surgery date for March 24th. I have yet to buy any Vitamins. Where do you buy Vitamins? What type do I need?

You can get them on Amazon, Bariatric Pal, your local big box store, and other locations/websites. You need to use liquid or chewable; no gummies. Multivitamins with Iron, Calcium, B12, and D3 are the recommended vitamins. This might look different for you based on your program and surgery. These are the vitamins my program and surgery required. There are also specific amounts of each vitamin/supplement, but I don't know those numbers right off. And don't take your calcium with iron. Did your team not give you this information?

[Arabesque 7,335]

Check with your team. While there can be similarities, different surgeries can have additional Vitamin needs. Bypass often has very specific vitamin needs but sleeve not as much. I only had to take a multi vitamin with my sleeve & stopped taking them at around 8 months. Surgeons have different requirements too in regard to whether you can swallow Vitamins or need to get gummies/chewies or Patches. Plus your blood work may show you need or don't need a specific vitamin/s as well. Vitamins are too expensive to just randomly buy them without finding out exactly what you need first.

Some will make you nauseous so be warned & yes don’t take your Iron with your Calcium. Spread them out through out your day if yiu have trouble with them.

[Tomo 1,193]

Yikes. You really need to get some soon especially during the honeymoon stage where you aren't eating nearly enough. Check with your team if you don't know what you should be taking. I'm surprised they didn't tell you in detail what you need since Vitamin deficiency can lead to many serious problems and exacerbate common not so serious problems like hairloss.