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Post by Avonlea on Jan 18, 2012 2:29:59 GMT -5
I'm not even a week post-op, and I'm going to ask the doctor at my follow-up appointment, but because I'm curious: when did you start worrying about vitamins post-sleeve? Specifically, when did you develop your regimen and start taking it regularly? Did you work it out with your surgeon, or on your own?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2012 7:52:51 GMT -5
I think it was a month for me, since my surgeon wanted me to crush all my pills until then. yuck.
I don't think he had a vitamin list - I went by what everyone else is taking. for sure D3 and B12 sublingual.
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Post by redbabe08 on Jan 18, 2012 7:57:39 GMT -5
day 8 was when i was told to start up on my vitamins & by then i was fine getting them down.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2012 11:29:09 GMT -5
I was instructed no vites for 15 days as it could cause nausea, then liquids/chewables for a month.. Since I had a supply on hand, I used those up, then switched to regular capsules after. I can tell you, the multi has been the only thing that ever made me puke. After posting that issue, I got the great advice to pop it in after a full sleeve of protein, and did- and it solved that issue. I will still get nauseous if I try to take it w/o food, not fun.
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Post by margon on Jan 18, 2012 17:15:09 GMT -5
I started with supplementation pre-op and just used chewables and sublinguals for the first month or so post op until I felt like I could comfortably swallow capsules again. I still take a few things in chewable form.
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Post by hala2215 on Jan 18, 2012 17:18:19 GMT -5
During my preop diet - 4 weeks. Then was instructe dto take them daily. I had RNY , but with all of us post op WLS - there is no wayto get nutrition, vitamins and minerals from food in the first year post op. For some of us - never. As a VSG - you may be able to get most of it from food - eventually - maybe... only labs will tell.
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Post by TooFatForTooLong on Jan 18, 2012 18:37:52 GMT -5
I started the day after I came home from the hospital, following the regimen that I received from the surgeon's office.
Never had a problem getting them down.
BTW, I bought all the supplements I needed before the surgery.
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Post by Catie on Jan 18, 2012 19:55:43 GMT -5
I've been taking them since 2 weeks post surgery. I'm trying hard to remember to take them daily....some days are better than others. I hate the chewables, suffer through those and will be THRILLED when I can just take capsules!
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Post by jillybean720 on Jan 18, 2012 21:02:33 GMT -5
I started taking vitamins - in regular pill form - the day after I came home from the hospital. I was taking my birth control pill daily even while in the hospital. At first, I was just doing multis and maybe 1 dose of calcium, bit by maybe 2 weeks post-op, I was up to everything (3 daily doses of calcium, 2 multis, vit D, sublingual B12, and probiotics). From there, I djusted my supplements according to my lab results.
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Post by bb212 on Jan 19, 2012 0:18:47 GMT -5
I'm not even a week post-op, and I'm going to ask the doctor at my follow-up appointment, but because I'm curious: when did you start worrying about vitamins post-sleeve? Specifically, when did you develop your regimen and start taking it regularly? Did you work it out with your surgeon, or on your own? My doc told me to start vitamins at 1 week, however I had major nausea problems and couldn't take them whole. Crushing vites is really gross. The taste and texture from the crushed vites was sooooo bad that I'd vomit them back up even on a heavy dose of zofran. Realistically it wasn't until after 2 months that I was able to take whole vitamins without puking. |
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Post by Avonlea on Jan 19, 2012 2:02:43 GMT -5
Thanks for all the feedback. I have the list of my doctor's recommended vites, and I feel pretty good now, so I think I'll start this week.
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Post by Justa-Puter-Name on Jan 19, 2012 6:18:29 GMT -5
Vitamins was always at the top of the list for me, right out of the starting gate. HOWEVER, I gave myself a 90 day learning curve to get it right and to get the excessive amount of vitamins up to par. I knew my Super Morbidly Obese body had enough stores to sustain that 90 day window. My memory is kinda sketchy, but I 'believe' I had it figured out and down pat within 30 to 45 days of my surgery. 9 years later, I still take a bucket-load of vitamins, each day, without fail. I have a 30 day pill holder and a 2 week pill holder - I yank out my vitamins every six weeks and go through each bottle [guessing, with my script meds, it's about 20 freakn bottles] and I load it all up at once. When I'm done, I don't have to mess with those bottles for SIX weeks, VOILA! ...works for my lazy self.  |
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Post by michellemj on Jan 19, 2012 8:54:14 GMT -5
I started immediately and like Jill, was taking my birth control and other meds (migraine stuff) in the hospital.
I still take my multi in chewable form. Other versions make me barf and I can only handle the Centrum Chewable. and I take it after my AM protein shake. Everything else is capsule/pill form except, of course the B12 sublingual.
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