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    Gastric Sleeve Member Whoopsiedaisy's Avatar
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    Default Vitamin help!

    I have heard LOTS of things about starting vitamins BEFORE surgery.. Can anyone please let me know what either they took pre surgery or what they have heard is a good route to go to make sleeve surgery a smoother healing process.

    I thank you in advance.


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    Default Re: Vitamin help!

    I was put on a multi vitamin before surgery like centrum. After surgery I had b complex added and an extra centrum vitamin added as well as a stomach med for reflux and a stool softener. Just get a good multi vitamin and start taking now. Anything else your doctor will add on if you are deficient in that particular area once your bloodwork comes back.


    Post op lost 16 lbs.
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    Default Re: Vitamin help!

    I took a Women's 50+ vitamin and biotin supplement, I bought both at Costco.

    Now I take Bariatric Advantage Multi Vitamin chewable, also get my Biotin, and D-Vitamin and Calcium from them. I found a B-Complex at GNC and I had to stop taking it to just once a week, because my last labs showed my b12 elevated.

    I will have another set of labs in one month or so to see how I am doing with the new regimen.
    HW: 245lbs (11/15); SW: 226lbs (5/17/16) - Height: 5'6"

    Post-Op Weight:
    M1: 211.3 (-14.7)
    M2: 203 (-8.3)
    M3: 196.5 (-6.5)
    M4: 191.5 (-5)
    M5: 186.3 (-5.2)
    M6: (?)
    M7: (?)
    M8: 179.4 (-6.9)
    M9: 177.1 (-2.3)
    M10: 174 (-3.1)
    M11: 171.5 (-2.5)
    M12: 171 (-.5)
    Y1.1: 170 (-1)

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    Default Re: Vitamin help!

    I can remember that I was advice to take Vitamin C, iron and folic acid before my surgery, and also after surgery but adding the antibiotics.

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    I wasn't told to take vitamins before surgery. Now I'm on ProCare Health once-a-day multivitamins along with Calcium Citrate+D3, 1200 to 1500 mg per day.

    I really like the ProCare Health ones, because they came in a tiny chewable for early on. Since I've been able to swallow big pills, I now take it in capsule form. I order them online, but they are also sold at my local grocery store.

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    Default Re: Vitamin help!

    I was advised to and didn't, and wished I had. A good multi vitamin and maybe a hair and nails vitamin as well.
    [I]HW: 240 lbs SW: 199 lbs GW: 140 lbs

    1 MO = 167.0 2 MO = 156.4 3 MO = 148.4 4 MO = 140.6
    5 M) = 136.0 6 MO = 130.0
    1 YR = 122.0 2 YR = 140.00 2.5 YR = 139
    Happy with my weight; happy with my size; over-the-moon with my health!

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