Hey Vitamin Gurus... what do you think about these...
These look pretty good to me, but y'all are the experts.
I am trying to find a good chewable for at least the begininng. With the Lapband, pills stress me out!! I hope that is not the case with RNY.
Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013 HW: 286 Pre-Op Diet: 277 Surgery Day: 265 Goal: 155 CW: 155
Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.
Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
It would be $29.99 per month, essentially - and SH.
Do you think it is enough calcium to not have to take anything else?
Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013 HW: 286 Pre-Op Diet: 277 Surgery Day: 265 Goal: 155 CW: 155
Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.
Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift
My Centrum only costs me about $11 for 2 months... That $30 per month adds up over time!
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I mean, she was told by her surgeon that she only needs to take 4 of these a day with a sub B. Nothing else.
It can be very confusing to have conflicting advice. I mean did this company really develop a vitamin that was inappropriate for bariatric patients? That seems counter productive.
I am by no means defending these vitamins -- I am just looking for a chewable vitamin and the less I have to consume the better.
Duke does not recommend brands. They gave me a list of what the vitamin should have in it.
Is your Centrum chewable?
Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013 HW: 286 Pre-Op Diet: 277 Surgery Day: 265 Goal: 155 CW: 155
Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.
Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift
It is not that their vitamin in "inappropriate" for bariatric patients (well, the calcium is), but it is incomplete. If you compare the contents of these to the contents of Centrum chewables, you will see that there is nothing particularly special about them (except their price). Keep in mind that companies are businesses... they exist primarily to make money. Helping people be healthy is secondary.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
The ASMBS also says we need 1500 to 2000 mg calcium citrate a day and four of these gives you only 1200 mg calcium, some of which is calcium carbonate, which we can't absorb.
Yes, this company developed a vitamin that was inappropriate for bariatric patients. Their goal is to make money, not to keep us healthy. Many patients buy this inappriopriate vitamin and even some surgeons tell them it's OK to take it, so it's not counterproductive, it makes the company money.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
If y'all say Centrum chewable will do it -that works for me.
Duke also recommends 2000 mg of calcium citrate, so I thought the numbers on the fusiion did not quite match up. Good lord I don't want to take 8 of anything!!
Revision Lapband to RNY 2-6-2013 HW: 286 Pre-Op Diet: 277 Surgery Day: 265 Goal: 155 CW: 155
Plastic surgery 8/28/2014: Brachioplasty, mastopexy, & abdominoplasty.
Plastic surgery 1/27/2015: Butt Lift
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
