what vitamins are you taking?

stacey1099
on 12/10/14 10:56 pm

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I take a Multi and B12 but I think I should be taking a calcium also....Which one is best?

Dan1962
on 12/10/14 11:14 pm - Syracuse, NY

VSG on 09/23/14

I do a multi, fiber gummy and 500 mg of calcium.

Gwen M.
on 12/11/14 2:48 am

VSG on 03/13/14

500 mg of calcium is not nearly enough. And the only want to check your calcium is with a DEXA bone scan - your blood will leach calcium from your bones and blood work will show that your calcium is fine even when it's not as a result.

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56sunShine14
on 12/10/14 11:15 pm

Doesn't you surgeon have a plan for you? I also take calcium citrate. NOT Caltrate. But calcium citrate. On top of that, because my blood work showed low vitamin D, I take one capsule of that per week.

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Tracy D.
on 12/10/14 11:24 pm - Papillion, NE

VSG on 05/24/13

Recommendations for post-VSG patients are a multi-vitamin, B12 (only if indicated - my numbers are great and I don't need it), calcium citrate, Vit D3.

In addition to these, I take fish oil, biotin and some zinc.

Tracy 5'3" HW: 235 SW: 218 CW: 132 M1: -22 M2: -13 M3: -12 M4: -9 M5: -8 M6: -10 M7: -4

Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!

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rumpole6
on 12/10/14 11:37 pm

I take a multi, a b12, d3 (2000mg) calcium citrate. (Caltrate does make a calcium citrate but you gotta be careful and read the label to make sure you get it. I use chewy one I forget which, maybe bariatric advantage). I had issues when I tried to go back on fish oil, I will try again in a few weeks. I just added biotin.

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MAchick
on 12/11/14 1:39 am

VSG on 01/27/14

I take two multivitamins with iron, two 500mg calcium citrate, B12, vitamin D, and biotin.

GooseGirl
on 12/11/14 1:51 am

VSG on 10/30/14 with

I take a multivitamin 3x/day. It is high in A,D and K. I do 500 mg of calcium 3/day, B12 injection 1/month and I find out today if I have to add back in Iron.

Gwen M.
on 12/11/14 2:47 am

VSG on 03/13/14

Yes, the ASMBS says we need 1500mg of Calcium CITRATE (not carbonate) a day. We need to space them out and take 500mg at a time, no closer than 2 hours together. I prefer the Bariatric Advantage peanut butter chocolate chewables. They're like my post-meal dessert ;)

Here's a list of the vitamins I take:

#1 Calcium
#2 Multi, Calcium 500mg, Vitamin D 5000IU, Vitamin K 500mcg alternated with Vitamin K Complex 2200mcg, Probiotic
#3 Multi, Calcium
#4 Iron 125mg, Vitamin C 1000mg
In shake: current frankenshake ingredients (b12 goes in my shake)
In water: