Vitamin Schedule - is this ok?

Lynn W.
on 3/13/13 1:25 am

RNY on 02/25/13

I know there are schedules all over this forum, I just need confirmation that i'm doing it right! Is this ok?

7am - 2 multivitamins w/iron

10am - 500mg calcium citrate plus d3

NOON - 500mg calcium citrate plus d3

2pm - 500mg calcium citrate plus d3

8pm - omeprazole and synthroid

Thanks - I'm 2-1/2 weeks post-op and am terrified of doing something wrong! :-)

Dee.spunk
on 3/13/13 1:28 am - Sacramento, CA

RNY on 11/30/11

You might want to separate your multi vitamins too. Otherwise you won't get the full benefit from them.

Height:5'1.5 RNY:11/30/11 HW:307 SW:234 CW:136 GW:140 (LOST 73 Lbs. PRE-OP)

obsessedoveranumbe
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on 3/13/13 1:30 am

I agree with Dee.

I love my new life!

Lynn W.
on 3/13/13 1:30 am

RNY on 02/25/13

Thank you! Then I'll just take one multivitiamin at 7am, then the other with dinner...is that a long enough break between taking iron and synthroid?

poet_kelly
on 3/13/13 1:37 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

that would be fine.

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.

poet_kelly
on 3/13/13 1:37 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Oh, and what about B12?

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.

Lynn W.
on 3/13/13 3:35 am

RNY on 02/25/13

I have not yet been told to take B-12.

poet_kelly
on 3/13/13 4:09 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

You might want to ask about it. The ASMBS says all RNY patients need B12. Since we lack both stomach acid and intrinsic factor in our pouches, we can't absorb B12 from our food or from our multivitamin. We need a sublingual, nasal spray, or shots.

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.

chulbert
on 3/13/13 4:45 am, edited 3/13/13 4:45 am - Rochester, NY

RNY on 01/21/13

Note, however, that if you're taking a prescription iron supplement (ferocon) that it contains B12 and has you covered.

Dee.spunk
on 3/13/13 6:44 am - Sacramento, CA

RNY on 11/30/11

Unless that iron has sublingual B12, it wouldn't work because we don't absorb B12. It needs to be sublingual or a b12 shot.

Height:5'1.5 RNY:11/30/11 HW:307 SW:234 CW:136 GW:140 (LOST 73 Lbs. PRE-OP)

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