Vits make me wanna yak

chassibi
on 5/6/16 6:42 am

i have the bariatric advantage chewable vits with iron. It is ALL I can do to get these down in the mornings. Yesterday I tried to suck on them like sweet tarts. This morning I bit the bullet and just chewed them up. Is there a reason that chewable is better for us? I honestly don't even know if I can finish this bottle.

Does someone have a brand that they love?

Consult Weight:276/Surgery Day Weight: 241.6 /Goal Weight: 150

karenp8
on 5/6/16 6:52 am - Brighton, IL

I just take regular Centrum 2 a day. I think right after surgery I cut them in half before swallowing. I am supposed to use BA too but I haven't since about one week out and my labs are perfect. They are too expensive and taste disgusting too!

supershopper
on 5/6/16 6:53 am

Once you are far enough out you can start taking the non chewable ones. Ask your surgeon when that is.

I think mine was a month or 3 weeks out.

HW 305 SW 278 Surgery weight 225 GW 160 LW: 118.8

RNY 12/15/2015,

GB removal 09/2016,

Twisted bowel/hernia repair 08/2017

M1 Dec 2015-13.0, M2-7.0, M3-14.5, M4-9.4, M5-7.1, M6 9.8, M7-7.6 ,M8- 7.6, M-9 5.5, M10-6.4, M11- 2.2, M12 Dec 2016- 5.8

Emiepie
on 5/6/16 6:55 am

RNY on 08/11/14

I use Centrum chewables (it was hard to find one with iron) for the multi and bariatric advantage calcium. I still use chewable because I like to take them with food and don't want to try and swallow pills withou****er. Hope you can find something that will work for you.

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

karenp8
on 5/6/16 7:04 am - Brighton, IL

I swallow mine with water right before I eat. My surgeon allows drinking up until we eat just not after.

White Dove
on 5/6/16 8:36 am - Warren, OH

RNY on 10/16/07

I am much happier with the PatchMD

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Heather P.
on 5/6/16 8:51 am

I have been taking flinstones so far. Monday is my 6 week appointment then I start taking prenatal vitamins twice a day - I am looking forward to not chewing up the vits but I also remember from my pregnancies that I hated the after taste of the prenatal vits too....:(

Ht 5'7" HW 406, SW 361

RNY 3/28/16

crafty_gal
on 5/6/16 9:13 am

RNY on 04/26/16

I take the Celebrate Multi Vitamins chewable in Manadarin Orange. They aren't bad.

HW: 333 Consult Weight: 318 SW: 293

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

Deanna798
on 5/6/16 9:32 am

RNY on 08/04/15

I struggled with the chewables early out. everythng is so sweet, and my tastebuds were on overdrive. i could barely drink protein shakes and was so excited when I was able to start on soft foods because I HATED the shakes.

My tastes have changed since surgery and it's easier to get the chewables down. I have a hard time remembering to take pills in general, and the yummy calcium chews are motivation enough to remind me to take them.

Age: 44 | Height: 5' 3" | Starting January 2015: 291 | RNY 8/4/15 with Dr. Arthur Carlin| Goal: 150

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. ~Proverbs 19:20

seasley
on 5/6/16 9:55 am

RNY on 12/17/15

i was using the celebrate multi vitamins with iron and was able to stomach them up until about i was 2 months out. then every time i would take them i would get dry heaves and just feel sick to my stomach. I have since switched over to the Patch MD mulit vitamin patches.

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