Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi , I was just where you are a week ago. The case manager was really nice. If you haven't filled out that test in your book, do it now. I hadn't done it yet, because my home scale was high and I didn't think I had made the weight. So I had to go into a little room to fill it out. Then I went downstairs for an ekg, chest x-ray and blood tests. She asked a few questions, nothing really tricky, just who my support person was, how long I had been thinking about the surgery. And then I was done and scheduled for three weeks from now. Good luck on Wednesday! Pam 2 questions Can I buy my vitamins over the counter? (Save Mart) Or do I buy them from Kaiser? I go for a weight check in at Richmond on Wednesday. If I am at goal weight, then I will see the case manger. My question is : What is she going to ask me? Tell me what to say and what not to say. I don't want to mess this up. I've waited to long. I started in 2003. I am having trouble keeping to 1200 calories and not exercising. Thank you in Antioch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 I get all my vitamins online (www.vitalady.com), but you can get just about everything at Save Mart. Just make sure to look for DRY forms of any of the oil-based vitamins, like A, D, or E. Absorbtion of the oils is kind of iffy. At 06:34 05/08/2006, you wrote: >Can I buy my vitamins over the counter? (Save >Mart) Or do I buy them from Kaiser? Eleanor Oster eleanor@... (personal address) www.smallboxes.com/gastricbypass.htm San , CA Open RNY (100 cm bypassed) 07/15/2003 P. Fisher, M.D., Kaiser Richmond (CA) ~5'9 " tall 05/09/2003 319 Orientation 07/15/2003 ~290 Surgery Current 157±2 Goal until plastics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi , You don't have to buy your vitamins at Kaiser but they do have Bariatric advantage available there. If you get them you will be getting the correct amount you need from the beginning of vitamins. What ever you decide you do need mega or high potency vitamins. That means vitamins that have more than 100% of you daily need in a majority of the vitamins listed. I get mine at Traders Joe's. After surgery you will probably want to go with the Bariatric advantage because they are chewable and usually there is a swallowing issue because the throat is irritated because of the breathing tube that they put in during surgery. I found that after surgery I had to chop my vitamins very small to swallow them. I had open Surgery so I had a lot more problems moving around after surgery. I had my son at home at the time so there was some one there for the first 3 or 4 days. I Think that when you have it done lap it is a lot easier. I am sure though they do recommend you have some one home with you for the first few days at least. I saw at the end of your post you say you have a hard time staying with the 1200 calorie meal plan and exercising. I guess for me I was how bad did I want surgery and what was I willing to do go get to my goal. I was heavier than you when I started out I weighed at the time 357. I found that one journaling everything I eat kept me on track. I made sure that drank my water everyday. I went to the gym. In the beginning I felt weird because I was so big but once I got past my own insecurities I realized that everyone else was there to get healthy also. As I continued going there day after day things got easier and I even made some very good friends there. So I guess it just depends on what you are willing to do to get to your goal. Just because you have surgery doesn't mean that things are going to be any easier. You still have to watch what you eat and exercise. Now is when you show be developing those good habits and making them a part of your new lifestyle. Remember the surgery is only a tool that we are given to help us lose the weight. It is still us to us to make the right decisions to keep us moving in the right direction. Ramona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Vitamins were a big topic at my Lifestyle 3 class last week. One suggestion that was given was to buy at least one bottle of the Mega- Multivitamins that they sell for bariatric patients through Kaiser, and then use the data from that to evaluate the vitamins you can get from other places to make sure they have enough of what you need. That way you'll be sure to get enough of all the nutrients. You also need to be sure you know how many pills/caplets/whatever make a " dose " - some labels look good, but then you realize that one dose is three caplets and if you only take one you're not getting as much as you need. Cathy C. -- In gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients , " Diane Duenas " wrote: > > I buy all my supplements at Walmart or Vitalady. > > As for the caseworker, things have changed so much since I had > surgery Im sure others who are newer post op can better answer. > > > > > > Can I buy my vitamins over the counter? (Save Mart) Or do I buy > them from Kaiser? > > > > I go for a weight check in at Richmond on Wednesday. If I am at > goal weight, then I will see the case manger. My question is : What > is she going to ask me? > > Tell me what to say and what not to say. > > I don't want to mess this up. I've waited to long. > > I started in 2003. I am having trouble keeping to 1200 calories > and not exercising. > > > > Thank you > > in Antioch > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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