My surgery is Thursday. I'm wondering if I should be able to start taking those chewable vitamins, sublingual B12, calcium and iron right away. I've been reading where people are having a hard time even getting water in so I'm wondering how hard it is to get vitamins in and to stay in! How soon did you start?

Yesterday in pre-op teaching they told me that the vitamins would be started 2 weeks after surgery.

I started taking vitamins the day after i left the hospital, everything except for calcium

I started at day 10 and it was a struggle. If I had it to do over again I'd wait another week.

I started them about 6 days out, but they were too hard on my stomach so I'm holding off until I'm eating more substantial food.

I started everything one week after my surgery:)

You should get instructions about that when you leave the hospital. Many doctors have you start at different times, just like they often have different rules about introducing foods back into your diet. It's tough for most to get all of the vits, protein and liquids in early on. It gets easier.

My surgeon said 1 week out and in liquid form until I was able to be on solids. Congrats on upcoming surgery!

I switched to chewable multivitamins two weeks prior to surgery. They made me nauseous but I kept taking them. I was supposed to re-start them immediately after surgery, but I couldn't keep them down. Called the Doc office and the nurse said to try my regular capsule multivitamin with a small amount of water. No problem. Doctor added B12 and Vit D at two weeks post-op. I have my 3 month post-op visit next week and am told he will re-start iron and calcium at that time. I am also taking biotin to hopefully start hair growth.