I am 9 week outs from surgery and am exhausted at the end of everyday. I can barely keep my open by 7PM. I am taking my vitamins - multi vitamins and iron and getting my protein everyday. Any suggestions on how to deal with this?

I say take it easy and listen to your body. It knows what it is doing/wants/needs. Are you getting in all of your water? I know sometimes kicking up the water a bit can help with energy.

I agree that missing a required element can really affect your energy level. It might be time to review with your nut or your pcp about Vitamins. I felt foggy before I started on my B12 daily, which I was interpreting as exhaustion.

I also got kind of lazy about my vitamins last week and didn't take all of them. I hadn't refilled my pill organizer so I was only taking the prescribed meds. I immediately noticed that I had less energy and was extremely cold. I refilled my pill organizer including my vitamins and I'm already feeling the difference!

Good luck!!

Start taking B12 and extra vitamin D and make sure you get time outside everyday. I live in the north and we only get about 5 hours of daylight right now and I have noticed myself feeling more tired with the lack of sun. But the extra vitamins are really helping!

This happened to me at around 9 - 12 weeks.Come to find out, I was anemic, low on B12 and had to back of more of my blood pressure meds. I needed to double the amount of iron I was taking and had to start eating more red meat, had to up the frequency of my B12 pills, and cut my BP meds in half (again). Go see your primary doctor and have bloodwork done.

Good Luck.

Sharon

I am 4 weeks out (5 weeks this coming Wednesday). I feel the same way. I have all of the vitamins and was taking them fine before surgery, but now they make me nauseous. I purchased a multivitamin/protein powder yesterday that has B12 included. I'll see if this gives me back some energy. I just feel no energy to really do anything. This has got to work. Blessings2u--bj

My surgeons cocktail is a chewable multivitamin with iron, calcium citrate, vitamin d 3 and sublingual B12. sounds like you need the B12.