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I was told I needed to start taking a multi Vitamin and a Calcium + D supplement. I am struggling trying to find one and I don't know what the rules are for taking them. I'm assuming that swallowing Vitamins right after surgery isn't going to be allowed, but are gummy vitamins allowed? what about those chocolate chews?

Plus I am trying to find something as close to all natural (even organic) as possible! for both the Multivitamin and Calcium supplement.

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My doctor said no to the gummies but the chews are allowed. I enjoy the chewable a from GNC.< /p>

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My NUT gave me a list of recommended Vitamin brands, and the only ones she told me not to bother with are the gummies. I take good ol' Flintstones chewables (1 full tablet is an adult dose) along with Celebrate Calcium and some sublingual B12, to get me in the habit of daily Vitamins before surgery.

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I was allowed to start Gummy vitafusion one week post op as well as the chocolate calcium chews which I got on Amazon called Calcet. Everyone's Dr. is different you may want to check.

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I'm allowed to have the gummies, but my surgeon told me no Vitamins until after my follow-up appointment 10 days after surgery. i can resume them then provided everythings going ok.

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my doctor said NO gummies because of the sugar and how hard they are to digest

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I started my gummys 1 week post op but i keep forgetting to take them! I also have caciulm + vit d gummys

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Since they want me to start taking the Multivitamin and Calcium now, i think i'll start with the Gummy and if I'm not allowed to take them then I'll just switch it up after the surgery. As for the multivitamin I saw a liquid Vitamin that looked really good. We can take a multivitamin in liquid form, right?

So Vitamin K has to be in my multivitamin, right? I saw a multi that I really wanted to get until I realized the only vitamin missing was K.

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I went to diet/preop class yesterday and the dietitian told us we have to stick with liquid or powdered Vitamins for at least two weeks after surgery.

I am pretty bad at being compliant generally but I am trying to go along with everything I possibly can, and I figure I can handle that.

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I tried to to take my regular pill for multivitamin but it kept making me sick right after surgery.... So I switched to Flinstones for a while then went to Gummy

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Gummy and chewy things can get stuck and make you vomit. Ironically you can take relatively small pills right away because they are firm enough not to get stuck. I was taking panadol (Tylenol) gel caps the day after surgery, being given to me at hospital. A Vitamin that size would be fine. You can crush Vitamins too.

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