My NUT set me up to order my Vitamins through insurance and I pay a copay. They were delivered today. Surgery not schedluled till March 3 and I haven't even been approved yet I was wondering if I could start taking these vitamins now as I just had surgery for a hysterectomy a month ago and i still have low energy. The next batch is set to be delivered beginning of March so I'll still have plenty. Couldn't hurt to start taking now right?

I started taking bariatric Vitamins the month before surgery. Then I had to stop them the week before, per the hospital's instruction, and i also could not take them until after my 1 week post op appointment with my surgeon. So basically, I had to stop them for 2 weeks before starting up again, but I did start taking them pre-op.

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I too started them a little over a month before my surgery date. You will find that they give you good energy and your hair and nails grow a lot too. I use the same ones probably through mail order with a copay. Good stuff.

@wonderwoman...were you ever told to stop them prior to surgery ?

Multi-Vitamins have Vitamin E which is a blood thinner, so that's why they have you hold off before and after surgery for a few weeks.

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Edited February 2, 20179 yr by clc9

I started my Vitamins about 3 weeks ago. no surgery date yet, last weigh in was today and I met the wight. They send papers to surgeon 2/3. We shall see. Good luck