HELLO EVERYONE! I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW LONG AFTER SURGERY DID YOU START TAKING VITAMINS???

The next day

10 minutes ago, Sammi3 said:

The next day

THANK YOU!!!!! I NEED MORE ENERGY LOL

I was told to wait until the soft food stage, so at the 2 week mark.

I was told to take them day 8 on full liquids. If you are taking iron you need something in your stomach, it's very hard on an empty stomach.

6 minutes ago, gabybab said:

I was told to take them day 8 on full liquids. If you are taking Iron you need something in your stomach, it's very hard on an empty stomach.

THANK YOU!

6 weeks

5 minutes ago, KCgirl061 said:

6 weeks

WOW THAT IS A LONG TIME! WERE YOU EXTREMELY WEAK?

17 minutes ago, CESILEYRAE said:

WOW THAT IS A LONG TIME! WERE YOU EXTREMELY WEAK?

Nope, my surgeon just feels like there is enough reserves during that time that its not necessary and that healing of the stomach is more important. You hear how those multivitamins can make you sick to your stomach? He doesn't want that happening early on so he has his patients wait.

THAT DOES MAKE SENSE BUT IM SO WEAK AND EXHAUSTED.

Just now, CESILEYRAE said:

THAT DOES MAKE SENSE BUT IM SO WEAK AND EXHAUSTED.

I don't think its the lack of vitamins, its the lack of calories plus the fact that you just had surgery and your body is recovering.

1 minute ago, KCgirl061 said:

I don't think its the lack of Vitamins, its the lack of calories plus the fact that you just had surgery and your body is recovering.

VERY TRUE! THANK YOU!

I used vitamin patches from day 1 for three weeks then switched to chewables (didn't like the taste), then capsules.

The next day, chewable only, and after one month I can start the pill form if so desire. I am going to switch to pill because I do not like the taste of the chewable.

Sometime in the first week after I got back home.

Your weakness and lethargy is unlikely due to vitamins, but just a hangover from the surgery as you go through the initial healing, and quite possibly a result of your current diet being very low in carbohydrates (intentional or not) which is what helps keep our short term energy levels up.

On 06/01/2019 at 04:59, KCgirl061 said:

Nope, my surgeon just feels like there is enough reserves during that time that its not necessary and that healing of the stomach is more important. You hear how those Multivitamins can make you sick to your stomach? He doesn't want that happening early on so he has his patients wait.

My surgeon and nutritionist had me start vitamins a month after surgery for the same reason.