Vitamins?

[Vixkey 40]

Any one know how long b4 I can start taking Vitamins after surgery?

[KS Fort Worth 86]

Anything liquid you should be able to take when you get home. I found Centrum liquid at Wal-Mart. It's more expensive than pills, but it's only for a few weeks. There are also some liquid calciums that are a bit on the thick side, but will mix well with a couple of ounces of juice to help them go down easier. As far as pills, check with your Dr.

[Sassygirl06 962]

you can take gummy vitamins by day 3....if you can manage to tolerate them....just suck on them until they are disolved.

[Vixkey 40]

Thank you

[made2beme 119]

I started taking my chewables the day after I got home on day 6. But, I also have other medication I had to start up again while still in the hospital....although I did cut one in 1/2 for a few days I never had any trouble getting them down.

Still will take chewable Vitamins for a while though because those do tend to be larger if in pill form.

[LzL 9]

pills are many times too large, even several weeks post-op. So if you don't have gummies or liquid, what I've done is mill them in my coffee grinder. I take a multiple, calicum and a B-complex. I also take prescription meds and I just grind them all and add it to a tablespoon SF applesauce. Goes down smooth and you don't have to worry about them not being absorbed into your system.

[fluffylibra30 323]

I was told to wait 2 weeks when I started purees. Some chewies are hard on a new tummy.

[Briannasmom 7]

My doctor told me to start at 2 weeks and to have flinstone chewables.< /p>

[Guest deleted_user]

I ordered a chewable Multivitamin by O-Purity and it was gigantic! Didn't taste that great either. Tried One A Day gummies today (almost 2 weeks post-op), chewed them pretty well and they went down okay.