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Do you start Vitamins immediately when you get home from the hospital? I came home yesterday and feel pretty yucky so have been focusing on trying to get Water in before worrying about vitamins....

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My NUT says no Vitamins the first two weeks. Focus is on hydration. She says your stomach needs to heal a lot more than your body needs vitamins for two weeks.

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My Doc had me wait a week before starting Vitamins.< /p>

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My surgeon's team told me not to worry about Vitamins for a couple of weeks to just work on getting in fluids and some Protein. :)

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Every surgeon/NUT are different. I had to start the day I got home. Just focusing fluids and protien. You will start to feel better.

Do you start Vitamins immediately when you get home from the hospital? I came home yesterday and feel pretty yucky so have been focusing on trying to get Water in before worrying about vitamins....

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Indeed. Mine had me start chewables right after surgery. Don't tell my surgeon, but I keep forgetting them! I'm going to have to get in a routine to remember 3 Calcium, 1 multi, 2 actigal, & 1 antacid (can't remember the name). I'm not really used to taking medicine other then my 1 a day blood pressure.

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I've decided to treat my Vitamins as a snack. 4 chewable Calcium w/vit. D, one multi Vitamin plus a Vit. B sublingual. I put them in a baggy and during the day when i feel the need to chew, they're right there! (I'm only on 1st week puree).today was the first day I got all my Protein and my vitamins in in days! Hey, they're not chocolates but they are sweet!

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