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According to the material my surgery team gave "once you are home from the hospital start with one chewable mutlivitamin per day". Centrum makes a pretty complete chewable with Iron. I am actually using the PatchMD Vitamin Patches bought at the online store on this site, but I don't think that is necessary.

http://www.centrum.com/centrum-chewables

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The first 2 weeks I was exhausted all the time. I started taking my Vitamins once I was home. Make sure you're drinking your 64oz and getting in your Protein. This also will help with the energy.

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My packet says to start Vitamins as soon as I get home :) my program recommends the chewable vitamins for at least a month. My place has their own line of Vitamins and protein- called Journey- and they just reformed their vitamins to be capsules that can be opened. I wasn't sure how I would tolerate chewing the fruity vitamins, so now I'll be able to just open the capsule and sprinkle the Vitamin into whatever

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I am 10 days post op and I am finding myself to feel worn out at times. Even if it's after taking a shower. I am wondering if anyone can tell me how soon after surgery can you start taking chewable Vitamins?

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My surgeon said one month after so I would call my surgeon's office and ask.

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