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My insurance just approved my surgery. I am scheduled for next Wednesday 2/8 as it was tentatively scheduled at my first consult in September.

WHAT DO I DO NOW?

Started my liquid diet this morning... any tips? lol

Should i start a special Vitamin now? what Vitamins do you reccomend for after?

I have to tell my job obviously so i'm waiting to hear back from the surgeon but my plan is to go on disability a week or two and then work from home 4 weeks (i commute from NJ to manhattan so dont want to deal wiht that in winter)

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Congrats!

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Congrats! It’s an exciting journey. I used Celebrate Vitamins per my surgeons suggestion but they caused me extreme nausea so I just take a regular Gummy Vitamin twice daily along with a b complex vitamin and Vitamin D supplement. You’ll find what works for you! Main thing is you want to follow all of your surgeons guidelines.

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4 minutes ago, DTB583 said:

I was reading that it’s best not to do gummies at first so i wasn’t sure. Did you take anything before? Regular Vitamin?

I did the Celebrate chewable for the first month after surgery until the nausea was effecting my work. So then I switched to the Gummy Vitamin and got the okay from my dietitian. Some people do the flint stone chewable and that was okayed from my dietitian as well.

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CONGRATS. Celebrate Multi Complete chewables & Celebrate Calcium Soft Chews have been essential for me!

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Congratulations on your surgery date. 🎉 Check with your surgeon about what Vitamins to take. You have your own needs (which your blood test should show) & your surgeon will have recommendations of what others you should take & what formulation you should take them in - chews, capsules, Patches, …

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