Question about Vites
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on 3/24/11 2:51 pm
on 3/24/11 2:51 pm
I started slowly adding vites, 1 new pill every couple of days, at about 2 weeks out. It took me a while to work up to the full schedule & I had some setbacks with severe constipation and needing to track down the culprit. In the beginning, I basically took a pill an hour it seemed, as each one went down hard & took a while to settle. By 2.5 months out, I was on the full schedule & taking handfuls all at once.
Just go slow so you can tell if one particular vite causes you issue & so you don't make yourself miserable and sick by taking on too much at once. Your body has good reserves for about 2-3 months, so you can take some time to get there, no worries.
I think it is AWESOME that you are already adding vites, and give you big props for that! Just remember, fluids are top priority now, then protein, then vites. If your vites give you an upset stomach or jeopardize your fluids or 30g of protein, then it's OK to slow down on them for a little bit to heal up some more.
Hope your recovery is going well, and welcome to the Dark Side (officially!)
Just go slow so you can tell if one particular vite causes you issue & so you don't make yourself miserable and sick by taking on too much at once. Your body has good reserves for about 2-3 months, so you can take some time to get there, no worries.
I think it is AWESOME that you are already adding vites, and give you big props for that! Just remember, fluids are top priority now, then protein, then vites. If your vites give you an upset stomach or jeopardize your fluids or 30g of protein, then it's OK to slow down on them for a little bit to heal up some more.
Hope your recovery is going well, and welcome to the Dark Side (officially!)
Hi Andrea.
Congrats on your surgery. I am a fellow Abington patient.. Didn't the PA go over the schedule before you were discharged? I was told to start my calcium, iron, actigall 2 weeks after surgery and to start vits the day I came home.. If you have any questions, the ladies here are great. There are also alot of Abington ladies here too.
Good Luck
Kathy
Hey Andrea,
You want to try to get in the vitamins in now. It is very important to start them as soon as you entered the puree phase. Also make sure you take the actigall and pepcid too. I know it is going to be hard to get all of it in but just remember sip, sip, sip and walk, walk, walk. Let me know how you liked the protein shake? It was nice to see you the other night. Take care of yourself and you can always ask me anything.
Have a great weekend,
Denise
You want to try to get in the vitamins in now. It is very important to start them as soon as you entered the puree phase. Also make sure you take the actigall and pepcid too. I know it is going to be hard to get all of it in but just remember sip, sip, sip and walk, walk, walk. Let me know how you liked the protein shake? It was nice to see you the other night. Take care of yourself and you can always ask me anything.
Have a great weekend,
Denise
Stelisa is my angel 
Hey Andrea,
Those BA vites are not going to work for you long term. Start checking now into VitaLady's plan for the DS and start ordering what you will need from her and picking up others at your local stores.
Also check to see if those BA vites have sugar alcohols in them. I started on them also, and had terrible gas that resolved A LOT when I stopped taking them.
~Becky
Those BA vites are not going to work for you long term. Start checking now into VitaLady's plan for the DS and start ordering what you will need from her and picking up others at your local stores.
Also check to see if those BA vites have sugar alcohols in them. I started on them also, and had terrible gas that resolved A LOT when I stopped taking them.
~Becky
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