post surgery vitamens

I am a new member, found this searching net for info on post op vitamens...my surgery date is end of april and blood work about 2 weeks prior to that, I am going down to the states and want to look at purchasing some of my supply down there to save on some costs, from what i have been reading, im going to require a multivitamin, calcium citrate, B complex, B12, and iron.....plus possibly anything else that comes up in the blood work, are those about right? do i need to add anything else? suggestions would be great...

 

yours truly...excited and nervous all rolled into one!!!!!

Much depends on what procedure you plan on having.

I am having the gastric bypass

Here you go then:  http://www.gblcreations.com/Resources/Gina/ProgramPRNY2-201 0.pdf

 

Here's what the ASMBS says you should start with:

A multi with 100% of the RDA of most nutrients.  Take two a day.  Stay away from kids' vitamins and gummy vitamins, because those will not have what you need.  Even though Flintstones says “complete” on the bottle, they really are not complete but are missing a number of important things.  The ASMBS  recommends a multi with iron.  If you take a multi with no iron, you’ll need additional iron at a separate time.  They say to start your multi as soon as you get home from the hospital.

1500-2000 mg calcium citrate.  Make sure it's citrate, not carbonate.  That means no Caltrate and no Viactiv.  They say you can wait up to one month to start your calcium – not that you should wait, just that you can.

54-63 mg iron for menstruating women (18-27 mg PLUS 18 mg twice a day in your multi, if you use a multi with iron).  36 mg a day for people that do not menstruate.  We absorb carbonyl iron better than ferrous sulfate.  Ferrous sulfate will also make you constipated.  They say to start your iron as soon as you get home from the hospital.

B12.  You can use a sublingual, 350-500 mcg per day, nasal spray once a week, or shots once a month.  Unless your labs show you need more.  They say you can wait up to three months to start your B12 – not that you should wait, just that you can.

They say a B complex is optional.

Many people also need D3 so you should get your vitamin D level to find out if you do.  Don’t bother with the prescription vitamin D, because it’s D2 and in oil so we will absorb very little of it.  Everyone needs D3 and post ops need “dry” D3, not in oil.

Thank u so much