Supplements after surgery

[smilergem]

Hi everyone
Am off to the doctors shortly, and not sure which supplements to ask her to prescribe for after the op. I know there is some sort of multi vitamin, and would be grateful for anyone to advise me of any others I need.
Thanks in advance

 

[RoseA]

Jan - when I was discharged from hospital on Monday I was given a carrier bag full of meds - some of which are vitamins and the labels indicated which ones needed to be prescribed further by my GP.

 

[ladylite]

Jan - when I was discharged from hospital on Monday I was given a carrier bag full of meds - some of which are vitamins and the labels indicated which ones needed to be prescribed further by my GP.

Cor lucky you Rosa I went private and i never got anything like that and they didnt even include the dissolvable pain killers.

I was told to take a multi vitamin tab and the OH has bought me some Bassetts Soft and Chewy with blueberry and lycopen, whatever that is,and they are lush and go down really well. One thing after the op you are give so many meds you feel that you are taking them all day.

Do the doctors actually prescribe the vitamins??????? I thought you had to buy them yourself.

 

[galm37]

Multi vits are prescribed by some doctors but not all. All my meds are on prescription.

The multi vit I'm on is forceval, it's an inch long capsule (red), bit daunting when you see them but I can take them ok now.

Also discharged with
Ferrous Fumarate 210 mg x 2 a day (iron)
Adcal D3 x 2 a day (calcium & vit D3)
Lansoprazole 30 mg x 2 a day (ant-acid)

All the above I've been told i need to take for the rest of my life. I think they are fairly standard meds for bypass patients, although some my have slightly different brands etc.

 

[moomingirl]

Hi everyone
Am off to the doctors shortly, and not sure which supplements to ask her to prescribe for after the op. I know there is some sort of multi vitamin, and would be grateful for anyone to advise me of any others I need.
Thanks in advance

hi have emailed you a copy of what Karen sent me to give to the docs tells you all the meds for before and after. they like you to start the vits a month before surgery.

 

[seawaves]

Hey Jan, i got given a list when i went to meet Mr Mahon, i'm back off to work in a minute but if you want me to dig it out i will.......its in a safe place at the moment ha ha so could take me a while to find it Em xx

 

[liannos]

hi Ive just been to the Dr and got all that I'm taking Bassett's Soft and Chewy Multivitamins With Minerals & Prebiotic Nutrients, calcichew d3 forte, zoton, and my depression pill's in liquid form im going to be full of med's and not food lol

 

[smilergem]

Thanks everyone for your replies, very useful xxxx

 

[SCOOBYDOOBYDOO]

So strange what different hospitals and different G.P's will or won't prescribe.
The hospital sent me home with dissolvable pain meds, blood thinning jabs for a week, anti sickness tabs for a week and fastabs for reflux to be continued by my G.P.
When I rang my G.P for my sick note i was told that she was not allowed to prescribe vitamins and just to buy them.
I have also started taking the boots own hair, skin and nails supplement to hopefully reduce hair loss but we'll see about that! x

 

[teen]

I have all my meds on script Calsium, fasttab and vits

 

[gaelic girl]

I went privately too but i was discharged with forceval(vitamins) ferrous fumerate(iron), calcichew and lansoprazole. I added vit B complex from boots and skin,hair and nails tablets also from boots. I continue to get my tablets except the last two all on script xx

 

[smilergem]

Thanks again everyone. I have been taking silica 2500 for a few months now, in the hope that my hair won't fall out too much after the op.
When I saw the GP yesterday she just said that the hospital will tell them what to give me on my discharge notes, so she will prescribe them then.

 

[seawaves]

Hey Jan, i've been taking the silica the one thing i like about myself is my hair lol!!
What i'm thinking is how do we manage to take all these vits won't we get full?! Em xx

 

[Fat Again]

I went private and was given a big bag full of meds. When I told my doctor that I had to continue on some of them for life, he refused to prescribe me them, saying they cost too much money.

I buy Forceval on Amazon, but the other stuff, i.e. calcium and Lansoprazole I haven't been taking, I don't even know if I can buy them over the counter ?

Am I doing myself damage by nothing these I wonder ?

 

[salski]

Im on the same as Gail for life x