2 Weeks till surgery and still need to get vitamins and protein powder

So I'm officially 2 weeks out today!!  Yay!  I started my pre-op diet yesterday.  The diet consists of low carb (less than 30 g) and high protein (70 g or more).  So far I'm doing good.  But it's only been 2 days. LOL.  Anyway I started to panic a little when I realized that I need to read the packet my surgeon's office gave me.  It mentions the need for vitamins and supplements (protein powder).  I have not purchased either of these yet.  I remember going to celebrate.com and signing up to receive free sample vitamins, but those have never arrived.  Any idea where else I can get vitamins and protein powder?  I'm not even entirely sure what protein powder even means?  Is it flavored protein powder? 

And lastly another silly question.  I understand that I will need chewable pills post op.  What about birth control pills?? At the time this was addressed I had an IUD in, which has since been taken out due to complications.  Any ideas about that??

Diana, Congrats and best wishes. I had preop today and surgery is Monday morning. This is what I found out about protein and Vitamins. My dr does not have us start vitamins until after our 1st post op check up. usually 1-4 weeks out. so we have to buy them but we need calcium 1,000-1,500 mg daily(calcium citrate is the easiest to digest) he suggests all be chewable or liquid, a multivitamin that contains at least 5-10 mg of Thiamin(B1). 60 mg of iron daily and 500mg of b-12 sublingual (under the tongue) once a week or 1000 mg injected monthly. Protein- 60-80 grams daily. They suggest getting some that disolves eaily in water and sip it through out the day in the beginning. as far as birth control. Thats a question for your physician. I had a hystorectomy so I do not have to worry about birth control. Good Luck!

Good luck with you pre op diet...i am in the same place.  I know that my physician said that all oral birth control needed to stop a month before surgery and could not be started until a month after the procedure due to possibly blood clotting, so it looks like birth control is the old way with a condom and spermicide.  :) I wish you well with everything.  Wish me luck too...I am not very discipline.