Gotta stop my multi-vitamins for 4 weeks!

On Sept 29 I am having my nasty cyst removed my head. And as many of you know...head wounds BLEED! lol. So I have to stop my vitamins, fish oil or vitamin E 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after. Has anyone had to do this? Did you get tired or rundown.  Did it have any effect on how you felt. I even called the surgeons office and she was pretty much, "you got to do what you gotta do. "

Hi Melissa,

I just had total knee replacement in June.  I had to stop my fish oil and lets see, what else did I have to stop.  I didn't notice any difference in how I felt and they let me go back after 4 weeks.  Don't sweat it, it will pass quickly and you'll be right back to taking it.  Don't forget you have "stores" in your body of vitamins and iron. 

Mari

 yeah i can understand that ....  a lot of vitamins are blood thinners and make U bleed MORE  .  Take lots after the surgery just to help ya heal , particularly C .  

Good luck !! 

I don't have any experience with anything like this, but wanted to say good luck!

They told me no vitamin E or strange herbal supplements but that normal vitamins were fine. Since I don't take fish oil, I don't remember if that was one of the ones they mentioned or not.

--gina

I am not familiar with the relation with vitamins and surgery but I can tell you that I couldn't take any vitamins for the bowel prep sunday for my surgery monday and today is the first day I've been able to take my vitamins. I feel run down...but probably a combo with the procedure and the mind playing tricks on me that I've been off the routine 3 days. 

I wish you a speedy recovery as well my friend!! :) 

hijack - welcome back!

Thank you