Taking Vits while in hosp

Well, Im scheduled to have my hysterectomy in a few weeks.  Will be in the hospital 2 -3 days.   Do I pack my Vits to take with me?   I wouldnt think the hosp will supply me with my vits ..... only my Synthroid.    Thoughts?    Advice?    Cindy

If you want them I think you'd have to supply them.  After my hysterectomy I was on so much pain medication that I probably wouldn't have remembered to take them. 

I LOVE my hysterectomy now!!!!  No more periods and no move cramps....YEAH!!!

Thanks Roz.   Im super strict about taking my Vits and the thought of me having to skip them for even a day or 2 scares me.   Cindy

Cindy, skipping them for a day or two is not going to hurt your levels. Just make sure you get right back in the routine of taking them once home. If you do want to take them with you, do so but remember, if you don't take them while there, don't panic. Liz

I know what you mean.  It doesn't take much for me to "wonder" away from my schedule. 

Take them with you.

Hospitals will give you vitamins but they may not have the right things.  For instance, when I was in the hospital with pneumonia, they wanted to give me calcium carbonate and they did not have sublingual B12.

Kelly

Hospitals may give them to you if the doctor tells them to, but it will cost more, and probably won't be ther right kind, and I wouldn't expect them to do it without a special order to do it. I don't think a few days of missing would hurt, but if I were you, I'd take them with me. Just clear it with your doctor. I know before surgery I've had to stop taking my multi because of the E I believe, but I could start back right after. On a side note, When I had my plastics, I brought a suitcase of protien drinks with me to supplement the horrible hospital food that did not meet my nutritional needs. I just poured them over ice. I am very glad I did. Protien also promotes healing, so my doctor had me raise the amount of protien I was taking in while I healed. I tend to get very nauseated after surgeries, so protien drinks came in extra handy when the bad hospital food tasted extra bad due to my nausea.