Question:
What should I have at home

I am having my surgery one week from today. I have not received a list of what vitamin/minerals/supplements that I should start taking right after surgery. Also I have not been told what my final pre-op blood work is going to be, how long does this appointment take? Any input please!!    — tigerpaws (posted on July 4, 2003)

July 4, 2003
My surgery is in 32 days, I have my pre-op testing schedule for July 28th and a teaching day scheduled for July 29th, my pre-op visit with the surgeon scheduled for August 1st and surgery August 6th. The nurse told me that pre-op testing is usually, but not always, about one or two weeks before surgery. If you surgery is only one week away, you should have a pre-op testing day scheduled. I think you need to call the surgeons office on Monday, and find out what is going to happen with you pre-op testing, when is it, and find out if they profide a teaching class, so that you can learn about minerals/vits/protein. Sounds like someone in the surgeons office dropped the ball. I would call them.
   — cindy

July 4, 2003
My surgeons office breifly went over the vitamins in my consult but after surgery when i went back in for a post-op visit he told me then what vitamins I would be taking. Most surgeons don't start you on all that stuff directly out of surgery. They have a timetable for certain things to be added. They did want me to start taking chewable multi vits pre-op. Check with their office on Monday. If you have had everything done but your final blood work, they willdo that right before your surgery. Like a day or two before. Good luck!!!!
   — Delores S.