Vitamins and supplements

Hi Mark,

Any supplement drinks can be on prescription and now they should be free so no need to spend money. Take advice from your consultant and dietitian as I was told to stop taking multi vitamins during chemo.

They will give you the best advice for your situation as everyone is different.

What I would advise is to eat as well as you can before treatment and build yourself up, you will lose weight.

All the best and good luck

Thanks hull thanks for reply  Iv completed my treatment  but not with the nhs  so after care isn’t as readily available . I was told to take multivitamins but I know some on here have b12  injections and iron tablets . 

Hi Mark,

I just take one a day multivitamins, D3, plus iron tablets from the docs and a three monthly injection of B12 from the docs too.

That's only my recommended after care because my cancer was low down and required a two thirds removal of my stomach. This obviously means that the remaining stomach cannot extract these substances in sufficient amounts.

I would think if they don't touch your stomach this would be different. They'll tell you at hospital after surgery so don't worry about it.

Best regards

Geo

I had a couple of iron infusions during treatment and put on vit D and B12 but this was stopped when treatment ended.

My dietician advised I take a over the counter multivitamin, I choose a chewable one, and she wrote to my GP and asked that I have blood tests every 3 months to check if I need any other supplements.  So far I have been fine.

Hi Mark

1. My husband has recently had his Operation and the hospital have advised a daily suplement in tablet form for life long. A supermarket own brand of A-Z multivitamin and minerals I got some in Tesco) another example was Sanatogen A-Z Complete. Hope this helps. 

Hi Mark, 

I was prescribed forceval tablets post-op. Mine was squamous cell at the oesophageal stomach junction so only a third of my stomach was removed and they said this wouldn’t cause pernicious anaemia so B12 injection not needed.Hope you are doing okay

All the best!