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I just got my pre-surgery packet in the mail and it says I must start taking 325mg of iron asap, everyday until surgery. Anyone else have to do that?

I didn't nor was it even mentioned. The only thing I took pre-surgery was methedol (or something like that) which was a steroid to keep the swelling down.

I do know that iron does help in the production of red blood cells; I also read that is can help fight off any surgical infection, but you should be getting blasted with medicine post surgery for this anyways.

It wasn't mentioned to me either.

The only thing they mentioned was to stay away from aspirin or ibuprofen for a week prior to the surgery, as they potentially thin your blood.

Laundraholic wrote:The only thing they mentioned was to stay away from aspirin or ibuprofen for a week prior to the surgery, as they potentially thin your blood.

Odd, because I was instructed to take ibuprofen every 6-8 hours for pain and inflamation.

I wasn't told to take iron before surgery, but I did get a list of things not to take before surgery. My OS did recommend that I take a multivitamin with iron after surgery, though, because I had lost a lot of blood and was pretty weak.

Nope. Just vitamin C in the weeks prior to keep from getting a cold.

I was told to do that because of the loss of blood that can happen during surgery....and because I gave my own blood before surgery in case of a blood transfusion.

asmileconnectsus wrote:I was told to do that because of the loss of blood that can happen during surgery....and because I gave my own blood before surgery in case of a blood transfusion.

Yep, that makes sense. I am giving blood also. Thank you!