I was wondering if anybody have any issues swallowing medication that are pills after surgery. I am pre-op and I struggle as it is with pill especially the big vitamins and I was wondering will this get worst after surgery.

For me personally, when first coming out of surgery, smaller gel encapsulated pills were pretty easy for me to get down. By 3 months post op, I was able to swallow any sized pill. Now I take even the huge fish oil pills with no problem. I know it varies from person to person, because many people are over 1 year post op and still have a hard time swallowing pills. I got easier for me however, the more i tried to get them down. Hope this helps!

I was told not to take any pills for a while after surgery so I didnt try but now I can take a handful of vitamins and other meds with no problem at all. Good luck!

I am just into my 1week of recovery and I had on hand large vitamins I couldn't deal with so I went out and bought Centrum chewables for adults (not gummies) and they seem to work better for now.

I was wondering if anybody have any issues swallowing medication that are pills after surgery. I am pre-op and I struggle as it is with pill especially the big Vitamins and I was wondering will this get worst after surgery.

I was cuttin up n crushing pills until this past friday...yesterday was 6wks po for me...i was afraid of them gettin stuck

I'm just starting my 3rd week post-op and I can swallow the tiny pills. The bigger ones I cut into a size where I can swallow them. I tried crushing them and it was just NASTY LOL, so I had to make it so I could swallow them. I order the specialty bariatric supplements online, so they are all chewable...