Any tips, suggestions or recommendations on the best way to take meds post-op?

Unless you have really large pills, and assuming you can sip Water, there should not be a problem. I took advil in tablet form. True, you have some swelling post-op, but you still have a passage / opening that is about the size of a 50-cent piece. You can also cut pills in half if you are worried about them.

I use the Flintstones chewable Vitamins because the initial vitamins I bought were gi-normous.