I was told by surgeon not to swallow pills whole until 3 months out. When I had one of my post op appointments he said go ahead and try swallowing the capsule that was beyond bitter. I was about 2 months out then. One night I did and got an excruciating pain below chest, radiating to stomach and back, just like a gallbladder attack, except I do not have a gallbladder. It lasted abut 2 hours. spoke with the on call doc, he said sounded like pills got stuck g back to crushing them. I am now almost 4 months out and have been swallowing my pills for about a month. last night, i got that excruciating pain again. This time lasted about an hour. I had not overeaten for Thanksgiving, was very proud of what and how much I ate. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this, pain, stuck pills, anything. I messaged my doc this AM, but do not even know if they are open today. So for today I am mostly doing liquids and very soft stuff like yogurt and cottage cheese.

When I had my gallbladder out, my surgeon at the time told me it is possible to get stones again after it's gone and the pain would be like a gall bladder pain but less severe. Something about they would take a tube and go down the throat and suck them out. It's been 13+ yrs now so it's hard to remember the exact details, but you might want to talk to your doctor about it.

I guess everyone and every doc is different....I was taking my pills the evening of my surgery (in hospital)...no problems...wasn;t taking my usual handful however...I am 6 months out and back to taking my many many pills again with no issues, never had any trouble. Everyone is different sorry yuou had all that trouble, hope it all gets better soon xx

Thanks guys, I guess I will stick to very small pieces or crushing. I cannot take the chewable Vitamins any longer either, they are so sweet they upset me. The past 2 days I am trying the Vitamin patch, and for the rest I will crush in some liquid or applesauce.

You also could have a structure forming so call your doc who may order you an upper GI. If it's the same pill that does it every time and it never happens with any of the others then see if there is any alternative to that particular pill, formula, or capsule etc.