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Okay, by now ya'll know I go for the dramatic titles. LOL

I am curious to know -- from those who are months or more post-op, can you take pills/tablets/capsules/caplets/gelcaps.

I'm by no means a junkie, and expect to be taking fewer and fewer prescriptions the more I lose. But just HATE those liquid Vitamins, etc. and want to know if and when I'll be able to handle something else.

I mean -- HEY!! it got me off meds quickly -- if I was popping pain pills, I'd probably be still having a few and just spending some of this stage a little stoned....:eyebrows: But that disgusting syrup -- I really have to be hurting to be willing to take a dose of THAT gak.

So let me know where you are post-op/fill and what size pill you can handle.

Baby aspirin

Regular aspirin

Regular capsule

Horse pills!

I am almost a year out from surgery. Some people can take pills just fine after surgery, others have to crush them or cut them in half or thirds. I was never able to take big pills and taking Excedrin was even pushing it before surgery. I now cut most of my pills in half and don't have a problem taking them. It is trial and error to the size of pill you can take. With the vitamins, there are adult chewables, (GROSS) I started taking those and then read somewhere on here that taking two chewable childrens vitamins will do the same. The taste is a little better than the adult chewables.

I have 2cc's in a 4cc band. I have no trouble swallowing regular-sized capsules (slightly larger than a Tylenol quick-release capsule) and most pills. I take one larger pill that I split in half although I never attempted to swallow a whole one.

My Vitamins and Calcium are chewable and have a pleasant taste.

Look at you already down 6 pounds!! A lot of us left the hospital 10 pounds heavier than when we arrived because of an abundance of IV hydration. It took me 7 days to lose those bad boys!

I think I was up about 2.5 to 3 when I walked out of the hospital, but lost all of that within 24 hours.

I've always found it frustrating how your weight on the scales can fluctuate 2-5 lbs through out the day -- always rising by evening.

Right now the opposite is true.....I'm going to bed about a pound lighter than when I wake up! LOL

I know it won't last and the first of many plateaus looms just over the horizon, but its fun watching it now!

I don't take any chances with large pills, nothing worse than getting something like that stuck until it melts or goes away. I take normal size pills with out any problems. I cut up the larger size ones.

My Tricor 145mg caplet is about as big a pill as I can take. I had these jagundo horse caps of fish oil from my gynecologist that I totally gave up on post-surgery. I do chewable vitamins because most vitamins are horse pills too, though you could probably bust em in half. I still take about 6 pills every morning and I'm a good pill taker anyway and tend to take them several at a time....haven't had any problems.

I just bought the greens+ powder that you mix with water for a drink - it has a full slate of vitamins - and tastes OK - like koolaid

I have never experienced issues taking pills during any part of my post-band life. I wash mine down with a swig of water and although sometimes I can feel them actually plop on past the band I have yet to get one stuck. I take regular adult vitamins everyday. Everyone's different but they don't cause me any trouble at all.