January 5, 20179 yr OK so I decided I was going to take one of my ProCare vitamins. Not chewable! They are well over the size I'm suppose to take. I feel it stuck and uncomfortable. I'm scared to go to sleep!!! I'm 2 weeks post op!
January 5, 20179 yr You need to walk, don't drink Water, walk, walk walk, it will work it down. Sent from my SCH-I545 using the BariatricPal App
January 5, 20179 yr Break it in half and swallow a piece at a time Sent from my LG-K330 using the BariatricPal App
January 5, 20179 yr Author I feel much better after I walked all around my house last night!! I can't break this one in half. It's a capsule. I guess I need to put it in pudding something from now on. ???? Thanks everyone! Sent from my Z988 using the BariatricPal App
January 6, 20179 yr @@Bypass2017, great! can you switch out the pill to some drops or a chewable? Chewing a capsule sucks!
January 6, 20179 yr Author Someone told me to use Flintstone chewables but I'm not sure if that's got all I need in it? Plus I don't know that would taste any better to me either. I've been thinking of checking out the Vitamin Patches too. Sent from my Z988 using the BariatricPal App
January 6, 20179 yr @@Bypass2017, I heard the patches were not good to use. My doctor hasn't approved of it yet
January 6, 20179 yr Author I've heard that too. Was going to ask my doctor at my 1 month post op. Sent from my Z988 using the BariatricPal App
January 6, 20179 yr Hopefully soon you will be able to swallow a normal Vitamin. I think I did the chewables (centrum) until the bottle was empty and then my bariatric team told me to buy the generic Vitamins with added D3 from Walgreens. I was able to swallow them about 8 weeks post op. I still cannot swallow pills that are fat. I can swallow long capsules like tylenol but things like NyQuil liquicaps will get stuck on me so I buy most everything in skinny capsules or small pills. The only chewable I still do is my Calcium citrate which for me is one of the most critical vitamins as I am a bypass patient and had arthritis and bone problems long before I had bypass.
January 6, 20179 yr @@Bypass2017, I heard the Patches were not good to use. My doctor hasn't approved of it yet my doctor was fine with the patches and my 6 week blood test was all good. have another one coming up in April. I was low in Vitamin d in my pre-op test.
January 6, 20179 yr @@Travelher, ah man that's cool. I prefer the Patches because I won't have to eat it. I'm going to ask about using the patches again.
January 10, 20179 yr Dr. Told me you can open the Procare capsule and put it in your shake or food.It will go down better later.
OK so I decided I was going to take one of my ProCare vitamins. Not chewable! They are well over the size I'm suppose to take. I feel it stuck and uncomfortable. I'm scared to go to sleep!!!
I'm 2 weeks post op!