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SlieveMishAmy    42

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Hi there, feeling FANTASTIC after 12th sept sleeve. I have particular Vitamins that I want to take which are powder in capsule, any tips how to take them? I mixed them in cottage cheese one day, wasn't particularly nice. Any tips on how to down them? Maybe just add to my daily Protein smoothie? I love pulse-in whey mixed with a raw coconut milk from "rebel kitchen" here in the UK. All advice welcome.

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XmeghannstarX    43

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Hi there, feeling FANTASTIC after 12th sept sleeve. I have particular Vitamins that I want to take which are powder in capsule, any tips how to take them? I mixed them in cottage cheese one day, wasn't particularly nice. Any tips on how to down them? Maybe just add to my daily Protein smoothie? I love pulse-in whey mixed with a raw coconut milk from "rebel kitchen" here in the UK. All advice welcome.


Not sure how far out you are but I have a kids multi Vitamin with Iron that is chewable and then I do a Biotin and B12 both sublingual (melt under your tounge) the only one that was hard for me at first was the Calcium pills since they are big to swallow! So I bought Bariatric Advantage chewable ones and eat 2 twice a day- separate from the first 3 I take in the morning as iron and calcium won’t absorb together as well. Hope it helps!


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XmeghannstarX    43

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Not sure how far out you are but I have a kids multi Vitamin with Iron that is chewable and then I do a Biotin and B12 both sublingual (melt under your tounge) the only one that was hard for me at first was the Calcium pills since they are big to swallow! So I bought Bariatric Advantage chewable ones and eat 2 twice a day- separate from the first 3 I take in the morning as iron and calcium won’t absorb together as well. Hope it helps!




Sorry just reread your question. Can you swallow the capsules or are they just too big? My doctor let me start swallowing pills maybe 2 weeks after surgery so I did pretty normal pill size at that point- took a bit longer for big ones..


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SlieveMishAmy    42

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I'm 10 days out so scared to swallow it. Will try at 2 weeks. Did the cottage cheese thing again just now it's horrible!! @XmeghannstarX

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Kathytej    134

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I am taking most of my Vitamin as gummies, but I am transition to BariMelts, those gummies got me tired. I've already got the B12, Iron and the Calcium, by next month I will change the Vitamin D and Multivitamin.< /p>

I use the crushers for the gall bladder med, I take it with Apple sauce unsweetened. And the stomach pill is not to big so I take that one with Water. My vsg was on 9/6.

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SlieveMishAmy    42

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i've taken to opening the capsule and mixing the contents with Water. i hate it, but i'm sure it won't be long before i can just swallow the Vitamin pal. thanks everyone for your replies.

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On 9/22/2017 at 1:23 PM, SlieveMishAmy said:

I'm 10 days out so scared to swallow it. Will try at 2 weeks. Did the cottage cheese thing again just now it's horrible!! @XmeghannstarX

Try apple sauce if you are allowed. I had to nix my multi Vitamin I wanted but couldn't do it. Found a Gummy and just chew it forever. You might be able to finds a liquid multi you can take with a dropper if you are inclined. The Biotin, B12, and Calcium are dissoluble/sublingual and livable. I did test those three pre-surgery so I knew they were fine and not nasty.

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