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Can you take pills after surgery? I hope to eventually get off my blood pressure med, but likely will still need my thyroid and my warfarin. That, and Vitamins seems like it'd fill my stomach.

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My doctor said that I didn't need to crush them if I could swallow them all right. I could, so never had to crush.

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I take all my pills but right after surgery They gave me liquid pain meds that was easier . but my blood pressure meds had to be dropped as my blood pressure went way low with them it is nice to not have that. but I take capsules for stool softeners and such . They go down but I can definitely feel them. I just keep sipping my liquids and they seam to go down ok

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crushed pills go down great in sugar free Cool Whip:) (if anyone needs a little help getting things down)

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11 hours ago, Creekimp13 said:

crushed pills go down great in sugar free Cool Whip:) (if anyone needs a little help getting things down)

You're just a new-age Mary Poppins, aren't you?

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I take multiple pills a day, and I haven't had any problems!

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I crushed my pills for the first 6 weeks, then I was cleared to swallow pills. I even found a bariatric Vitamin that I can swallow instead of chew.

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1 minute ago, AshAsh1 said:

I crushed my pills for the first 6 weeks, then I was cleared to swallow pills. I even found a bariatric Vitamin that I can swallow instead of chew.

Which Vitamin do you use?

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49 minutes ago, AshAsh1 said:

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Thank you, I'm so over the Flintstones!

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Thank you, I'm so over the Flintstones!

I think it’s pretty reasonably priced too. It’s $50 for a 90 day supply. My other chewable Bariatric Vitamins were $27 per month. And it’s only 1 pill a day vs trying to remember 4.

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But the Flintstones are so fun to take!

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I am definitely ordering these as soon as I get cleared for pills.< br>

Age: 37
Height: 5’6
BMI: 37
VSG: 4/16/18
GW: 160
MFP: Fit4LifeAR

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I am definitely ordering these as soon as I get cleared for pills.


Age: 37
Height: 5’6
BMI: 37
VSG: 4/16/18
GW: 160
MFP: Fit4LifeAR


Do you take Calcium separately? I know you can’t take Iron and calcium at the same time, so how does that work for you?


Age: 37
Height: 5’6
BMI: 37
VSG: 4/16/18
GW: 160
MFP: Fit4LifeAR

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10 hours ago, abefroman329 said:

But the Flintstones are so fun to take!

Except the purple ones!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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