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Feeling sick

I am 3 weeks into having my surgery I am constantly feeling sick. I find taking my medication the worst. Last night i actually vomited after taking my night meds and constantly having heart burn

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49 minutes ago, jjenclarke said:

I am 3 weeks into having my surgery I am constantly feeling sick. I find taking my medication the worst. Last night i actually vomited after taking my night meds and constantly having heart burn

Acid Reflux / Heart Burn is excessively common with the sleeve. Issues with medication aren't unheard of either, esp only 3 weeks out of surgery. Have you called and spoken with your surgical team about these issues yet?

33 minutes ago, jjenclarke said:

I have spoken with the Bariatric Nurse and I am waiting on a prescription to address the present situation. Let’s hope this one works

Thanks

Good luck!

I'm having the same problem. I'm also 3 weeks post op and i'm nauseous every day, all day. I cant stand taking my vitamins, I usually throw them up soon after. I was prescribed reglan which has helped a little with vomiting but not with nausea. Good luck!

I switched to Tespo bariatric vitamins. It’s a very fine powder you mix with water or juice and it’s been the only vitamins I can keep down. Maybe a vitamin you can mix like this one or a liquid would be easier for you to keep down? Hope it gets better for you both.

Tomorrow is 10 weeks post op for me and I had a bad sick day yesterday with nausea and just feeling ill. This was my fault as I know that I cannot tolerate coffee with skim milk. It is the milk and not the coffee. I also still have a hard time taking meds/vitamins. Everyone says it will get better. Today is a much better day so you have to know that it does eventually get better.

I have switched to almond milk lattes. They don't upset my stomach. I also found if I eat more quickly I am nauseous. If I eat very slowly, I don't get sick. I make sure to take my vitamins (barimelts are my favorite) right after I eat so I'm not taking them on an empty stomach.

I feel like I've been on some sort of "trial run" of vitamins since my surgery because they seem to cause such severe nausea that I can't function well. Thankfully, no vomiting, but I just feel like cr*p after I take some of them. You didn't list your meds, but it could be as simple as your vitamins causing the nausea.

Heartburn: sleeved patients have a higher incidence of heartburn. I started getting it about 3 or 4 weeks post op. I take Nexium and that seems to keep it controlled.

Talk to your doctor about both issues.

1 hour ago, RoxyFox87 said:

I'm having the same problem. I'm also 3 weeks post op and i'm nauseous every day, all day. I cant stand taking my Vitamins, I usually throw them up soon after. I was prescribed reglan which has helped a little with vomiting but not with nausea. Good luck!

When you get to the point where you can swallow pills again, you may want to consider a capsule vs a chewable. I take ProCare Health 1x per day tablet with iron. With chewables, you have to take multiple times per day. Whereas, I take this at night, only one capsule. Its just like prenatal vitamins, where they recommend to take at night, if it causes nausea. I take my calcium/vitamin d tabs in the AM.

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I used to take the ProCare Multivitamin with Iron chewable, but it was messing with me big time. I would chew the tablet and then within minutes start sneezing. One time, the sneezing stopped and I threw up the vitamin.

I have purchased the same in capsule form. Will start taking that on Wednesday when I am cleared for capsules.

Most other pills, Depakote, Lisinopril and Atorvastatin, go down fine. Depakote burns sometimes so I have to eat cottage cheese or something.

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When you get to the point where you can swallow pills again, you may want to consider a capsule vs a chewable. I take ProCare Health 1x per day tablet with iron. With chewables, you have to take multiple times per day. Whereas, I take this at night, only one capsule. Its just like prenatal vitamins, where they recommend to take at night, if it causes nausea. I take my calcium/vitamin d tabs in the AM.
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Do you like this vitamin? I thought about getting it but I lot of people said it tasted bad and they had trouble swallowing it? I'm curious as you your findings? I'm vitamin hopping at the moment cuz I can't find ones that work and I don't want to be taking 10 pills a day.

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