Hi y’all!
I’m about 3 weeks post op and it’s been going pretty well. I did have a question - I have to take my meds with food but I need water to take them. How do I do that and still accomplish the not drinking with a meal? I’ve been trying to just do minimal sips. If I take without food I get really sick. Any advice?

This is a great question!
Are crackers enough? I always take my meds about 30 min after I eat but I don’t have to worry about eating when I take them.
I would definitely call your Dr to see what they suggest & then let us know what they say!

you could probably just take a small sip.

Definitely get the food in beforehand if you would be sick without that. Then swallow your meds with the minimum possible amount of water? It does get better really quickly I promise.

Thanks everyone! I’m gonna try food, meds with minimal water, rest of food and see if that works or not.

i just take a few sips when i take meds if i am going to eat soon after..

I would ask your doctor if taking it right when the thirty minutes after eating is up. i feel like the thirty minute window should be plenty close enough for it to still count as being close to when you ate. but im not a medical professional

I only worry about it with the multivitamin because I hear it makes a lot of people sick to take them on an empty stomach. (Even people who haven't had WLS) I have never risked it so I don't know if it would make me sick or not.

However, I drink a shake every morning for breakfast so I just take them with the shake.

Once in a while (usually a weekend) I eat an actual breakfast. So, about 10 min before I am going to eat I take the vitamins with just enough water to swallow them and then eat. This is a small enough time I don't think it would make you sick. But again, I never tried without food so I may just be one of those people that vitamins don't bother.

Sips should be fine, I was given sips the day of surgery and after even when I wasnt supposed to have liquids, the nurse said a sip to make it go down is good