Hi everyone,

It had been 16 days since my sugery (May 12th). Most of the pains are gone now. I guess lately i've been feeling the runner's stitch pain (?) on the left side of my stomach.

I was wondering, since I have the band now. From now on would I have to find some sort of liquid medications for everything? Or could I still take regular meds (Let's say Tylenol), do I have to cut it up? How big is too big? I would hate to have medicine get stuck!

Also, what kind of Vitamins are everyone taking? I've been taking the chewable type, it's not that bad, actually tastes a bit like candy...

I am not sure about this either. I think it just depends on your stoma size and how restricted you are. I take zoloft, and the first day I dissolved it in water and drank that. That was so nasty, I decided I would give swallowing the pill a shot. I broke it in half so it was smaller, and swallowed each piece separately. I am hardly restricted so this works fine for now. I am not sure what I am going to be doing in the future when I get a fill. As for vitamins, I bought Centrum liquid, but it doesnt seem to have the variety as my One-a-Day Women's that I took before surgery. I think I am going to start crushing those and mixing them with yogurt or applesauce in a few days.

Has anyone heard of a liquid Ibuprofen that is not for kids?

I have headaches pretty much daily & am allergic to Tylenol products.

I think my advil tablet got stuck tonight, so I am hoping to find another option.

Before banding, I took Calcium-Magnesium 'horse pills'. My husband found that in liquid form for me today.

I am taking the chewable Flinstone vitamins, because I don't like the generic adult chewable vitamins I found. *yuck*

I take centrum chewable, but I did take the liquid centrum before that. I don't care about the taste, it's a vitamin, I need it, I take it.

i take viactiv- Multivitamin & Calcium, chewable Fiber choice, folic acid- really little Vitamin, and i take my hair,skin, & nails from gnc- i cut that up.

what i am looking for now is chewable Iron pills that won't taste nasty. is there such a thing? i know i can google it, but anyone tried any? suggestions?

i take viactiv- multivitamin & calcium, chewable fiber choice, folic acid- really little Vitamin, and i take my hair,skin, & nails from gnc- i cut that up.

what i am looking for now is chewable Iron pills that won't taste nasty. is there such a thing? i know i can google it, but anyone tried any? suggestions?

umm.. the word "chewable" and "iron pills" shouldn't be in the same sentence... sorry to say this but that sounds yucky.

I went on Sam's club website and was able to find a bunch of liquid Vitamins. it might tastes better if you could find iron supplements in a form of liquid!

Good luck!

Thanks everyone for postings!

you can contact your local natropath and they can hook you up with liquid multivitamin that is a much higher quality then childrens chewables or even a local health food store. I put mine in a small breakfast smoothie along with flax seed oil and fish oil,sounds gross but it is seriously good for you and camoflauged well with blueberries!

what i am looking for now is chewable Iron pills that won't taste nasty. is there such a thing? i know i can google it, but anyone tried any? suggestions?

I find that my iron pills are tiny enough to swallow. So are my insomnia & ulcer pills.

I solved my ibuprophen problem by using my pill crusher. I just turn it enough so the pills crack into 5-6 pieces. Those go down fine.

thanks love!! i'll go to gnc this weekend & see what sizes they have.

i didn't know those iron pills were small enough! cool:biggrin2:

I take a generic form of chewable Centrum and while it's not my favorite thing, it's not that bad. I do use liquid Tylenol and I've been crushing my Zoloft and allergy med in a pill crusher and eating it w/a couple spoonfuls of applesauce...if I don't do it just right I get that bitter taste and just have a little more applesauce to make it go away.

The thing I'm wondering is....I've been really pissy lately and at times I see the bad attitude I had before I started taking anti depressents. I'm not sure if I'm getting my full doses of Zoloft like I should by crushing it. I'm considering asking my Dr if there is a liquid form of that or maybe just uping my dose a little bit. It did cross my mind that I may be missing the caffiene from the Diet Cokes I no longer drink and it's turning me into a bitch, lol!