Crushing Pills Question

I was wondering if I crush my calcium pills will my body still absorb them?  I only ask because I don't know if it is different for a post op than for a regular person whose body doesn't have malabsorption problems.

I asked my surgeon's nurse about this when I went for my checkup on Friday, and she said I can crush my calcium if I wanted to.  My body will still absorb it :)

now is it better to crush them? are you doing this because they are so big? I have been doing chewables but I found out they are not exactly what I need and now I have BIG pills to get down...I am not overly fond of any pills. always looking for an easier way to get all I need nutrition wise. Thanks for the update! nutti

I don't think it makes a difference if we crush them or not.  I did it because they were so big.  I thought I was taking the right kind, the walgreens calcium chews, and found out recently that they were calcium carbonate and as post-ops we need calcium citrate.  The walgreens brand pills are just gigantic.  The nurse said that if I wanted to, I could put them in a glass of water (either crushed or let them dissolve) and could do it that way.  I am not sure what they would taste like in water, LOL.  Probbaly better than crushing and putting in food. The Citracal Creamy Bites are the right kind of calcium, but I have yet to see them in the store anywhere.  That is what I am wanting, but until I find them, I will stick with the horse pills, haha

The only place that I have been able to find the Citracal Creamy Bites was online at drugstore.com.