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When will I (if ever) be able to take normal size pills again? I've been searching this site looking for chewable/liquid vitamins, chewable calcium, etc. I hate chewable stuff!! I was always a big 'pill taker'. I have never eaten properly (vegtables, yuck!) so I've just always taken hand fulls of vitamins to hopefully help compensate for my very poor diet. I knew before having this surgery that vitamins would always be a way of life after surgery. No big deal!! I don't guess I realized that I would have to CHEW (hence taste) the nasty things. Thanks!

Kerry, I would think once you hit your one month mark you can swallow pills. But check with your doctor!! When you are able to swallow pills, go with prenatal vitamins. They're cheaper and smaller than horse pills. I'm still having to chew Tums for calcium as I haven't found any small enough for me to comfortably swallow. Hang in there...the pill swallowing days will soon be here! Karel

Kerry, I take the bariatric vitams from Dr. Burrowes office.....whole....with no problem. How are you doing...I haven't seen you post in a while..... E-mail me sometime..... Diana (Dee Dee)

I am four weeks post-op just like you. Last week I had to take antibiotics for a UTI, and they were pretty big pills, but I took them with no problem. I take the Flintstones chewable vitamins twice a day and two Viactiv calcium chews twice a day (they are my chocolate fix).

I tried the liquid stuff one time. The rest went down the drain. YUCK!! I stuck with chewable Centrum (Wal-Mart) for a month or two with no problems. Now I take regular vits. I also use liquid calcium CITRITE (www.wlssuccess). Sidney

they told me to try after a month ....So that is what i am doing and if my vitamun is too big i jsut break it in half and take it that way Laura

I for some reason cannot stand the bariatric chewables. I started taking prenatal vitamins and I like them a lot better. I get them from Wal-Mart. I also take iron, calcium chew, biotin, b-12 and flaxseeds. I do not have any problems swallowing and I am 4 1/2 weeks out.

Kerry, Hey! I think it varies with every person. I know with my heart meds I was taking them with in 3 days of surgery and bigger vitamins within a month! So just kinda have to see what your doctor recommends and go from there! Hope all is well otherwise! Kerri