1st fill do i crush meds again and clear liquids how long?
Your doctor or nurse should've given you instructions. If they didn't, call in the morning and find out.
We can't advise you because 1) every doctor is different and 2) we have no idea how much fill they gave you or what size band you have. And even if we knew band size/fill amount, we don't know your doctor's wishes.
We can't advise you because 1) every doctor is different and 2) we have no idea how much fill they gave you or what size band you have. And even if we knew band size/fill amount, we don't know your doctor's wishes.
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I agree with the others about talking to your doctor or your nutritionist. But I can tell you my experience.
I took a lot of medicines, and had some of those changed to other formats -- like Nexium can come In a powder packet. I had to give up extended-release capsules, which meant getting pills that had to be taken several times a day. There are even some medicines that come in liquids, although nothing I was taking did.
I crushed those things as fine as I could and put them in everything I could think of (sugar-free pudding, applesauce, sugar-free chocolate syrup -- you name it, I tried it) and never found a way to make them palatable.
I talked to the bariatric support group coordinator at a meeting, and she said tell the doctor (I was about two weeks out then). She said if I talked to him about it, he MIGHT let me break them into small pieces and take them. (Check with the pharmacist, though, because some pills are not supposed to be broken.)
Sure enough, he said I could take very small pills as is or break up larger pills or caplets into two or three pieces, depending on how big they were.
I am now (at six months out) back to the point I was before I had the surgery -- just popping the whole handful of pills in my mouth at once. Of course, if I'm feeling restricted at all, I take them one at a time or even break the biggest one in half.
As for clear liquids, I think MY doctor told me a couple of days and then just liquids (and stuff like sugar-free Jello and Popsicles, etc. But again, just give your doctor's office a call, because it really is true -- EVERY DOCTOR IS DIFFERENT!
I took a lot of medicines, and had some of those changed to other formats -- like Nexium can come In a powder packet. I had to give up extended-release capsules, which meant getting pills that had to be taken several times a day. There are even some medicines that come in liquids, although nothing I was taking did.
I crushed those things as fine as I could and put them in everything I could think of (sugar-free pudding, applesauce, sugar-free chocolate syrup -- you name it, I tried it) and never found a way to make them palatable.
I talked to the bariatric support group coordinator at a meeting, and she said tell the doctor (I was about two weeks out then). She said if I talked to him about it, he MIGHT let me break them into small pieces and take them. (Check with the pharmacist, though, because some pills are not supposed to be broken.)
Sure enough, he said I could take very small pills as is or break up larger pills or caplets into two or three pieces, depending on how big they were.
I am now (at six months out) back to the point I was before I had the surgery -- just popping the whole handful of pills in my mouth at once. Of course, if I'm feeling restricted at all, I take them one at a time or even break the biggest one in half.
As for clear liquids, I think MY doctor told me a couple of days and then just liquids (and stuff like sugar-free Jello and Popsicles, etc. But again, just give your doctor's office a call, because it really is true -- EVERY DOCTOR IS DIFFERENT!
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