med advice please

OK I no longer feel I need pain meds, switching to Tylenol. I accidentally took children's liquid but after downing it I had A flash"O MY GOD    LYNN, idiot........ it has sugar!"I know better.
Ok so we bought rapid release gel caps. I have been melting in water and then swallowing
Questions are 
1) What should I be taking?
2)How much?
3)Can I handle pills if i cut up to swallow or will they get stuck?
should I just chuck em all and buy meltaway tylenol(Isugar?)\
I can swallow small pills have no trouble w vit d or sythroid
4)Is it ok to start my vitamion regimen after i start purees tomorrow(am afraid to take b4 I have something in system and all gas should pass, right?
5)Anything you experts know is always greatly appreciated
Thanks

I have been using the Rapid Release Gelcaps, and do not melt them first. I haven 't had any problems with the pills.

Talk to your PCP or surgeon re: pill regimins. I always try to take any pill (vitamin, supplements, or medicine) with something on my stomach/pouch.

Good luck!

Thanks Lynn, as a recent post op, just afraid of getting them stuck , but I can also slice them up so they are smaller I guess...How many do you take as typical dose?  Of course I will ask doctor just curious as to what you experts PERSONALLY like/do

 I took two meltaways and had no trouble as far as sugar.  It did not do much for aches and pains though.  

I recommend the Tylenol Meltaway Jrs too. They're sweetened with splenda, and safe for us. I would take 2 at a time, and sometimes add a third if the pain was bad. They worked pretty well for me. 

I had trouble swallowing anything other than my Synthroid and Zyrtec (both are tiny pills) for about the first month.  I was on 20mg of prilosec and had to cut that in half to take it -- the first time I took it, I tried to take it whole and it got stuck, which was NOT FUN.

I started my vitamin regimen once I was home, and yes, definitely have some food before you take them. The multivites can be especially harsh on an empty pouch.  I took, and still take, chewable vitamins.

Only other advice is sip sip sip and walk walk walk!

thanks that is really helpful, I just got down two Tylenol RR gel caps cut in 3s. I wondering about doses?  Do I (Lap Rny)have the malabsorbtion issues?

We do have some, especially initially, but with a drug like tylenol I would not try to compensate for it by taking extra. I'm quite fond of my liver and don't want to hurt it!

Thank Lesley...very helpful!

All the advice is pretty much right on.

Do NOT take more than a regular doseage.  Yes, we have malabsorptive issues, but you should be ok for some tylenol.

Some can take the liquid tylenol without issues, other have dumped on it.

According to my surgeon (and each one differs) as long as the pill was smaller than an M&M I was allowed to take it whole.  Tylenol was one of them.

I never used the melt aways - but sounds like they worked for people.

Glad you are doing well!

Oh - as far as vitamin regimines are concerned - ask your surgeon.  Mine started me in "stages" if you will - having me add a few more each week or whatever it worked out to be.

Thanks Pam
You, as usual ,are very helpful!
I am def taking your advice about vitamins
I have been taking just my vit d and I will keep up with that until I ask Doctor/Surgeon Tuesday.
I have to say my only issue now is waking up in morning feeling very stiff..hence Tylenol