pills post-op

uNiQuE, iTs wHaT i
Am!

on 6/8/09 8:30 am - Selinsgrove, PA
Hello BAFers!

Not complaining but has anyone noticed that post-op pills are gigantic?

Just got home for the doctor and am thankfully off of chewables. Multi...fine no probs there. Actigal..not too big and can do. Now the iron and calcium citrate...those things are horse pills.

To anyone who has problems with large pills, how did ya do it?
I know I am going to have to cut them in half but they will still be large and now add weird shaped. I am also afraid of them getting stuck. So any advice will help.

In a world full of cheerios be a fruit loop!   
Lilypie - (HynR)
 
                     260lbs.......148lbs........165lbs
                       Start........Current.......Goal 
                                Goal met 11/23

 
Kim B.
on 6/8/09 9:29 am - OH
I don't have a problem with the size of pills now.  Early out, I did cut them in half, for fear that they would get stuck.
I use the petite calcium citrate pills.  They also make them in chewables and liquid form.

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uNiQuE, iTs wHaT i
Am!

on 6/8/09 11:59 am - Selinsgrove, PA
Thanks Mz. Kim. To think I saw all 3 in the store (max, petite, and liquid) but I figured the pills couldn't be that big. Plus I would have to take too many tiny ones and I fear liquid anything cause sometimes the taste in unbearable. Well I have sure learned my lesson, if they make a petite....theres prob a reason why. But I still need to finish off this bottle.

In a world full of cheerios be a fruit loop!   
Lilypie - (HynR)
 
                     260lbs.......148lbs........165lbs
                       Start........Current.......Goal 
                                Goal met 11/23

 
MSW will not settle
on 6/8/09 12:20 pm
Sip of water, pill in mouth, second sip, swallow gently, third sip.  Repeat for each pill.  Tablets tilt head back, capsules tilt head forward when swallowing. 

Take several pills over a few minutes if you need to.  I went back to taking four dozen pills a day less than 24hrs after my rny.  Take it slowly and you'll be fine. 

                   MSW   Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation  

 Links:  Are you a compulsive eater?  for help OA meets on-line Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time  Overeaters Anonymous 

               LV'N MY RNY.  WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT. 

ValueMe
on 6/8/09 12:39 pm
You may want to invest in a $6.99 Pill Crusher from Walmart or a $12.99 Hammer from ACE. Either way it will make pill taking easier.

 

 

Be Well, Live Well
I Am Most Excellent - Affirmed Only Of GOD.
I wish for You, what I pray for Myself: Wellness, Happiness and Success In ALL Things Good! 
I know for Sure I Control: My Attitude and Effort, My Health and Happiness.

 

 

MSW will not settle
on 6/8/09 12:56 pm
or a $12.99 Hammer from ACE   

I say go for the hammer as it serves more than one purpose its the wiser investment. 

                   MSW   Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: Eat sensibly & enjoy moderation  

 Links:  Are you a compulsive eater?  for help OA meets on-line Keep Coming Back, One Day At a Time  Overeaters Anonymous 

               LV'N MY RNY.  WORKING FOR ME BECAUSE I WORK FOR IT. 

uNiQuE, iTs wHaT i
Am!

on 6/8/09 1:45 pm - Selinsgrove, PA
$12.99 Hammer from ACE...

you know what. I got a hammer, just didn't think to use it and its got way more uses than a damn pill crusher *what I'ma do with that when I just go liquid???*

In a world full of cheerios be a fruit loop!   
Lilypie - (HynR)
 
                     260lbs.......148lbs........165lbs
                       Start........Current.......Goal 
                                Goal met 11/23

 
ValueMe
on 6/9/09 2:46 am
Hey Ms. U:
Don't pay the expense of Liquid Vitamins...The Vitamins of today are VERY soluable, even the fat soluable ones break down in liquid a bit. Just crush or pulverize your pills and put them in the SF Liquid of your choice>>>I use SF Kool Aide, Light Hawaiian Punch or Crystal Light...

 

 

Be Well, Live Well
I Am Most Excellent - Affirmed Only Of GOD.
I wish for You, what I pray for Myself: Wellness, Happiness and Success In ALL Things Good! 
I know for Sure I Control: My Attitude and Effort, My Health and Happiness.

 

 

Stop Sharing_1976
on 6/8/09 1:10 pm

Try UpCal D, its a powdered calcium citrate and I just mix it in with my drinks.

I ordered them online, you can get a tube or individual doses (which is what I have, so easy to travel with).

 

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