How do I get all of my vitamins/food/water in when there's only 24 hours in a day?

Hello all- this is going to be a long post, so please bear with me. I am 5 days post-op Lap RNY and I am feeling VERY overwhelmed and frustrated. Here's the deal: I know the pouch rules about not eating and drinking at the same time and that I would be on a few medications, however, my surgeon (and the accompanying guidebook) did not mention anything about the huge number of medications/supplements that I would be taking. I also did not know that when you take a med or supplement, you can't eat or drink for an hour before or after. I am on eight different meds (ranitidine, citracal, ursodiol, B-12, daily vitamin, triamterene, liquid acetaminiphen, percaset and iron), some of which I have to take twice a day but more like 4x a day because some of the pills are so huge that i have to break them into tiny bits. I am on a pureed diet for the first 4 weeks, which is going OK, I guess-- I'm not throwing up and I'm just a little nauseaus-- but I cannot get all of these pills down unless I stay awake all day. Add to that that I am so light-headed, and so exhausted, that all I want to do is sleep. It's the weekend, so my doctor's office is closed. I am hoping someone out there can give me some advice or tell me that these feelings are normal. Do all new post-ops go through this?

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