Valley Of The Dolls.....

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Okay, by now ya'll know I go for the dramatic titles. LOL

I am curious to know -- from those who are months or more post-op, can you take pills/tablets/capsules/caplets/gelcaps.

I'm by no means a junkie, and expect to be taking fewer and fewer prescriptions the more I lose. But just HATE those liquid vitamins, etc. and want to know if and when I'll be able to handle something else.

I mean -- HEY!! it got me off meds quickly -- if I was popping pain pills, I'd probably be still having a few and just spending some of this stage a little stoned....:eyebrows: But that disgusting syrup -- I really have to be hurting to be willing to take a dose of THAT gak.

So let me know where you are post-op/fill and what size pill you can handle.

Baby aspirin
Regular aspirin
Regular capsule
Horse pills!

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Nana (a.k.a. Pam)
Banded 8-14-2007 by Fernando Miranda, Houston, TX
5' 5" H-321/S-301/C-224/G-150
www.myspace.com/nanarenan


"I lost 100lbs and people say, 'Oh, I can really see it in your face!'. Apparantly, I was The Kool-Aid Man before. Ohhhh YEEAAAHHHH!!" -- John Pinette

I am almost a year out from surgery. Some people can take pills just fine after surgery, others have to crush them or cut them in half or thirds. I was never able to take big pills and taking Excedrin was even pushing it before surgery. I now cut most of my pills in half and don't have a problem taking them. It is trial and error to the size of pill you can take. With the vitamins, there are adult chewables, (GROSS) I started taking those and then read somewhere on here that taking two chewable childrens vitamins will do the same. The taste is a little better than the adult chewables.

I have 2cc's in a 4cc band. I have no trouble swallowing regular-sized capsules (slightly larger than a Tylenol quick-release capsule) and most pills. I take one larger pill that I split in half although I never attempted to swallow a whole one.

My vitamins and calcium are chewable and have a pleasant taste.

Look at you already down 6 pounds!! A lot of us left the hospital 10 pounds heavier than when we arrived because of an abundance of IV hydration. It took me 7 days to lose those bad boys!

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5' 10

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I think I was up about 2.5 to 3 when I walked out of the hospital, but lost all of that within 24 hours.

I've always found it frustrating how your weight on the scales can fluctuate 2-5 lbs through out the day -- always rising by evening.

Right now the opposite is true.....I'm going to bed about a pound lighter than when I wake up! LOL

I know it won't last and the first of many plateaus looms just over the horizon, but its fun watching it now!

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Nana (a.k.a. Pam)
Banded 8-14-2007 by Fernando Miranda, Houston, TX
5' 5" H-321/S-301/C-224/G-150
www.myspace.com/nanarenan


"I lost 100lbs and people say, 'Oh, I can really see it in your face!'. Apparantly, I was The Kool-Aid Man before. Ohhhh YEEAAAHHHH!!" -- John Pinette

I don't take any chances with large pills, nothing worse than getting something like that stuck until it melts or goes away. I take normal size pills with out any problems. I cut up the larger size ones.

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Betty

Surgery/Oct. 18, 2004
-92 pounds!




I believe there are Angels among us!

"Life is about creating yourself"

My Tricor 145mg caplet is about as big a pill as I can take. I had these jagundo horse caps of fish oil from my gynecologist that I totally gave up on post-surgery. I do chewable vitamins because most vitamins are horse pills too, though you could probably bust em in half. I still take about 6 pills every morning and I'm a good pill taker anyway and tend to take them several at a time....haven't had any problems.

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Kacee


Dr. Hadar Spivak, Houston
Banding: 05-23-07, High225/Surgery218/135/140
1st Fill 06/21/07 - Total 1.8cc, 2nd Fill 06/27/07 - Total ~2.2cc
3rd Fill 07/31/07 - Total 2.8cc, 4th Fill 09/06/07 - Total 3.1cc
5th Fill 12/05/07 - Total 3.3cc, 6th Unfill 03/20/08 - (1.3 out) Total 2.0 cc
7th Fill 04/03/08 - Total 2.5 cc

I just bought the greens+ powder that you mix with water for a drink - it has a full slate of vitamins - and tastes OK - like koolaid

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Chris
Ottawa, Canada:canada:
Tijuana, Aug,15,2007



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I have never experienced issues taking pills during any part of my post-band life. I wash mine down with a swig of water and although sometimes I can feel them actually plop on past the band I have yet to get one stuck. I take regular adult vitamins everyday. Everyone's different but they don't cause me any trouble at all.

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Starting Weight February 2006: 392
Current Weight: 217
Total Lost Since February 2006: -175
Banded April 2006