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04-09-2007, 11:11 AM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MW
Posts: 127
Weight Statistics 3/27/07 Start Date:
3/27/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 336 lb Start Weight:
236 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
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7/1/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 61.4 BMI Start:
43.2 BMI Current:
27.4 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  When did your surgeon allow you to start swallowing your meds instead of crushing? ARGH! I'm sooooooooo tired of crushing my pills!!! They are just nasty nasty tasting! My surgeon reccomended 6 weeks - just curious as to what yours said. TIA
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04-09-2007, 11:26 AM
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| Super Moderator  | I think a month or two would be average. You will need to be on at least soft food stage (not pureed), considering that the pills will have to melt in your pouch, but probably best when you are back to solid food. If you are tired of crushing them, aren't there any alternatives in liquid forms or as chewables? Even if not everything, if you can swich to liquid or chewable vitamins, at least, you'll have less to crush.
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04-09-2007, 12:01 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana
Posts: 899
Weight Statistics 4/23/07 Surgery Date:
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257 lb Current Weight:
190 lb Goal Weight:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I am still pre-op but my physician has said 6 months is what she usually asks that a patient wait. She has coordinated with my primary physician meds that can be in capsule form that is safe for opening and chewables.
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04-09-2007, 04:56 PM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: MW
Posts: 127
Weight Statistics 3/27/07 Start Date:
3/27/07 Surgery Date:
Height: 336 lb Start Weight:
236 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
86 lb Lb Left to Lose:
29.7619047619 % % Lost:
7/1/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 61.4 BMI Start:
43.2 BMI Current:
27.4 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | My vit supplements are chewables, but my antidepressents need to be crushed. Thanks!!! I'm going to err on the side of caution as I think that's always the best course of action.
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04-09-2007, 05:46 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
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167 lb Current Weight:
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Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass    | Well i wasnt on medication once i came off the pain meds from the intial surgery...and only used centrum chewable for my vitamin. MY surgeon says 3 months then no pills bigger then and MM candy. GOOD LUCK, i know how much i hated the crushed pain pills and weaned myself fast due to that taste that made me gag
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04-09-2007, 06:04 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 3,609
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 363 lb Start Weight:
211 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
152 lb Weight Loss:
46 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.0793877551 BMI Start:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Oh goodness....... I didnt realize you would have to crush your meds after this. Im on 10 right now and only one is a capsle. 2 of which are Horse pills as I call em LOL. Oh gezzzz..... I hope to come off all of em once I this done....... Oh Gezzzzzzzzzz |
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04-10-2007, 08:52 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: i live in wisconsin
Posts: 585
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| Weird! My surgeon never gave me a time. Honest! I never crushed any of my meds. From the time I left the hospital, he gave me the prescription for my gallbladder pills, and I never gave it a second thought. Well, when I saw what the pills looked like, I was flabbergasted. They were huge, like a centrum. I called him immediately. His nurse laughed, and said I was the first person to question it. He advised me, that if I didn't want to swallow the pill, to open the capsule up, and take it with my food that way. I don't know what I was thinking, but I decided just to try and take the capsule. I did it, and it went down. I have been doing that since then. I don't know though, if I would reccomend that for everyone, now reading all these posts. lol Good Luck!!! mike |
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