2 Questions?

[bdiddy13 32]

Question 1... Does anybody take liquid Calcium, and if so how do you deal with the horrible taste????

Question 2... I am day 3 post surgery... I have not yet pooped!!! At what point should l panic??

[tonibugg 64]

Question 1) Yep, I take the nasty liquid Calcium too. chalky & nasty! I felt like Lucy doing the vitameatavegamin commercial when I first started taking it! hahaha! I can finally get it down though, here's the trick. You get one of those syringes to give kids medicine from your pharmacy, mine was $1. After sucking up a tsp or so you put it at the back of you tongue and squirt it quickly down your throat!! You can still taste it a little but it has sure helped me get it down =)

Question 2) My doc told me to take colace if I had problems in that "area". I did not, thankfully, but I certainly bought it just to be sure =)

It gets so much easier as the days go on. I didn't think I was ever going to eat again, but now at 3 weeks out I can get down 4oz each meal and I can finally get my Protein in. Good luck on you journey!! It is all worth it no matter what your head tells you in the beginning!!!

[Foxbins 625]

Reviva liquid Calcium from costco.com is blueberry-flavored and is not bad, certainly better than horse-sized pills or dreadful chalky chewables. Bariatric Advantage has flavored chews in chocolate, raspberry, caramel, or lemon but they are expensive and high in calories and carbs.

I didn't poop until day five, and then it was liquids in, liquids out for the next month. It takes a while to get stabilized. I used Miralax for a while to help things along.

[thesmilos 144]

It was day four for me before I pooped! I'm having problems dealing with the liquid prescriptions too and the syringe idea is genius...thank you!