why wouldn't putting YOUR crushed/dissolved meds w/ pudding. applesauce or whatever NOT be an option?  Its not like your gonna be eating a cup of applesauce immediately post op with your crushed meds. 

I would run this past the perscribing doctor/s.  What do they advise? See if they can switch ya out...maybe even a liquid temporarily. 

I know typically cannot crush enteric coated (hard outter candy shell) , SR, XR (slow release/extended release) or ...open time released capsule medicines. Ive read of post VSGrs doin it tho. I dunno if they got the clear from the perscribin doc or not.

Check this list. maybe your meds are listed.

I didn't have problems takin gelcaps or capsules just post op..had to wet my whistle beforehand is all. Didn't get the go-ahead on huge fish oil gelcaps till I was further out (anti-clotting).

I can't stand any pills sittin in my tiny stomach post op. Still can't pretty much always crush em/dissolve em n add to food

I chew em if not too nasty tasting, horse pills like calcium. scrip strength motrin ..a mocajete sittin right by my supp drawer cuz my pill crusher don't work with those.

I got so used to chewin some of my supps ..I chewed on a PROBIOTIC gelcap once. Thee most horrible horrible taste you can imagine. rinsing my mouth nothin I  scrambled in a panic, trying to find sumthin, anything to eat  to get that VILE taste outta my mouth....and even then it lingered...like in the recesses of my jaw  into my ears and brain lmao!   SO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE! 

but def....TALK TO YOUR PEOPLE!! THEY need to know, THEY  need to HELP YOU with this one.

ya do cite a couplea stories....but  I can cite ya THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of SUCCESSFUL VSGrs losing all the weight they need to ...without following the "Frisco plan"/our forums sponsor's diet:    

Calories:  no more than 800 cals every day your first year ....or.... until you reach GOAL

DAILY Macronutrients:     protein ..90 grams 

                                            carbs ...first year....less than  40 gs TOTAL  (never NET)

                                                         1year+ out ...never more than 60gs  TOTAL for LIFE

                                            fats..... never more than 30 grams for LIFE! 

DAILY Measured food amounts:  

NEVER ..eat more than 4oz of food , no matter the type........ at any meal.... FOR LIFE.

A couple noteworthy Ten Commandments:

Thou shall not eat more than 3 meals per day and shall not have unhealthy snacks between meals. 

Thou shall exercise 5 times per week for 40-45 minutes.

Thou shall ONLY weigh yourself once per week 

Thou shall not covet the carbohydrate.

Thou shall take your vitamins EVERYDAY!!   

NO ONE CAN FOLLOW THEIR POST OP DIETARY orders...including that ^^^ one its unsustainable "dieting"

One posted here that kept their cals as low as 300 a day months post VSG. Obviously wasn't following ^^ plan since protein alone is supposed to be 90gs a day followin surgery..thats what 360 cals right there. but they followed this unsustainable "dieting" to a T. No proof..doesn't add up....or else just make up "stories" for some reason

 The 3-5 lapsf pts that promote this unsustainable dieting plan...in the past 5 years on OH...obviously it works for them...so they promote it...even if they don't follow it. 

I don't have a need to promote my surgeons diet plan...I couldn't follow it either. Its based on malabsorption/RNY. I couldn't get in that much water that much protein in my first few weeks,  eat that much food when on a regular diet. 

Do you do the Frisco plan? Does it work for YOU ?  Isn't THAT all that really matters at the end of YOUR DAY?  

                                                   Can't save the world

   Im saying this with the utmost compassion and good intention

                          this is beyond what any help anyone on this forum can provide you

the last international consensus..amongst ALL bariatric surgeons present.....like happyteacher posted is ......75 sleeve gastrectomies done.

Now..when I was searchin for a bari surgeon..in Denver, CO one particular young surgeon did 17 sleeve gastrectomies..16 which were supervised!  I didn't go with him...not because his inexperience but because he lied to me about how leaks happen..blaming the pt. If he lied to me about this vital to me piece of information...what else would he lie to me, blame me about...ykwim

sides within months of my surg in SoCal (no bari surgeons in NM)  saw peeps here goin to ^^surgeon for VSG ..and guess what...they're doin/did fanf-ntastic...or close!   go figure! lol

The search continues....DON'T SETTLE until your SURE!! 

I love Robert Lustig!.... I caught his early lectures maybe 3 years ago on obesity on YouTube..  .he followed his own advice!!...I suppose he had to.. lecturing on obesity and yet obese .. saw a pic of him not too long ago...he looks sooo incredibly healthy now!! good for him! wrote a book even....I gotta check it out.