Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 No, you won't have to do that. You can take tablets with a sleeve. I started taking capsules (small) about 2 weeks after surgery. Lopid is a large tablet so you might have to break it in smaller pieces in the beginning until surgical swelling goes down. On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Gloria Satchell <gsatchell@...> wrote: If I trade my band for a sleeve will I still have to chew up the awful tasting (huge) cholesterol med lopid? It burns my mouth and tastes awful but I can't take the statins and my cholesterol goes through the roof if I take only the zetia. Gloria 220/160/ might stay right here sixe 14 is A OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2008 Report Share Posted December 29, 2008 HI Gloria, I see that you have the band and that you are down to 160 from 220. I wanted too know how long have you had the band? From: Gloria Satchell <gsatchell@...>Subject: switch to sleeve? Date: Monday, December 29, 2008, 10:52 AM If I trade my band for a sleeve will I still have to chew up the awfultasting (huge) cholesterol med lopid? It burns my mouth and tastesawful but I can't take the statins and my cholesterol goes through theroof if I take only the zetia. Gloria220/160/ might stay right here sixe 14 is A OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 That's great news, now another question. Is one supposed to refrain from drinking with meals for the first hour afterwards? I have never succeeded at that. I drink a lot of water all day but have not been able to give up a beverage with a meal. If drinking is OK I will definitely want to switch. Could they leave the band there to help stop overeating and stretching the sleeve? gloria DOB 12/21/05 220/160/?? --- In , Bipley <Bipley@...> wrote: > > No, you won't have to do that. You can take tablets with a sleeve. I > started taking capsules (small) about 2 weeks after surgery. Lopid is a > large tablet so you might have to break it in smaller pieces in the > beginning until surgical swelling goes down. > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Gloria Satchell <gsatchell@...>wrote: > > > If I trade my band for a sleeve will I still have to chew up the awful > > tasting (huge) cholesterol med lopid? It burns my mouth and tastes > > awful but I can't take the statins and my cholesterol goes through the > > roof if I take only the zetia. > > > > Gloria > > 220/160/ might stay right here sixe 14 is A OK > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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