I posted this in the forums, too:

Ladies, Wow. Did I get a left turn on my surgery recovery!

I was doing fine all up to and through last Saturday. I was even taking a few laps through Sams Club.

Then Sunday I started going backwards. I couldn't sit up or even stay awake for very long. And the pain in my upper belly was very bad. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worst it was a -- 10!

Finally, Monday evening, my husband took me to the emergency room. I was in severe distress.

My STOMACH had filled with gas and bloated to almost 3 times its size!

YIKES! And the "anti-nausea" medicine I was taking was giving me an adverse reaction, too, making me MORE nauseous instead of FIXING the nausea!

They switched my anti-nausea from phenegren to fortran (?) I think.

Anyway, with a few days worth of morphine dosing, some more bariatric tests to be sure everything was okay, then some meds to help break down the stomach gas, I'm doing much better. The stomach is still bloated, but it's tolerable and seems to be improving.

I finally got home this afternoon.

Apparently I have what the doctors referred to as "diabetic stomach," which they either a) made up to tell me something, or really exists and is a SONuvaBEECH!

Apparently diabetics can sometimes have "nerve damage" in their stomachs that prevents them from creating the movement that moves gas up and out. Then add the lap band on top of that and holy cow. Ouchies! So they gave me some meds to break it up and move it out the other way. (toot toot!)

I must say, I'm feeling more human today and looking very forward to the rest of this healing!

All I gotta say now is, pheeeeeeeeeewwwweeeeeee.

How long have you had diabetes and are you type 1 or 2? I am scared now because I'm having my surgery on the 23rd. I RARELY have gas should I be worried?????

hi, im a type 1 insulin dependent diabetic (since childhood) and 11 days post op. had gas big time for the first few days and now just burps. are either of you type 1's? I have searched high and low for a type 1 lapband buddy!

amh