Bugcarrie

I had the same thought, I needed to justify spending the money and it was also hard for me to face the fact that it was taking a surgery and Tool to force me to stop eating so much during a single sitting. I beat myself up pretty good and for the 3 years prior to surgery before finally accepting that It was needed for me. I can tell you this, after thinking about what the overeating had done to my health and my lifestyle, I decided that for all the money saved from previously eating out and my new lower grocery bill, I would donate the difference to support a 5th world country's population to avoid starving and suffering from health related issues caused by starvation. It doesn't solve world hunger or Obesity issues of others as a whole, but it works for me. I am now able to better control and improve my previous eating habits that affected my health negatively and threatened to shorten my life, while at the same time, begin to give to those that need food to help their health and give them a chance to feel better also. Don't beat yourself up! Do what it takes to make you healthier, happier and able to be more YOU!

I was banded on 3/6/14 and experienced severe heartburn type chest pain during 3rd -7th day post op. I thought I was going to die and that this might be a forever feeling-it did go begin subsiding around the 8th day, still getting a feeling if I eat too fast or if my drinks are too cold. But not like it was last week. I was worried too and called the Drs. office. Took GasEx every 4 hours. It is nice to know that it is a normal part of this and that others experience the same. Peace of mind means everything during recovery.

Hi Everyone! I am a newbie, 4 days post op. Happy to have my band... All is going as expected, experiencing the gas pain, the fullness upon sipping about 2/3 ozs of broth, drinking my Water all day as possible, sipping not gulping taking my time, making sure to follow the rules of the road to the tee. however... have one problem presenting itself...let me explain... There is one thing that I will do anything to avoid and that is the stormy feeling right before i have to vomit. I will do anything to avoid that feeling, anything including sitting on the floor and crying like the biggest baby in the world! I have avoided crying due to being post op banded, but near it tonite. In case you don't know what I am referring to, it's the extreme salivation, breaking out in a nauseating sweat, getting dizzy as if you may faint, pain in the chest / acid reflux - nasty feeling you may or may not get right before actually vomiting. (it's gross, sorry for TMI). Anyway, this has happened for the past 3 nights, every night when I lean back into my recliner to sleep. it doesn't happen during the day, only during the evening right before bed. I thought it was maybe that I was not giving myself time between my last meal/drink for the evening, but tonight I made sure I didn't have anything for at least 3 hours before bedtime and it still happened like clockwork, the minute I sank back into my recliner and began to get comfortable-wham... My stomach churned, my mouth got all full of saliva, I broke out into a nauseating sweat and auto responded by jumping up and leaning over the porcelain only to not vomit again, just stood and swayed and spit until the feeling passed again- it only happens for about a minute and then I am fine and can rest peacefully the remainder of the night. (A good thing that i don't actually vomit i guess). I am not eating more than 3 0zs of liquid broth 3 times a day, i sip it, i give myself at least 30 seconds to a minute between sips, yes, I count, I am drinking as slow as a tortoise and not on any solids yet, not even mushies. I am so determined to do this the right way and again avoid getting stuck (nothing to actually get stuck on yet) and again, want to avoid this slime stuff as much as possible.. not sure why this is happening or what else I can do for it other than the gas-x strips and anti-nausea meds, I was prescribed post op.. that are evidently not as effective at night?? Suggestions? Thanks for reading,

Thank you all for your replies, seems In my efforts to get this right, i messed up. go figure. I'm not getting enough to eat... that's a first for me. I was supposed to up my intake on day 3 post op, to 3 Protein shakes a day PLUS my broth and 2 of the following: sf jello/sf popsicles. As you can see, that is considerably more than I was taking in for the past 3 days. sooo...Iso my extreme desire to make sure I didn't mess this up, did exactly that, caused me to overlook the back side of the next page of instructions and actually mess up.. thanks so much for being a sounding board for sanity. I feel way full now and will see how it goes again tonight, something tells me, it won't be as bad. Typical for me... by fearing the worst, I cause it to happen.