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Is this normal? I had my band to sleeve surgery Friday morning. Not that there’s much to puke... it was just dry heaving at first but now I’m throwing up the liquids I drank 2 hours ago before my nap. i also have a pounding headache every time I nap. they gave me Zofran but it’s not doing anything. Also Percocet, which they told me to stay on top of to manage the pain but honestly the pain is fine... it’s the puking that scares me...

Thanks for the reply. I hadn't thought of that. I was just wondering how it's different. Like, I know what life is like with the band. Don't eat too fast or too much at a time, chew 25 times eraser sized bites or you'll throw up. Weight loss is fast, but not so fast that you seem sick. (around 10lbs a month). Is it the same for the sleeve? or the Gastric bypass? I know how the band works. Just trying to compare.

no one has any advice?

Hey everyone, I have the band, but due to a ton of complications, am looking into a revision to the sleeve. I'm just wondering how my life will change. Is what you are able to eat the same for the band as it is for the sleeve? Do you still throw up if you overdo it? How is the surgery recovery different? How many days in the hospital? Which recovery is harder? How is the post-op surgery for the sleeve different for the band? Is there anything else that really changes? Thanks!

The nurse practitioner saw me and has supposedly been communicating with the doctor.

I'm doing a revision surgery and found a doctor who's supposed to be amazing. (the dr who did my original surgery has since retired) He's the head of Bariatric surgery at the big University in my town and seemed very confident and gave me a positive vibe in his introduction videos. But find this new doctor's office and staff very strange. - First, I have yet to meet the guy, 1 month into appointments and tests (endoscopy, upper GI, psych, nutrition, etc). - I have only communicated once with the nurse practitioner. She never got back to me with any of the results of the tests and I had to call her for them. - The meeting with the nutritionist was a joke, where he basically met with me for 10 minutes to give me a handout that said what my diet would be after surgery and told me to practice chewing and not lose too much weight or I wouldn't be eligible. He also wouldn't look me in the eye... so strange... - The meeting with the psychologist was wierd too... no eye contact either, just filled out information on her computer. (I will say the group therapy she's making me do is the only real thing that might help in this whole process). - The insurance advocate gets things done but I only find out if I call her constantly. - They never answer the phone at the office - In the one month I started the process, they have lost a nutritionist and a medical assistant... Is this normal??? The doctor himself seems very qualified, and I think the Group Therapy is actually helpful!

2 weeks ago I thought I had appendicitis so I went to the ER. After they did a CT scan they said that my tube had come detached from the port and was flapping around inside me and I needed to contact my bariatric surgeon. I went to see him and showed him my scans last week and he said he thinks the band has also slipped and possibly eroded but he can't know without an endoscopy. So he scheduled one for next week. However, today I realized my period was late and I just found out I'm pregnant I'm in shock and too scared and nervous to be happy. NOW WHAT?? I have to wait to tomorrow to call my ob and my bariatric doctor... But I'm so nervous! WHat happens now???

2 weeks ago I thought I had appendicitis so I went to the ER. After they did a CT scan they said that my tube had come detached from the port and was flapping around inside me and I needed to contact my bariatric surgeon. I went to see him and showed him my scans last week and he said he thinks the band has also slipped and possibly eroded but he can't know without an endoscopy. So he scheduled one for next week. However, today I realized my period was late and I just found out I'm pregnant I'm in shock and too scared and nervous to be happy. NOW WHAT?? I have to wait to tomorrow to call my ob and my bariatric doctor... But I'm so nervous! WHat happens now???

Ok, so I thought I'd update. My surgeon said I should follow my OB's lead. If I get to the point that I am too tight to eat normal meals or if my OB says I need to be unfilled, they'll unfill me. Otherwise, he doesn't see the need for it.. So my OB says he wants me to gain 15-25lbs. If I start to loose weight, he wants me to get unfilled. Otherwise, we can leave it in. So far I've actually lost about 5lbs, but that's more from morning sickness then the band. I almost feel like I need a FILL bc I can eat things that always gave me trouble like bread and sushi... Obviously that's not going to happen. He also said that I needed to UP my caloric intake to 1600-1800 calories a day. If I can't meet that then I need an unfil. I was having the hardest time meeting that, so rather then up the QUANTITY of what I eat (which is not possible at this point) I upped the quality. I got rid of sugar free jelly (which is probably better for the baby anyways) and replaced it with regular jelly, replaced skim milk with whole milk, crackers with whole wheat bread, fat free chobani with 2%, etc. Seems to be working. I have this HUGE appetite right now though... Which unfortunately seems to clash with my morning sicknes...

Well I guess what they say is true... Loosing weight increases your fertility... In the 7 years Ive been married Ive never been on birth control and sort of relied on my PCOS. Whenever I wanted to get pregnant I'd go to a specialist and thats it... Well I wasnt planning on getting pregnant for another few months, but I guess the 55lbs I lost changed the way my body works! Anywas, so far so good, but I have no idea what to eat now... I mean, before I would eat Protein, then vegetables, and rarely/sometimes carbs. But wouldnt a baby need a more rounded diet? or should I just stick to what Im suposed to be eating? I really dont want to gain all the weight back. I usually gain between 30 and 40lbs and usually 20 fall off without any effort within the first few weeks after the baby is born. My hope would be to gain 10-20lbs... Or even none would be fine too! How do I do this? what should my diet be???

Well I WAS doing great... But I've been stalling over the summer, and this month I actually gained 3lbs! I don't know how that happened... Ok I do know how that happened... I don't always make the best choices. Right now, I feel hopeless, like I did before I was banded... I don't know if anyone else felt this way before the band, but it's this desperate knowledge that you HAVE to lose the weight, SOMEHOW, but when it comes to crunch time, your willpower just... fails... I didn't feel this way for the first 4 months because I kept losing weight but now it's just stopped. On top of that, I haven't been working out like I should... I try to make it to 3.5 hours a week of cardio (running and walking) but more often then not, I don't get my 3.5 hours. I've been doing better recently, but when I work out more, I eat more. Not quantities, obviously, since that doesn't apply when you're banded, but the quality of my choices are BAD. (think Cookies, which slide right through...) I'm also having some restriction issues. I got a 2cc. fill at one point and it was WAY too tight. I couldn't even swallow my own saliva! SO PAINFUL! Then I had them take out 1cc, and the month later they put it back and I still feel like I could eat more then I should... I know I'm not a failure. I mean, I did lose almost 50lbs, which I know is HUGE. Still, I didn't get banded so I could stay obese, ya know? I just need to actually do it. Get my mojo back...

I didn't vote because I'm not really sure... When I was younger and thinner, (say a size 10-12?) I was able to cross them but needed something (like a table leg or something) to hook my foot around to prevent slipping. I can cross my legs right now (size 16-18) but they still slip. Especially if I'm wearing a skirt. Hopefully this will be effortless when I'm a 8-10 though...

I've never had regular periods. In fact, AF went missing pretty much between 1995 and 2005. (then I had babies and they sorta kinda came back every 5-6 weeks) And I have PCOS. I don't want to get pregnant right now because I'm on this weight loss journey so first I was put on Yaz. But my periods started happening EVERY 3 FREAKING WEEKS! I complained to my doc and he said Yaz shouldn't be perscribed to overweight women bc it doesn't have enough hormones for the weight. So he put me on Microgestin, which is supposed to be stronger. So finally the first month, I got 4 weeks between periods. And now, 2 weeks after my last AF, she's here AGAIN! What gives???? I've had AF FIVE times in 2.5 months! (which happens to coincide with when I started the whole lap band thing...) Someone please tell me you've been through this...