Hi Bandsters...
I was banded 8th March 2010, first fill at 3 weeks, second fill at 7 weeks - doctor doesn't tell me how much so can't comment on that. I am about 18kg down!
No issues to date with anything - it has all been smooth sailing, a few discomforting "stuck" moments since my second fill but it usually passes and I can keep eating. I am fairly thorough with my chewing etc.
Until a few days ago I was boasting in fact that I had never had to PB - lucky me!!
This week I came down with a cold, first I have had in over a year - feeling generally lousy and found because of that I have been eating more than usual and probably not thinking as much about what I am doing. Yesterday at lunch time I had left over chinese food, which went down fine, but silly me decided to "pick" at it about an hour later and from that moment I knew I had done the wrong thing.
I instantly felt stuck and for an hour tried to ignore it (dreading my first PB) but then succumbed. I retched and retched and retched only to bring up Fluid and no chinese :thumbup:
About 20 minutes later I had another go and managed to puke up a large quantity of the lovely "slime" that I have now learnt all about. Still no actual food.
Throughout the evening everything I tried to eat / drink caused me chest & back pain and slimey vomits - even a couple small sips of semi melted icecream & chicken broth.
This morning I woke feeling better but only until I tried to have Breakfast. Even a sip of milk with a zantac sent me running for the loo within 5 minutes. I have tried some Water, ginger tea & Soup this afternoon and managed only a few sips of each and spent the next 20 minutes after each pacing the living room trying to burp. Burping relieves me for about two minutes. I have a headache and have even tried sucking on a lozenge just to get some kind of sugar in....it made my chest ache. I haven't consumed anything more than a couple of spoonfuls of liquid in over 24 hours.
My surgeon is out of town at the moment. I am in so much discomfort hoping someone might have some idea of what to do?
The worst part - I'm frikken starving!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks :thumbup: