1st Day Post Op

[Strike Up the Band 0]

Hi! I was just wondering why I have such a bad headache since I was banded yesterday. It started last night and was bad today. I hope this goes away. Also, I have a tightness in my chest. I think it's gas, but I can't bring the air up. Passing some on the other end though (sorry). Did anyone have this headache? Thanks.

[CheckYes 46]

I did. I would drink a very small glass of reduces sugar apple juice. It may be an anesthesia hangover or lack of calorie issue.

[karewpah 173]

I had the headache and it was straight across my forehead and down my neck. I think it was related to gas personLly. Nothing would touch it except the liquid codeine

[HeatherinCA 10]

I had terrible neck and shoulder pain but that was gas. I didn't have a headache.. did you give up caffeine perhaps? Just walk walk walk!! It'll help the gas pain.

[ChopswyfT 1]

Could be caffeine withdrawal .

[susansb 0]

It could also be dehydration - I know it is hard but keep sipping the little cups of Water. It will get better!

[DRP 2]

I went through three days of this headache. I drank a lot of coffee prebanding. I am pretty sure my headaches were caffeine withdrawal as I was getting enough liquids to not be dehydrated. Since I managed to get through the headaches, I have stopped drinking coffee, which is an appetite stimulant, I think, anyway. If you were not a coffee/caffeine drinker preband, have you stopped taking any of your meds since banding? I know I stopped taking an allergy pill and a couple of reflux pills after banding. I never did research to see if sudden stoppage of any of these meds might cause headaches, but I did wonder. Just ideas....

[MaineJackie 3]

I had a bad headache post op. In fact, I ended up admitted overnight because of it.

[Strike Up the Band 0]

Thanks for all of the responses! Would you believe that it was the dryness in the hospital that dried out my sinuses? What a headache I had! Whenever I go to a hotel or fly on a plane where the air is very dry, I get bad sinus headaches. Now I know that the hospital is also a place where they recycle the air. Once I started running the humidifier, it went away. Thanks for all of your help.