I feel my LapBand is stuck but I dont know!

[lparker420 0]

I was banded 4 days ago and did something stupid last night. I had just gone shopping for some sugar free sweets (like SF fugecycles, Light cool whip, SF pudding)... I have a sweet tooth and am on liquid right now so i needed something....

Of course having those sweets in the house made me want to overeat especially since i was alone (hubby is out of town). so i wont lie but i ate like hald the cool whip container in about 2 hrs and 2 fugepops and a pudding... not all at once but throughout two hours... dumb i know! i feel like shit because of it too.

well it was too late for me to go walk so i went to bed and woke up with gas. thought that would help but it didn't. i have also had horrrible diarrea since getting the band... sounds like i am peeing but im not! grooss again i know but nothing i can do about it. i haven't had a solid BM since i got the band...

so i went on a mile and a half way in the afternoon today, and i still feel like i have a pressure right under my boobs. i am getting some left shoulder pain as well. hurts sometimes to take deep breaths too. I dont feel like i need to puke and i really dont want to.

can someone let me know if i sound stuck... can you get stuck on cool whip? i thot you couldn't but i might have been wrong.

Help please!

[cbearanne 0]

No, I don't believe you are stuck. Postoperatively I had the same gas and loose stool you describe for 7-10 days. The only thing that helped me was walking and taking some anti-gas medicine. I actually didn't have a solid bm for quite some time. You've had an abdominal surgery which takes some time to get everything working as it used to.

As for the foods you ate, I'm worried. Did your doctor give you a post-op diet to follow? At four days out your system and stomach are literally still healing. I encourage you to not put anymore stress on an already stressed system by the way of large amounts of food. I actually was assigned 4 weeks of liquid, and it was very difficult, honestly I put myself on some mushies after 3 weeks. I totally understand the urge to eat, I was soooo hungry too. I wish you the best of luck, take good care of your self and remember you are still a surgical patient. You need to take special care of your body right now. Let yourself heal. Good luck lparker!

I was banded 4 days ago and did something stupid last night. I had just gone shopping for some sugar free sweets (like SF fugecycles, Light cool whip, SF pudding)... I have a sweet tooth and am on liquid right now so i needed something....

Of course having those sweets in the house made me want to overeat especially since i was alone (hubby is out of town). so i wont lie but i ate like hald the cool whip container in about 2 hrs and 2 fugepops and a pudding... not all at once but throughout two hours... dumb i know! i feel like shit because of it too.

well it was too late for me to go walk so i went to bed and woke up with gas. thought that would help but it didn't. i have also had horrrible diarrea since getting the band... sounds like i am peeing but im not! grooss again i know but nothing i can do about it. i haven't had a solid BM since i got the band...

so i went on a mile and a half way in the afternoon today, and i still feel like i have a pressure right under my boobs. i am getting some left shoulder pain as well. hurts sometimes to take deep breaths too. I dont feel like i need to puke and i really dont want to.

can someone let me know if i sound stuck... can you get stuck on cool whip? i thot you couldn't but i might have been wrong.

Help please!

[JanB23 23]

Sounds to me like you are suffering from regular post op pains .... and guilt! 4 days post op your stomach will still be swollen, the stitches to hold the band in cause pain till they heal and the gas that they use during surgery to expand your abdomen settles under your diaphragm and causes pain for anything up to 10 - 14 days, maybe less. Eating all that stuff so soon is not wise but i am sure it shouldn't cause any major damage unless you ate until you threw up. If you are concerned, the best thing is to ring your surgeon, you will feel awful having to tell them you jumped the gun on mushies but it is better than getting sick if there is a problem.

As for you BM's anything goes post op as your body adjusts. I was constipated for about 4 weeks, others suffer from what you described.

Think about how you feel now if you are tempted again. Maybe you need to only buy things as you are able to eat them so they are not sitting in the pantry tempting you. I know what it is like, it is there, you want it and it is on your mind until you can resist no longer! (this is why i needed the band)

Good luck.

[djmixon 1]

Don't feel like you are alone. I cheated with well cut and chewed chicken and even some very lean steak this last weekend. I started with 1 small sugar free pancake on Saturday morning and it went downhill from there.

I made sure I had my Protein shakes, but I still gave in and boy did I feel badly. Everything is going down well, so I don't think I am stuck, but my weight stalled and even went up a pound. So, I am back to liquids and frozen pops and will hit the gym later after the A/C guy comes to give our furnace a checkout.

The problem I am having is wearing bras... I am still swollen I guess and they hurt badly.

Be well.

Sounds to me like you are suffering from regular post op pains .... and guilt! 4 days post op your stomach will still be swollen, the stitches to hold the band in cause pain till they heal and the gas that they use during surgery to expand your abdomen settles under your diaphragm and causes pain for anything up to 10 - 14 days, maybe less. Eating all that stuff so soon is not wise but i am sure it shouldn't cause any major damage unless you ate until you threw up. If you are concerned, the best thing is to ring your surgeon, you will feel awful having to tell them you jumped the gun on mushies but it is better than getting sick if there is a problem.

As for you BM's anything goes post op as your body adjusts. I was constipated for about 4 weeks, others suffer from what you described.

Think about how you feel now if you are tempted again. Maybe you need to only buy things as you are able to eat them so they are not sitting in the pantry tempting you. I know what it is like, it is there, you want it and it is on your mind until you can resist no longer! (this is why i needed the band)

Good luck.

[JanB23 23]

Don't feel like you are alone. I cheated with well cut and chewed chicken and even some very lean steak this last weekend. I started with 1 small sugar free pancake on Saturday morning and it went downhill from there.

I made sure I had my Protein shakes, but I still gave in and boy did I feel badly. Everything is going down well, so I don't think I am stuck, but my weight stalled and even went up a pound. So, I am back to liquids and frozen pops and will hit the gym later after the A/C guy comes to give our furnace a checkout.

The problem I am having is wearing bras... I am still swollen I guess and they hurt badly.

Be well.

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I wore old soft bras and only when i had too for the first two weeks post op.

[CheckYes 46]

It doesn't sound like a stuck episode - more likely than not it was just a not-so-great choice to eat what you did. Pick yourself up, dust off that motivation and move forward. Stick to your post-op plan. You can do it!

I was banded 4 days ago and did something stupid last night. I had just gone shopping for some sugar free sweets (like SF fugecycles, Light cool whip, SF pudding)... I have a sweet tooth and am on liquid right now so i needed something....

Of course having those sweets in the house made me want to overeat especially since i was alone (hubby is out of town). so i wont lie but i ate like hald the cool whip container in about 2 hrs and 2 fugepops and a pudding... not all at once but throughout two hours... dumb i know! i feel like shit because of it too.

well it was too late for me to go walk so i went to bed and woke up with gas. thought that would help but it didn't. i have also had horrrible diarrea since getting the band... sounds like i am peeing but im not! grooss again i know but nothing i can do about it. i haven't had a solid BM since i got the band...

so i went on a mile and a half way in the afternoon today, and i still feel like i have a pressure right under my boobs. i am getting some left shoulder pain as well. hurts sometimes to take deep breaths too. I dont feel like i need to puke and i really dont want to.

can someone let me know if i sound stuck... can you get stuck on cool whip? i thot you couldn't but i might have been wrong.

Help please!

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

My doctor had me on liquids for 2 weeks post op.... Clear Liquids for week 1 and thicker liquids for week 2 (tomato juice, creamy Soup etc) pudding wasnt until week 3. Remember that your stomach is still very swollen and even pudding or cool whip may irritate it.

I had horrible gas pains and was thankful for Maalox. Try it... it may work for you. And don't worry... this too shall pass.