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I had surgery on Thursday Jan 13 and that night I was in severe pain in my chest and starting out spitting up a foamy substance and then when given my liquid medication the last time I threw up alot of foam and then threw up the medicine. The surgeon first said might thought band may be too tight and may have to go back in and replace with a larger one. He was able to pull 2 ccs of Fluid out of it and thought that would fix the problem and it seemed to tempoararily. I was able to drink with no pain or spitting up. Now it is 12 hours later and I am home and I tried to eat Jello and it is doing the same thing again. Is this normal and if so what is causing it and when will it go away ?

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I'm three months post op and I still can't tolerate cold things very well. I have pain when I drink cold Water. I just don't do it. I did have to take my pain meds for a week after surgery (longer than I expected; I was off meds 3 days after my c-section). Try warm liquids like broth and see how that goes. It's all I did for a week and it worked for me.

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after surgery i was only aloud to do liquids so maybe that Jello was a bit much. Ive never had anything like what your going threw but you might want to contract your doctor.

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I went through it all. & 7 months later I still regret getting it done. I pray things change for you.

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Try some warm broth and hang in there this is one of your blessings for 2011 ......it will get better.... This too shall pass ...............PRAYING FOR YOU ^_^

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I am really shocked that your doctor did'nt have you on liquids considering your previous problems. I would try broth which helps losen the band, and later try a Protein shake if you are aloud them.

Every time I read that someone had saline added at surgery they end up having trouble! I know it's difficult but I would not blame the band yet. Stay on liquids so the swelling can go down.

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