Banded September 2009 And It's Getting Harder!

[sfchick 0]

Yikes...this isn't good...

Has this happened to anyone else? In September 2010...I was banded. Lots of up and downs...fills that were tight...too loose, finding my sweet spots...

I fly a LOT for work...so my band gets tight at times because the elevation kills me. I recently had some trouble, had 4 cc taken out and put on 20 lbs...

I went back and forth getting fills, getting unfilled, and I was at the doctor all the time....FINALLY I found a happy medium. I'm at 8 cc with an 11 cc band.

I was doing GREAT. I had excellent restriction. I was eating well. Drinking lots of Protein. One day, a couple days after my WONDERFUL fill, I ate a couple chicken meatballs for dinner, and ate them too fast. Lots of vomiting, and I haven't been able to keep anything solid down since. It's been 3 days. Massive amount of extra bile, choking at night, coughing. I try to eat, and 20 minutes later, I'm full of bile, and I can't drink anything, and I can't feel my good "drop" like I usually do.

I was able to keep a couple Protein shakes down and a yogurt shake down, but nothing solid....

I tried again, and I had a TON of bile, and ended up vomiting at the restaurant...

On my last fill, my doctor said "wait it out until 4 weeks even if you have problems" Give your stomach a chance to acclimate to your new fill".

Has anyone have anything similar happen to them? Will my stomach calm down so I could feel good, and eat and feel the food "drop" like I used to?

I'm freaking out...wondering if I have gallstones, or if I just ate something too fast and now my stomach needs a break...

[Corrigan 75]

Tomorrow morning, drink a cup of hot tea or coffee and see if that doesn't

loosen things a bit. Try to stay on liquids for a few days. It sounds like

your stoma is swollen and just needs to heal for a little while. Quite often,

after a fill, the stoma gets swollen and won't let anything down for a few days.

If you don't feel better in a few days, you probably should see your doctor.

[sfchick 0]

Thank you so much!! Will do......

[marfar7 1,533]

You shouldn't be vomiting bile. Usually when I vomit, I just vomit the food/drink I just had. The biles comes actually from your stomach - not your esophagus. Do you think maybe you also have a little stomach bug or something? I'd say stay on liquids a couple more days and then add in something soft, like cottage cheese or scrambled eggs. Then take it from there. I'd be leary of thinking it was your band to if you're vomiting bile.

Good luck!

Marci

[elcee 3,341]

I am actually going to suggest the opposite to Corrigan. Try sucking crushed ice. It is possible that you are swollen from the vomiting and ice helps to reduce swelling. So think ice as being first aid when you have a problem. Warm liquids help to relax a stressed or tight band and are good first thing in the morning.

[sfchick 0]

Thank you for the advice....I'll try both....I tried to have a Protein icee this morning...and that didn't stay down....I think I'm drinking too fast....I just can't believe this. After my fill I was eating soup...chicken...rice...and after having ONE meal which didn't sit well, and made me vomit, my stomach is inflamed, and I can't keep ANYTHING down..I wonder if I should just fast with Water for a couple days....this is horrible.