Having Problems Eating After Removing Lap Band Fill...

[fofo 0]

Hi!!!

I was visiting India last month and thought I should have my band check up as lately I have had difficulties in eating in the morning.and but later in the day I was fine. The Dr. who operated on me in Mumbai recommended a Dr. in Bangalore. On my first visit he told me to come back the next day with an empty stomach...and he checked the port etc all look good except the food canal looked as it had been extended before the port..last min. without asking me he put in a small fill 5cc and it all started. Could not keep anything down.Throwing up all the time.Had done fills before twice never had this problem. So called up the Dr. and the same evening he took the same amount out and felt he had emptied the port...Even after that for 2-3 days I could not put anything down. Was throwing up, could keep some Water down very little. Wow...I was panicking as I was on holiday. When I phoned my original Dr. he thought the port had slipped and ask me to go back for more x-rays etc...and for me logically thinking I had done 2 fills earlier so they must have been more in the port. I discuss this with the Dr. in Mumbai and he said to ask the Dr. to try again to unfill..So after discussions the Bangalore Dr. tried again to unfil and nothing came out..there was a senior x-ray Dr present and he suggested to do a city scan (Think its called that) ...and after doing this the Dr. could remove more from the port...I felt better and could drink liquid Soups, juice..etc..1 month later having problems again. Cough in the night a lot. After getting up in the morning I cannot eat/ drink...what ever I eat/ drink comes up...and at lunch time I can eat small portion....before sleeping again cannot eat and sleep...need to have few hours. Taking my Vitamin I am getting heart burn...as I am not eating properly need to have vitamins..but feel that heartburn even worse...any1 has any advise??? what to do??? Unfortunately in Uganda we have no Dr. who does these operations or can advise. So I will need to travel for any medical help. ohh forgot to say my original Dr. in Mumbai insist that I should have done an operation and remove or replace the port...Maybe now I need to... not sure...Also going to try to start the gym as I have stopped. Please would appreciate any feed back...

[Jack 855]

This is difficult to make guesses based on the limited information you have listed.

It sounds like you were too tight for a while before they removed the last fill.

And 'heartburn' or a sour flavor after going to bed is often a sign. My own local providers overfilled me several times before I was able to recognize the symptoms. It took several weeks to return to my 'normal'. And I had "first bite syndrome" where I just couldn't eat in the morning. If I didn't take extra care to chew thoroughly the first bite I would be on the verge of NPB-slime-eventually throwing it out of my gullet.

Thee is a very delicate balance between too much food, too fast, too tight, too dry, etc, that we all have to learn how to manage.

Being out in the bush as you seem to be, means you need to get in touch with resources to help tell the 'normal' phases we go thru.

My own Band has survived all my own missteps and I'm still a Happy Bandster.

Ask the forum and you should get some helpful ideas....but we are not all in the same phase, and we don't all respond exactly the same.

Fills IMHO should be small and careful. Any changes I've tried to rush have proven to be a clumsy uncomfortable misstep.

[54Shirley 105]

One thing you can do is see if your Dr., or Hospital has a X-RAY Machine for your Organs. This is called a Fluoroscope.

It can view the Band, and make sure it's in good shape. So there is no guessing, they see it all.

Ask for something for Heartburn Or buy something over the counter if this is possible. It will help with the Heartburn, while the swelling goes down.

Good Health to you, Shirley.

[fofo 0]

Thank you all...been very helpful..really appreciate it...