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I woke up in the middle of the night with a nose bleed and it's been bleeding off and on all morning. Not gushing or anything but a decent amount of blood. Anyone else have this problem or know why it's happening?

I was banded this past Friday...maybe the nasal cannula?

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I've never had a nosebleed related to a surgery. If it were me, I'd call my surgeon about it first thing Monday, or go to the ER if it's still bleeding this afternoon.

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Put in a call to your Dr.,or if it gets heavy,, go to the E.R..

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Happened to my mom last week actually, (she's not banded) she had to go to the ER and they actually had to burn the artery in her nose to make it stop bleeding. She lost a significant amount of blood!

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BTW the doc said most likely due to dry air and recommended a humidifier and keeping the mucous membranes lubricated w/Vaseline:)

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they are called bleeders,( thats what my dr calls them) my nose gets like that because my nose canals get so dry. it can be scary. I have a jar of pet jelly in my desk and at home to get nostrils moist. havent had surgery yet.

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I was so scared when I woke up with blood all over my hand! I have to call tomorrow to make my first post op appt so I will def mention my nose to him.

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When I was in the Hospital for a slip, my nose bleed continuesley. It took 3 days to stop, and they have no idea why it happened.

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When I was in the Hospital for a slip' date=' my nose bleed continuesley. It took 3 days to stop, and they have no idea why it happened.[/quote']

If u don't mind me asking, what Caused you slip? I keep reading about slips and I am worried about the risk rate and the causes.

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If u don't mind me asking' date=' what Caused you slip? I keep reading about slips and I am worried about the risk rate and the causes.[/quote']

Yes, I was wondering the same thing.

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All I did was Swallow some food, and I felt it slip.

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All I did was Swallow some food, and I felt it slip.

You felt it slip? What did it feel like? A pain? Where?

At the moment when my band slipped, I had no clue. Around that time, I had some reflux and eating problems, but I didn't know my band had slipped unntil a week later.

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Jean: I took a swallow, and it felt like a swallow, but something dropped down, and something moved up, and stayed in place. The next thing I new I couldn't even keep Water down, and then it went to coffee grounds, to pure raw blood. When they stuck a scope down the stomach, and said their was a obstruction, they pumped off 1/2 a canister of BLOOD.

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Yeeeesh, Shirley! That sounds like a band erosion, not a slip. So, what happened? Did they remove your band, or reposition it, or what?

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Well I live up in Northern, Michigan, and was sent to a big Medical Center in Central, Michigan. Nevertheless,,,, no one there does Bariatrics. So I have to wait until May 1, and see my surgeon, but this is very painful. They are to get all reports, and film, and if they think that I have to go in ahead of time,,,,, then I have to go "thats fine by me"...They should me that I have 2 bands connected by plumbing. The bottom one is failing to open, and it is grooved in, this is what caused all the bleeding. The Lower Left Lung was gone on x-ray, it was being smothered by the stomach that slipt, and stayed swollen threw the band. I'm glad its a little better buy now, and on occasion, I can even get a breath in there. Thats how they ruled it a slip, because everything came up threw, and it would unswell, then the position of the band.

Thanks for asking Jean.

Shirley.

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