Little worried, throwing-up

roggie · March 4, 2006

Well hello all. I am pretty much a lurker here. So i will begin by introducing myself. I am Louis and just got banded on the 24th of February. All was going great till today my daugher started throwing up. my wife called the doctor and they told us it was highley contageous. Well now I am scared. Ofcourse I am still on the liquid diet and have no solids in me but I am a little worried about heaving and such. Has anyone here been through this only a week or 2 post op? Should I just stop all intake right now and pray I do not start getting sick? i know there would be a chance of becoming dehyraded either way so should I just self induce it myself rather than throwing it up? Any and all suggestions will be more than welcome. Also good news about my journey thus far, I have dropped 22 pounds since last Friday. This band thing is great!!:biggrin1:

La_madam · March 4, 2006

Call your PCP and tell him what is up..get a prescription for phenergan suppossitory, it is for vomiting. It helps, I kept in on hand all the time in the event I ever got sick.

roggie · March 4, 2006

Thanks for the reply. I was actually prescribed that after surgery and went ahead and got it so I do have it on hand. i guess at the first hint of nasua i will insert:cry . I did tell them earlyer today what was up and they said to call them, that was pretty much it.

freebit · March 8, 2006

I have had extremely severe vomiting and never have slipped my band. Try to minimize the vomiting as much as possible but dont stress too much. I once vomited soooo bad that I dry heaved for 5 minutes after my stomach was empty. I was a sore afterwards but I didnt slip my band. As you vomit try to concentrate on stopping. I know that once I get going, reflex takes over and I start heaving over and over again. However, concentrating on stopping if you cant stop really seems to help stop the dry heaves. If you cant stop vomiting, then try to concentrate on vomiting gentler. I know it sounds weird but it seems to help.

roggie · March 8, 2006

thank you for the reply. So far so good i did not catch the bug. I wash my hands like 200 times a day and have been spending the night at my mothers. Hopefully I am in the clear.

Dody · March 8, 2006

Well hello all. I am pretty much a lurker here. So i will begin by introducing myself. I am Louis and just got banded on the 24th of February. All was going great till today my daugher started throwing up. my wife called the doctor and they told us it was highley contageous. Well now I am scared. Ofcourse I am still on the liquid diet and have no solids in me but I am a little worried about heaving and such. Has anyone here been through this only a week or 2 post op? Should I just stop all intake right now and pray I do not start getting sick? i know there would be a chance of becoming dehyraded either way so should I just self induce it myself rather than throwing it up? Any and all suggestions will be more than welcome. Also good news about my journey thus far, I have dropped 22 pounds since last Friday. This band thing is great!!:biggrin1:

I've been nauseated all the time since having my gallbladder removed. I wear a scopolomine patch behind my ear at all times. This is about like Compazine and controls the vomiting wonderfully. The suppositories are good too, but they don't last as long. The patch will last for 3 days before you have to change it.