why is this happening??! I am scared...

LilAngel · April 27, 2006

I ate dinner just fine on Tuesday. we went right after work about 5 in the evening. no pain, no problems and not much restriction. then yesterday i woke up and Water and coffee went down with difiiculty. i didn't spit it back up but had some pain. now, usually I am tight in the morning and must use caution, but this was extraordinarily so and i never loosened up. i decided to do Soup for lunch since i was struggling and then i started PBing horribly. this continued through the evening, and even through my sleep. i would wake up every half hour throwing up my own saliva type stuff all over myself and the sheets. this morning i am trying despartely to have some warm tea but it is not easy. at this point even my esophagus is swollen. it was a very painful nd disgusting night, so i don't want to push things, but i haven't eaten since tuesday.

anyway, i have had the same fill for a couple of months and have had way less than perfect restriction. in fact, i was thinking i needed another one. what in the heck happned? i went from two months of fair restriciton to throwing up soup over night? this was so horribly painful and i am so tired from not eating and drinking. i am getting scared and don't know what is going on? and i have a midterm tonight? agh!! does anyone have advice?

HeatherGurl · April 27, 2006

Call your Dr.!

mindijbethesda · April 27, 2006

Call your doctor, your band may have slipped---doctor will likely want to remove some or all of the saline to see if symptoms ease.

Dianechef · April 27, 2006

This sounds EXACTLY like my problem Angel. I went through this 6 weeks ago & it was HELL!! I also had had a fill that was working fine & then all of a sudden - I couldn't eat or drink ANYTHING!! I'm not kidding......everything your describing here sounds just as if I were writing it!!

I went back to Dr. Ortiz to check me out. I thought for sure my band had slipped because I had all the symptoms, just like you. It turned out that I had a blockage. I never knew it until I told Dr. Martinez what I had eaten the meal before this all started. It was a Hot Dog that did me in. What was your last meal? Anything that could have gotten stuck?

All that the Dr. did was take 1/2 of my fill out & I was fine.

CALL YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY!! Dr. Martinez told me that if I had not come in as soon as I did, it could have turned into a slip. Ack!!

I am so sorry you're going through this. It's horrible & I empathize with you in every aspect. Please keep us updated on what you do!!!