Can Throwing Up Cause A Leak?

[msaprildawn 59]

I started thrwoing up and I mean HARD. Can it cause a leak?

[Lauranbob Mc 94]

how far out are you ?

[msaprildawn 59]

About 12 days

[minaleigh 95]

I'm just one person, but I threw up several times a day the first two weeks after surgery because of complications. I never had a leak, but that's not to say it never happens. I'm over 4 months out now and haven't had a leak and I've thrown up a lot.

[msaprildawn 59]

Does it seem like you throw up harder with the sleeve? Maybe its just me but I've never thrown up that hard before.

[Lauranbob Mc 94]

did they prescribe an anti-nausea for you? Zofran 8mg ODT or Phenergan Syrup.< /p>

[msaprildawn 59]

Okay thank you. Did you get sore after throwing up?

[minaleigh 95]

Lauran, I'm not sure if you were asking me that, but I was prescribed both and neither helped. Msaprildawn, I don't think it feels like I'm throwing up harder, just a little different because I'm really trying not to throw up. I've never really thrown up a lot because of food before surgery (just from being ill or motion sick), so it was a new experience. I was only sore the first couple weeks of throwing up. It felt like I just did 1000 sit-ups. Now, it's pretty much normal.

[msaprildawn 59]

Thank you guys it really worried me. It's the first time I've thrown up since surgury and i just could stop gagging and it scared me

[IowaAndy 95]

First I am wondering after reading these post why you are all vomiting and it sounds like some of you are vomiting quite often. I have vomited only once and that was because I thought that I could eat the rest of a meal that I had put on a plate instead of stopping when my stomach said "ENOUGH". I have not done that again as I do not like to vomit. I did a lot of vomiting with my lapband and that is one of the reasons that I had it removed and had the sleeve. I think that if you are vomiting weekly then you need to examine what you are eating and your eating habits. I know after reading posts on other topics I see people pusing the envelope and eating foods that I think are way too early for the amount of time that they are post op. That is just me but I stick to the diet plan that my surgeon gave me after surgery. There are things on that which it says that I can eat that I have some trouble with so why push my luck with things that are listed for me to eat further out.

I guess that each person is different but I think that if you are vomiting on a weekly basis or more then you have a problem.

[msaprildawn 59]

This was the first time I vomited. I also had the lap band before. I ate too much Soup which is what stage I'm in right now.

[minaleigh 95]

I'm not "vomiting on a weekly basis." I just threw up a lot my first two weeks because of complications. First, my stomach twisted therefore nothing could go down, so it just came back up. After they put a stent in, it became even worse. I only stopped after they took the stent out. I also couldn't stop overproducing saliva at that time, so when I went to sleep I wasn't awake to spit it out so it all collected in my stomach, making me wake up in the middle of the night to throw up.

When I said I've thrown up a lot, I meant in those two weeks I did. Since then, I've thrown up probably four times. Once because I drank too soon after I ate (and I actually waited an hour to drink), another because I ate too fast, and twice because certain food didn't agree with me. I'm still learning what my sleeve can and can't handle. I'd rather throw up and feel better than miserably sit for an hour praying that awful feeling goes away. I hate getting the foamies and having that constant stuck feeling.