Vomitting?

[slimthickens 28]

My surgery is on April 12th so I visit here daily and have been a little scared by all the posts I've been reading about the constant vomitting even long after surgery. Should I be worried about this? How common is it?

[Rootman 1,101]

Well I for one did not vomit for MONTHS after my surgery, and then I think it was due to a stomach bug I caught. It's a bummer to puke and I hate it, if there is an upside to having to ralph post-op it's the fact that since our stomach is so small you barf up a lot less. It's a quick half mouthful and I'm done, not the gut wrenching dry heaves of yesteryear. I know TMI!

Since then I've over indulged a few times and the only relief was to puke it back up. Nasty, I know, but I ignored the FULL feeling and just HAD to eat that extra coupla bites. I paid for it too.

I think the long term barfers are by far the minority and are more vocal than the non-barfers are. After all who's gonna post and say something like "Guess what, I didn't barf today!".

[slimthickens 28]

Well I for one did not vomit for MONTHS after my surgery, and then I think it was due to a stomach bug I caught. It's a bummer to puke and I hate it, if there is an upside to having to ralph post-op it's the fact that since our stomach is so small you barf up a lot less. It's a quick half mouthful and I'm done, not the gut wrenching dry heaves of yesteryear. I know TMI!

Since then I've over indulged a few times and the only relief was to puke it back up. Nasty, I know, but I ignored the FULL feeling and just HAD to eat that extra coupla bites. I paid for it too.

I think the long term barfers are by far the minority and are more vocal than the non-barfers are. After all who's gonna post and say something like "Guess what, I didn't barf today!".

Your reply had me cracking up...just love your sense of humor! Glad to know that you didn't have this problem long term. I am wondering if this could also be caused by eating solids too soon or are others barfing from just Water? What exactly causes the vomitting?

[ButterflyGirl 4]

I'm at my 5th week post-op (just recently started soft foods) and I haven't vomited at all. I did vomit a lot the day of the surgery (dry-heaving) but after that not at all. i also haven't had what they call slimes neither have I gotten pains in my stomach from being too ful just yet!

[Rootman 1,101]

Your reply had me cracking up...just love your sense of humor! Glad to know that you didn't have this problem long term. I am wondering if this could also be caused by eating solids too soon or are others barfing from just Water? What exactly causes the vomitting?

Well, IANAD but my guess is just a reaction to the surgery and the small stomach capacity and it's reaction to food or drink. Me thinks it just gets it's signals crossed and says "I'm too full, I need to get rid of some of this" and up it comes. Of those who I've read about over the ensuing year+ on the board most of them have claimed relief comes with time., the brain and stomach figure out what's going on and a tolerance builds to the narrow stomach confines. But that's just my guess.

[Liberated Sleeve 148]

Don't know much about it, but guessing since the stomach is so much smaller if we pack it full it has no room to do it's churning to digest it so when it starts to churn it pushes some out? LOL - I got a visual anyway after reading Rootman's comments!

[almillsaps 1]

I was sleeved on 3/27 and as soon as I woke up I threw up a little bit of blood. Over 3/27 & 3/28 I threw up about 3 more times. Mostly I noticed after using pain meds which increased my nausea. With that being said its not the same type of throwing up that ive had over the years with the stomach flu, etc. There is just a small amount. And I was just so sure that it would hurt to throw up because I just had surgery, but it honestly didnt it was such a small amount and it wasnt like dry heaves or anything. My mom was sleeved in September and she has only threw up 2 times and she says the exact same thing I did that it surprisingly it does not hurt.I just had surgery and would do it over again, it wasnt easy right after I woke up I was very nauseous but after I stayed in the hospital an extra day and given anti nausea meds I am feeling so much better. Hope this helps!

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I have never vomited and I am 15 weeks out. If you are in the hospital post-op they should automatically give you an anti-nausea med just as a precaution. And your dr. can give you one to take home. I was fortunate enough never to have to use it. Everyone is different. If you don't rush it, and stick to your doctor's eating plan, and slow down when you eat, then you should be fine.

[Amanda 3.0 140]

I did not vomit for three months, and then it was with the flu. My husband gave me some Crystal Light and I threw that up, and then a few hours later I threw up bile. It scared the heck out of me. I thought I might have hurt myself but all I had was some reduction in stomach capacity for a few weeks (bummer). I don't think most people are throwing up.

Also, I've yet to experience the slimes.

[slimthickens 28]

I was sleeved on 3/27 and as soon as I woke up I threw up a little bit of blood. Over 3/27 & 3/28 I threw up about 3 more times. Mostly I noticed after using pain meds which increased my nausea. With that being said its not the same type of throwing up that ive had over the years with the stomach flu, etc. There is just a small amount. And I was just so sure that it would hurt to throw up because I just had surgery, but it honestly didnt it was such a small amount and it wasnt like dry heaves or anything. My mom was sleeved in September and she has only threw up 2 times and she says the exact same thing I did that it surprisingly it does not hurt.I just had surgery and would do it over again, it wasnt easy right after I woke up I was very nauseous but after I stayed in the hospital an extra day and given anti nausea meds I am feeling so much better. Hope this helps!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me. I've been so worried about being constantly sick and miserable that I had seriously considered rethinking the surgery but since this seems like a temporary and doable transition I am willing to tough it out to get to my goal.

[slimthickens 28]

I did not vomit for three months, and then it was with the flu. My husband gave me some Crystal Light and I threw that up, and then a few hours later I threw up bile. It scared the heck out of me. I thought I might have hurt myself but all I had was some reduction in stomach capacity for a few weeks (bummer). I don't think most people are throwing up.

Also, I've yet to experience the slimes.

Thank you for sharing this. It gives me some reassurance about the process.

[slimthickens 28]

I have never vomited and I am 15 weeks out. If you are in the hospital post-op they should automatically give you an anti-nausea med just as a precaution. And your dr. can give you one to take home. I was fortunate enough never to have to use it. Everyone is different. If you don't rush it, and stick to your doctor's eating plan, and slow down when you eat, then you should be fine.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Congrats on a healthy 15 weeks!

[slimthickens 28]

Don't know much about it, but guessing since the stomach is so much smaller if we pack it full it has no room to do it's churning to digest it so when it starts to churn it pushes some out? LOL - I got a visual anyway after reading Rootman's comments!

Thank you for sharing this. I will be extra cautious about bite size for that reason. I just bought some cocktail shrimp forks that I plan to use to size my bites. I'm sure I'll look silly but if it works who cares! lol

[Cmullinvegas 39]

Almillsips, I just had surgery this morning. I was at a surgical center so I was sent home. i felt nauseated So I got some meds for that. I also have a nausea med patch behind my ear for 3 days. I felt like I was going to regurgitate, but didn't. I wasn't in too much pain from the incisions, but the gas still hurts which I'm actually grateful for at 8 hours post-op. When I got home I took my pain meds, lortab and planned on carafate. I'm allowed 15 ml of lortab. i took it super slow, it tasted so grow. I got down about 9 ml and stopped, I felt nauseas again and had a barf like experience. nothing came up, but my body did the motion and I felt a little better afterwards. I didn't take any more meds at that time. I took 5ml of carafate about an hour ago and 7 ml of lortab just now.

I had no idea I wouldn't be able to hold the entire med dose. I didn't drink Water with it since I can't I guess, even though it tasted gross. I hope I didn't mess my sleeve up already, but I could have "regurgitated-ish" from the nasty taste or nausea. Does/did anyone else have trouble taking entire dose of med at once?

[Amanda 3.0 140]

Almillsips, I just had surgery this morning. I was at a surgical center so I was sent home. i felt nauseated So I got some meds for that. I also have a nausea med patch behind my ear for 3 days. I felt like I was going to regurgitate, but didn't. I wasn't in too much pain from the incisions, but the gas still hurts which I'm actually grateful for at 8 hours post-op. When I got home I took my pain meds, lortab and planned on carafate. I'm allowed 15 ml of lortab. i took it super slow, it tasted so grow. I got down about 9 ml and stopped, I felt nauseas again and had a barf like experience. nothing came up, but my body did the motion and I felt a little better afterwards. I didn't take any more meds at that time. I took 5ml of carafate about an hour ago and 7 ml of lortab just now.

I had no idea I wouldn't be able to hold the entire med dose. I didn't drink Water with it since I can't I guess, even though it tasted gross. I hope I didn't mess my sleeve up already, but I could have "regurgitated-ish" from the nasty taste or nausea. Does/did anyone else have trouble taking entire dose of med at once?

I didn't have a hard time taking the whole dose in a short period, but I kind of sipped it. I was very cautious and scared right after surgery.

One thing to be careful of is taking 15ml of Lortab. That was way too much for me, I hallucinated. I cut it back to no more than 10ml and that didn't make me as loopy.