Balloon Insertion Week of March 21

ophelia150 · March 23, 2016

Hello! I know there are a few of us having balloon insertions this week and I thought we could share our experiences here.

3/22 - insertion of Orbera balloon in early afternoon (1:15) All went well. I had an anti-nausea patch placed behind my ear and anti-nausea drugs in the IV. My husband was driving me home by 3:45. Quick and painless. Rested the rest of the day, drank propel Water and ate sugar free Popsicles. Although I was nauseated, I did not vomit. I've had a horrible headache and took some liquid hydro codeine with Tylenol but that didn't help much. Also took zofran every 8 hours and that has helped with the nausea. Didn't sleep well, couldn't get comfortable but still haven't gotten sick.

3/23 - resting on couch with a warm pack around my neck to help with the headache that will not go away! I tried some chicken broth this morning but it didn't taste appealing at all so I'm sticking with propel and Popsicles for now. All still going fairly well. As far as meds today? I am taking a PPI twice a day and zofran every 8 hours. Was also given Xanex for anxiety but haven't taken one yet. Will update more later...

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Edited March 23, 2016 by ophelia150