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I just had my band to bypass done 4/26 and spent 5 days in the hospital. It has been very uncomfortable to take deep breathes or talk for long periods of time ...

my stomach still does seem inflated a bit with gas but I just wanted to see if this was something that had happened with any of you ?

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I did not. May want to call your doc just to be safe. Seems like shortness of breath was something I was supposed to watch out for. Never hurts to be safe.


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Yes, I had some difficulty taking deep breaths or talking. It took several days to pass. I think it was the gas.


RNY 14 April 2017
SW: 295 lb / 134 kg
GW: 187 lb / 85 kg (I'll see when I get there)

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I am one week post revision surgery and have felt I need to concentrate on taking deep breaths throughout the day..... in hospital I had a spiroball to use every fifteen minutes. You're not alone on this ...... good luck

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15 minutes ago, georgina said:

I am one week post revision surgery and have felt I need to concentrate on taking deep breaths throughout the day..... in hospital I had a spiroball to use every fifteen minutes. You're not alone on this ...... good luck

Went through the same, but I was never sure if it was due to the complications I had from my spleen bleed. When that happened I had a horrible time breathing and took quite some time to recover from that. Once I was back home I still got winded easily. Going up stairs was a chore and didn't take doing much to make me feel wiped out. I had to use the spiro thing as well, but that was more for preventing pneumonia.

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I am one week post revision surgery and have felt I need to concentrate on taking deep breaths throughout the day..... in hospital I had a spiroball to use every fifteen minutes. You're not alone on this ...... good luck


Thank you ! I was so concerned about it, I'm feeling a bit better and was able to walk a bit outside today, how are you feeling ?


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Went through the same, but I was never sure if it was due to the complications I had from my spleen bleed. When that happened I had a horrible time breathing and took quite some time to recover from that. Once I was back home I still got winded easily. Going up stairs was a chore and didn't take doing much to make me feel wiped out. I had to use the spiro thing as well, but that was more for preventing pneumonia.

Oh man stairs are not easy yet for sure! I I'm feeling a bit better today but walking very slow, when did you get your surgery? How are you feeling now? I will say one thing I can't wait to be off of these all liquids! Lol


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