I have the flu today.

Paulax · December 19, 2007

Vomiting nothing, there is nothing in my small pouch. I think I may be swollen from heaving and nothing is coming up from the lower stomach to the upper pouch. (sorry if too much info) I can't race off to get a defill without a 5 hour drive in winter conditions and an overnight stay.

Feeling very sick and worried about slippage. Please tell me that one bout of influenza isn't enough to slip my band.

Thanks in advance.

travelgirl · December 19, 2007

Call the doc and see if they can prescribe some anti-nausea meds. I don't even know if they work on flu symptoms, but it can't hurt.

You poor thing. I hope you get over it quickly!

Twilight · December 19, 2007

When my little girl had the flu and was getting dehydrated the doc prescribed some suppositories (I know, no one wants to go there) that stopped it RIGHT NOW! When I asked my coordinator about vomiting she said to have the doc prescribe the same for me. Your PCP can do that. No need to go into office she said.

I'd call so you don't have to be sick AND worry. One is bad enough without the other. Feel better soon.

Steph

WASaBubbleButt · December 19, 2007

Vomiting nothing, there is nothing in my small pouch. I think I may be swollen from heaving and nothing is coming up from the lower stomach to the upper pouch. (sorry if too much info) I can't race off to get a defill without a 5 hour drive in winter conditions and an overnight stay.
Feeling very sick and worried about slippage. Please tell me that one bout of influenza isn't enough to slip my band.

Thanks in advance.

Influenza is actually upper respiratory. Coughing, sneezing, etc. Sudden nausea and vomiting is usually not an infection but most common is food poisoning. Could you have eaten something that may have been not as fresh as you thought?

I would call you doc and see if they can give you something for nausea and vomiting.

snowbird · December 19, 2007

You can also get stuff like Norwalk virus from food that has been prepared by someone who has it and hasn't washed their hands properly.

My daughter got some anti-nausea meds from her doctor that she keeps on hand just in case she comes down with something that causes vomiting. Sorry, Paulax, too late for you this time, but maybe for the next time!

Paulax · December 20, 2007

It is over, thank goodness. Thanks for your responses.

I thought hard about the food poisoning thing Wasa. My dh had it the day before me. Can't think about anything that it may have been. My kids did not get it, but will watch them closely, toss out anything questionable.

I am going to see my surgeon in the next few months and will ask about this very thing and having an antinausia in the house. Very unusual for me to get sick, it has been years....

But it was very unnerving to feel that way and I know the band was stopping anything in my stomach to come up to my pouch, so don't know how good/bad that could be since the body wants to purge.

Phew, safe for now.

PS, a school in Vancouver was CLOSED due to 100 students phoning in wtih the flu. They phoned the health authority and the school was closed for sterilizing.....tis the season, I guess.