Going Crazy!

ldauph · September 8, 2003

My mind is taking over. I am 4 weeks banded and up until this week have been feeling great. I am now sick each day. I am starting to think my band has slipped. I go back to the doc this Thurs(11). Can anyone discribe to me what the symptoms are for slippage. I gag terriably about an hr after each meal. Have not actually thrown up. PLEASE HELP!!!!!:think

Alexandra · September 8, 2003

Yikes, Laura, that's scary! Did you change anything about your diet this week--like did you just start solids or something?

If you're gagging long after your meal is finished you may be having esophageal spasms. I think slippage is characterized by actual pain, either in the stomach or esophagus. At least, that's been present in the stories I've read. A complete inability to eat or drink at all is also a sign of real trouble.

Please call your doctor tomorrow and let us know what's going on. I'll be thinking of you, fellow Jersey-ite!!

ldauph · September 8, 2003

Alexendra, Thanks for your kind words. Yes! actually I did start on some solids like chopped Pasta , small pieces of chicken and veggies & tater tot like potato, but this is the deit my doctor has perscribe for my 5th week. I hope it's just the food and not something more serious.

findingtinytina · September 8, 2003

Laura,

Every item you described to be eatting are things that make me stuck. Especially if the chicken is breast and dry, and any type of potato.

Some veggies make me stuck and definetly I can't eat pasta!

Try going back on liquids/mushy foods for a few days to let your tummy rest and then reintroduce those foods at a later time.

It may just be that your still really swollen, and you need to take it slower.

Good luck, and do have your doctor take a look at you.

ldauph · September 8, 2003

Tina, thank you for your advise.. back to mushy scrarmbled eggs and tuna I will see how it goes until my appointment.

Laura

bunkie68 · September 9, 2003

Laura, have you noticed any improvement today? Good luck with your appointment on Thursday - hope the doc can help you figure out what's going on!

ldauph · September 10, 2003

Actually I had to go the doc on Monday, I just could not take it anymore. He told me he thinks I am ready for my fill, witch he has scheduled for the 18. He thinks what was happening is I was eating until I was full and this may have been to much. So now I am just eating very small portions then walking away. This has worked until last night.. I was on my way home from work and was on the bus and there it came they wave. They only thing I could figure out that made me sick was a fatfree pudding that I had an hr prior. I just don't know! Hopefully the fill will make this better. I just hope so cause I get so ill I wind up in tears. My Fiance has been wonderful. Then the mind kicks in that maybe this is not going to work for me. I am trying to stay positive and just go with it until my fill. Thanks all for the concern.