HELP - Band May Have Completely Closed!!!

KINGSKID66 · March 29, 2008

Hey Everyone!

I haven't posted in a long time. I'm almost 2 years post op and have been doing just fine until recently. I've lost 42lbs and feel great. Had hoped to lose a little more but overall feel wonderful. I had my last fill about six months ago. I felt a little tight off and on. Like a few others here, I have begun to tighten over time. I had no idea that could happen. To date, I cannot digest anything - EVERYTHING comes back up. I've had no food/water for two days. As you can imagine, I am quite miserable. The reason I think my band is completely closed is because I took two antacid tablets last night around 11pm, hoping they would help with the reflux (which I have no history of). Around 4am, I woke up vomiting again. The antacid tablets were still in their chewed up form, they had never gone through my digestive track. It also explains why I feel nothing going into my pouch. I have vomited so much I really hurt. Will probably end up going to the emergency room this morning. Has anyone had anything similar occur?:confused2:

Long2BFree · March 29, 2008

Two days without food or liquid? Go to the emergency room if you can't reach your doctor. You can become dehydrated very quickly.

HeatherA · March 29, 2008

Definitely get to your doctor or the ER! I just went through this earlier this week (see my blog) and just a .25CC removal was enough to open me back up.

Good luck!!!!!

Pix · March 29, 2008

Get your tush straight to the ER!! Don't walk, don't stop to read the rest of this thread just GO!!!!

coolcrystal · March 29, 2008

Yeah, totally go. they need to do a fluro on you it sounds like.. maybe a slip or erosion or something? If you haven't had a fill in 6 months could it be the fill causing this? that sounds weird. Please keep us updated on what the doctors say!

brandyII · March 29, 2008

Had same problem, hope you went to ER or met with a doc on call, like I did to have it fixed, keep us posted on your health.

JJB · March 30, 2008

Please keep us updated on how you are doing. I hope by now that you have called your Dr or went to the ER. Two days is really a long time to go without food or Water. I hope your better soon.

KINGSKID66 · March 30, 2008

Hey All!

Thanks for the replies. I really appreciate the support. Just spent about 8 hours in the ER. I went to my HMO after hours care center first and they had an ambulance transport me to the ER due to the severity of my dehydration. They had a really difficult time finding a vein to administer the I.V. It took five sticks to finally get one. Once I was transported to the ER, they were not much help. They spent a lot of time trying to figure out what to do with me. Did a barium (however you spell it) swallow and I was restricted about 99%. I was shocked the barium stuff didn't come back up. One thing I found out was the amount of vomiting I did over the last two days caused me to swell really badly. Currently, I'm open enough to drink liquid. I'm too scared to try solid food. May try some Soup later tonight. Long story short ... the ER had no one experienced with bariatric surgery. Thank God I was able to speak w/Dr. Martinez. He told me to tell them what to do - have the radiologist remove some of the fill under flouro. Unfortunately, they had no radiologist on staff. So, I didn't really get anything resolved. But, since some of the swelling has gone down I can at least drink something. So I spent all day lying in a room w/an I.V. connected to my arm. I felt a lot better getting some fluids, so it wasn't a complete waste of time. I still won't have anything resolved until next week but I feel a lot better. Again, thank you all. I am doing much better than I was when I first posted this morning.:thumbup:

Long2BFree · March 30, 2008

Thank goodness you went to the ER and was able to get an I.V. You should probably only drink liquids since you are so swollen; food would probably only aggrevate you more. Take care and let us know how you are doing.

brandyII · March 30, 2008

KINGSKID66,

Glad to hear you're okay. I guess I was lucky and called near midnight after I was too full and a surgeon met me 45 minutes away at their office after midnight. She was able to get the fill out before I had suffered all the dehydration etc... that you had. I've heard horror stories of hospitals not knowing how to deal with lap band ports etc... She did tell me one thing, if you're throwing up for two hours straight then it's a problem and never go past two! So now we all know right? Good luck to you and your health in the future, brandyII.