Buffalo, NY Band 6-30-08 HORRIFIC EXPERIENCE!!!

NoPBJ · July 6, 2008

No..I never got a shot. I did have a patch behind my ear and they gave me Reglan (sp?) for nausea, but no matter what, the room just kept spinning and I kept heaving. I'm just so nervous about the fills now. I hear so many people talk about bad fills with lots of poking and prodding with VERY long needles! Don't know if I can do it!

Kathy JB · July 6, 2008

What a nightmare! I hope you are feeling better each day so that you can appreciate what the band can do for you.

I was lucky. I was banded 7/3 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. They gave me 3 different things to keep me from getting sick like you were. I even got a patch behind the ear that lasts for 24 hours. As a result, I've not had any problem.

For anyone who hasn't been banded yet, be sure to ask you doctor what he does in the way of preventative medicine regarding nausea. I was given a shot, a drink of something and the patch. And I have never had any problems with anethesia, but they still did it, and I'm glad.

I hope you are feeling better soon.

Time4Me · July 6, 2008

Can you describe to me what your "rough days" are like? What do you mean by this? Also, how many fils have you had? thanks!

My rough days, as I said earlier are all self inflicted. 8-). I usually have a rough day when I pick at food all day long and don 't give my body the opportunity to digest it before I put something else in, then I will typically eat dinner and it all comes back up. By the way, none of the foods I am talking about are considered the healthiest for me. On one of these days, i even threw up ice cream! I wouldn't recommend "learning" about your band this way. I would eat 3 small meals a day and maybe a fruit in between as needed and call it good!

I have had a fill about every 3-5 weeks since late October through late April. I have lost count of the number. I have a 13 cc band and have 9.2 cc's in currently and was REALLY tight for about 4 weeks after this last fill. (I could eat 2-3 bites and be done) Just as I was ready to go get a bit taken out it started to ease up a bit.

It really is easier than anything else I have ever done...and I have done it ALL! You will be fine, I am sorry you had a difficult surgery experience...it really shouldn't have been like that.

Here's to a speedy recovery!