In pain and having trouble keeping things down

[thewired1 0]

I had my last fill 2 weeks ago today. Last Thursday, I started having issues with reflux, but knew that it was tied to a change in eating times (about 7 hours between lunch & supper) and my menstrual cycle. Had an appointment for a fill today but did not have one. Just met with my NP who agreed that a fill would not be the best thing today. Stick with mushies and fluids.

I got back to the office, stole TWO french fries from the boss and made myself a hot chocolate/protien drink. I've managed to get 3 sips of the drink down and the heartburn hit BIG TIME. I finally ended up doing the mad dash for the bathroom and loosing the drink (and getting splashed in the face with the toilet Water too boot).

I'm still in a decent amount of pain and still dealing with the slime-monster. Any opinions on if this is a "wait & see" thing or if I should get myself to the ER?

Banded 12/04/2007. First incidence of severe sliming/loosing food in over 8 weeks.

Thank you for any and all help.

[claire 72 0]

oh u poor love :crying:i'm only 5 1/2 weeks post -op and still waiting for my 1st fill so i'm not really qualified to give advice but maybe u could do with a very small un-fill ,maybe even as small as 0.2 or 3 !! hope i don't sound too daft x :omg_smile:

[Sue Magoo 71]

Hi:

I would recommend that you call your doctor's office. They probably have someone who can answer your question with expertise.

I had a similar problem and my doctor told me that I needed a small unfill. It helped.

Please go to e.r. if the pain is extreme or if you cannot keep liquids down for an extended period of time. Dehydration can be a big problem.

I hope you feel better soon. Please keep us posted.

Take care.

Sue

[LizzieBorden 3]

Hi, I was banded on 12/7/07 and had something similar happen to me this week. I got my 2nd fill last Wednesday, everything was fine until Saturday when I went back to solids. By Saturday night nothing was going down. Sunday I couldn't eat even a few bites of Soup without severe pain. I stuck to liquids all day Sunday and Monday. By Tuesday I had heartburn from drinking 2 oz of a Protein shake. I went ahead and called my doctor. He had put in .6 cc (?) in the previous week. His PA took out .5 and I had immediate relief.

Please don't wait too long. Hopefully a slight unfill will do the trick for you too. I think my hormones played a part in the extreme tightness as well. I never had any problems with my first fill back in February.

[thewired1 0]

The pain subsided. At least until I tried to eat again. I'm going to try going back to liquids and mushies only. If I'm having trouble with that on Friday @ noon, I'll be going in for an unfill.