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I am very excited about getting banded, but I want to know something; I know that if you don't chew your food you will vomit it back up, but what about when you get the stomach flu? I had a bad case of that back in the spring & it has me wondering - if you have stuff in the lower part of the stomach & it needs to come up, how does it fit thru the small opening?

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I vomited the other night and I promise, it came up just fine! :D

It's true, I had a breast biopsy (well, two! one on each breast) on Tuesday and I was terribly sore, and I had some liquid Tylenol w/ Codiene in the med cabinet so I took a dose, then sat up and watched TV for a bit. I got a cup of coffee while waiting for hubby to get home (he went to the hospital to see his mom, yes, it's been THAT kind of a week!) and I got up when he got home, and I got nauseous. Yep, it was eally happening...real vomit, not a food stuck PB kind of thing...I was sick!! And it happened, I vomited. Thankfully, my tummy was empty except for the coffee so no food needed to pass back up the band. If there WAS any food, only the coffee made it back up. I heaved probably 5 times and felt MUCH better, getting the coffee and Codiene out of my tummy, but it was scary. I did liquids the next day, and soft foods from there and I'm fine.

Most folks recommend having some kind of anti-nausea suppository on hand to cut down on the need to vomit during things like the flu. Check with your doc about getting a prescription filled before surgery so you will have it on hand.

By the way, the biopsies came back Benign. Yay!!

Good luck! Congrats on your band date!

Another thought, if your food is very well chewed and you vomit, I'd think it would be a bit easier to come back up through the band...?

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