A week of suffering

[phyl808 1]

It all started one week ago, got my 5th fill, 1 cc bringing my total fill to 4.3 ccs in a 10 cc band. At first it felt okay, then the swelling kicked in and I could barely get anything down. After two days the swelling went down, but still was having problems with drinking and eating. The worst part of all this was the night time reflux. I found myself throwing up in my sleep, not a pleasant sensation. Tried to hang on, hoping that the fill would get looser, but the nighttime vomiting and coughing was getting worse. I finally called my doctor. He had me come in to get an upper GI to make sure that everything was okay with the band, after drinking the barium, it showed that nothing was moving, I was pretty much closed off. He unfilled my band and I felt bloop, bloop, bloop, like a sink drain unstopping. HEAVEN!!!!! Then he had me drink more barium and filled me under flouro. I ended up with only 3 ccs in the band, big difference. I can finally drink again...Water never tasted so good until you can't drink anything. During that whole week I was lucky if I was able to drink 8 oz of liquids in a day. I lost 8 pounds in one week, but don't ever want to go through that again.

[jkend50035 1]

I went thru the nighttime coughing and vomiting in my sleep, just like you. But I wasn't so fortunate. My upper GI yesterday showed my band had slipped, and now I am going to my Doc this morning and he said I was too tight. I sure hope my band will go back into place, but frankly I don't know what to expect when I see him this morning. I am VERY apprehensive that I will have to have the band taken out, or that I will need an operation to re-position it. If that is the case I am not sure I will go through with it. I have lost 67 lbs and I need to lose 33 more. I just don't know.

[Mimilou2004 13]

I know that bloop bloop bloop well and wish my doc had refilled me under flouro. Glad you got taken care of, Phyl.

Mimi