Sue Magoo

If you gave up caffeine, that's probably what's causing the headache. If you can have caffeine, have some. If doctor says no, the caffeine headache should only last a few days. Over-the-counter headache medicine should help. Good luck!

Hi. I was banded on 7/26. Things are going pretty good. I've had some issues with solid foods, but I keep on trying. I had to laugh when I was reading about "slime". You don't know what this is about until it happens to you. What does PB mean? :confused:I'm guessing it means to throw up, but I'm not really sure. Can someone please help this newbie so that I can understand the lingo? Has anyone out there had issues with shoulder and neck pain? Even though I'm almost four weeks out from surgery I've recently started having shoulder and neck pain. The pain is almost like the pain after anesthesia, but goes up to my neck too. I think it might be from hurling so much since I started trying solids. I've hurled as much as three times in a day, but now only once a day, a couple of days didn't hurl at all. Please let me know if you've experienced this shoulder and neck pain. Thanks.

Hi. I got my band on 7/26/07. I had a hiatal (sp?) hernia. My surgeon repaired the hernia when he put the band in. Doesn't seem to have been any more difficult to recuperate from. Good luck!

Hi. I'm a new poster too. I got banded on 7/26 in Massachusetts. I weighed in at 287 and now I'm at 273.5. Funny how those half pounds really matter. I was shocked when my weight increased 9 pounds from Thursday morning surgery to Saturday morning with only having liquids. Doctor told me not to worry because I was retaining fluids. It took five days to get rid of those nine pounds and it's gone down slowly since then. I told the doctor on 8/6 that I was getting hungry. He told me to start solids, but introduce them slowly. My first meal went okay, but had alot of problems since then - vomiting & sliming (didn't know that was what it was called until I read messages on this site). I'm still having difficulty, but not at every meal. I'm probably eating too fast, or too big of a bite. I got a baby spoon to help me on the bite size. I think it's important to remember that we didn't put it on overnight and it's okay if it takes a year or two to get rid of all of it.