AngelWhisper

Prilosec doesn't really work for a couple days. You may wanna try pepcid and tums or zantac until you can get samples from them. It may take the edge off a little bit.

Nothing ever came up for me either. Just dry heaves all the time. I took phenergan for the nausea and it didn't really help but it put me to sleep so I didn't have to deal with it all the time. Honestly once you move on, find a protein shake you like, and move on to mushies and soft solids it will get so much better.

I felt the same way. I was "abnormally" swollen post op and I could barely get water down and ended up back in the hospital 3 days after I was released. I wanted to rip the stupid band out myself. THEN after that I was constantly nauseous, dry heaving, and shaking from the lack of eating. Once I was moved to mushies and soft solids I felt normal again. It takes time, it hurts, it sucks, you're miserable, and you want to rip it off your stomach yourself, but it does pass.

For the first 2-3 weeks after I got my band I felt this weird throbbing in my chest every few minutes. It started out like I had to burp then I'd get 2 throbs and it'd be gone. It never actually came out. As for #2 the anesthesia and narcotics constipate you. I had constipation for about 4-5 days then once it went away I wished I was constipated again. It is true that if you're only eating liquids mainly liquid is gonna come back out.

Yup. I've accidentally swallowed things tons of times. I thought I was the only one it happened to.

I get the powder and doctor it up with milk and frozen fruit myself. The premade ones were nastyyyyyy.

The only clear liquid protein that comes to mind for me is Isopure. When you're able to move to full liquids try blending frozen and fresh fruits with the vanilla protein powder and add some splenda or stevia if you like them sweeter. It makes it more like a smoothie than a nasty protein shake. I use vanilla creme muscle milk light, it's the only kind I've found so far that I don't hate.

I thought about the hernia too. I had a small one before surgery but I'm not sure if she fixed it or not I keep forgetting to ask. I'll definitely remember to bring that up to her again.

My surgeon put me on a 2 week liquid diet 2 Fridays ago thinking I was too tight and had a dilated pouch. I had really bad acid reflux along with it. Today she told me to go ahead and start eating food since I felt a lot better and she would get me my gastrografin swallow prescription so I can go have that done. Well, I ate some crab cake and that acid reflux lump is back right in the back of my throat! I'm totally unfilled and was on liquids for almost 2 weeks. What the heck? I'm starting to think this may be more serious than a dilated pouch. Has this happened to anyone else?:thumbup:

Oh yes. I sweat like a pig normally but after surgery I thought I was gonna roast to death in the hospital room. I turned the thermostat down as far as it would go and opened the window in January and I was still dying.

I agree. My mom had bypass in 2003 and has regained around 25-30 lbs and keeps on gaining. She talks about eating healthy and exercising and all she eats are sodium and carb filled Soups, Cookies, chocolate, ice cream, milk shakes, wendys chili, etc and just won't stop. Then instead of getting out and walking like she says she lays in bed on her laptop all night. Our surgeon doesn't do band over bypass yet but my mom is considering it. I try to tell her that the band will not stop her from eating like that and she needs therapy, doesn't seem to get through.

Actually it's not an NSAID. It's a synthetic opioid. It does nothing for swelling and doesn't cause bleeding in the stomach.

I got mine on the operating table. Go figure.

What my surgeon told me is that because I was filled too tight the portion of the stomach above the band stretched out when I was eating. I was fine for the first few weeks after the fill but then I developed really bad acid reflux and started getting stuck and PBing at almost every meal. She said those are all symptoms of being too tight and/or a dilated pouch.

It could be a dilated pouch which is what my surgeon is pretty sure I have right now. She said it's caused from either overeating or being too tight which was my case. She also said you can eat more than what you should with a dilated pouch. She totally unfilled me and put me on liquids for 2 weeks and said that should fix the problem if that's what's going on.

The barium swallow went really badly today. They couldn't do the test. Within 5 minutes of swallowing it I ended up throwing it all back up it was so disgusting. I've also noticed that even on liquids I feel like my stomach is gonna pop when I'm eating. I'm really worried about a slip at this point. I'm going to call my surgeon and try to get a gastrografin swallow instead of the barium, I know I can handle gastrografin. In the meantime I'm totally freaking out.

I'm kind of the same way with not having particular foods that I can't tolerate all of the time. I haven't tried steak yet though I should try it.

I never really had the burping. I hiccuped and still hiccup all the time.

Amen to that!

I was banded in January and from the 2 week preop diet to now I've lost a little over 50 lbs and that's without much exercise. Probably would have lost more if I'd exercised more often.

I had the same problem in the beginning because I couldn't find a shake that I liked and I despise most soups and liquid things but you really have to stick to it so your stomach can heal. Have you tried doctoring up your shakes or are you just drinking them straight? I'm on liquids for 2 weeks right now because I'm having problems and I'm using vanilla creme muscle milk light powder and putting in splenda, milk, sugar free caramel syrup sometimes, frozen strawberries other times, etc. They're a whole lot better when you make them like a smoothie with several different flavors. I might get blasted for this one but when things got really really bad I got a small ice cream cup from mcdonalds and it helped for awhile. I assure you it gets better! Just hang in there!

I'm a little confused about this dilated pouch business. I saw my surgeon today because I've been having really bad acid reflux. My last fill was May 20th and I was perfectly fine up until the last 2ish weeks. I kept getting stuck and having acid and the feeling sometimes associated with acid reflux of the ball right in the back of the throat. If I took some tums or pepcid prior to eating I'd be fine up until the last few days. My surgeon said that acid reflux is a sign of being too tight and that she thinks my pouch may be dilated because of me being too tight. She completely unfilled me and put me on just liquids for 2 weeks (ugh) and I'm scheduled for a barium swallow on Monday morning. How did I end up being too tight weeks after the last fill? Has anyone else had this happen and did it clear up after liquids and an unfill?

I had that happen because my mom and aunt had gastric bypass so the rest of the family figured I couldn't eat whatever I wanted to eat. You really can't win. If I eat something that's not really good for me at a big family get together I get policed. If I don't eat a lot I get people trying to force me to eat more even though I'm full. Even my mother will sit there when I'm eating and go "remember to CHEW CHEW CHEW IT UP!!!!! CHEW IT UP GOOD NOW!" like I'm 2 years old. I just shoot a mean glance and ignore it now but it was awful for the first couple months.

Do you take anything for your allergies? I take zyrtec and it pretty much stops that from happening. I missed a couple days of it and it was awful.

If you were eating those things when you were supposed to be on liquids or mushies for your post op diet then yeah it's probably not a good thing. If you were cleared to eat regular food by your surgeon and were able to keep eating like that it's actually pretty normal until you get the right amount of restriction with fills. Is the fill obsolete if you drink and eat at the same time? Never heard that so I don't think so. Don't get down on yourself for making a mistake. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try a little harder. Everyone is gonna slip up at one time or another, I know I certainly have.