I guess I don't remember getting sick since having my LAP-BAND®®....

For the past 3-4 days, I have been fairly nauseated. Threw up the first day-- just salivia as I was empty. None since, but some dry heaves.

At first I thought it was heat related, being the first warm day of the year; no chance of being pregnant.

I am 9 days post-op for EYE surgery. I was prescribed Lor-Tab---the pill form of a pain reliever, and Halcyon for sleeping problems (don't know why--maybe a common problem post eye surgery...). When the nausea started, I was at least 4 hours after taking Lor-Tab and at least 14+ hours after taking Halcyon. Since it started I have weaned off both, and have been off those meds 24+ hours now.

I don't know if the nausea is related to the eye surgery, a bug, the weather, my LAP-BAND®®, etc. I have a phone call into my LAP-BAND®® doctor, and I am seeing my eye doctor in 2 days for follow-up.

My real questions are this:

1) what do you do about nausea, regardless of the reason for it? I don't really want to do crackers, and ginger-ale doesn't sound so great. An old pregnancy trick of sucking on hard candy works....but only while I am sucking on it, and even though the calories are few, I'm not really interested in doing that much sugar. Other tips for food, tea, meds, etc?

2) Are there other symptoms I should be watching out for related to LAP-BAND®®? I'm 2 years out and I don't know if slippage is an issue at this point. Is it? So far the only symptoms of note are really weird/bad dreams...which I blame on the halcyon and probably not related!

thanks!

--kelly (jakelmd-----but I'm NOT a doctor)

I would ask Dr for something for nausea, most ones that work are prescription only. In Aus if you are actually throwing up then it is recommended that you get a Maxolon injection. Don't know if it's called the same in the US.

Hope it goes soon.