I am so dissapointed. I hate my band. I am in so much pain and discomfort. I am to the point where I wish I could have it removed and pretend like none of this never happened.

it's a capsule. Cant crush... What do you do for those types? Is there a trick I dont know about? It's annoying!

Talk to your pharmacist. Many medications have alternative forms. Capsules are usually time release, meaning a similar medication is probably required.

Oh you guys are scareing me I am having surgery in 5 days and I do not like hearing horror stories. I hope you are feeling better do tell how you are feeling now. Nervous and need to be set at ease :<

Talk to your pharmacist. Many medications have alternative forms. Capsules are usually time release, meaning a similar medication is probably required.

Should I try to drink something or just let it dissolve on its on. Its my Prevacid, ironic how it is the pill that is suppose to help my stuck indigestion feeling!:thumbup:

Depends on how stuck you're feeling. If it's only mild discomfort, try sipping something hot like tea and see if it will help dissolve it. If it's stuck to the point of making you feeling like pbing, I'd just walk around and wait til it passes through.

babyk - stick with it. hopefully, you can get your doctor's office to help you. how did you pick this office? i've not been totally happy with the company that i went through, but the surgeon was so nice.

i hope things get better for you.

Depends on how stuck you're feeling. If it's only mild discomfort, try sipping something hot like tea and see if it will help dissolve it. If it's stuck to the point of making you feeling like pbing, I'd just walk around and wait til it passes through.

It's just annoyingly stuck. I will try something hot... Thanks Veterans:wink2:

babyk - stick with it. hopefully, you can get your doctor's office to help you. how did you pick this office? i've not been totally happy with the company that i went through, but the surgeon was so nice.

i hope things get better for you.

I'm not so happy with the company I went through either. I dont have a lot of issues and never called cause I figured what I was feeling/having was normal. But when I did call "once" they never return my calls. I only called back because I didnt get a return call the first time. Still no call! I have Fluid in my band and I have some questions about discomfort and wanted to see if that could be the reason. no call. Nothing...... :thumbup:

Should I try to drink something or just let it dissolve on its on. Its my Prevacid, ironic how it is the pill that is suppose to help my stuck indigestion feeling!:thumbup:

If it is truly stuck, anything you drink will just back up behind it and probably come back out the way it went in.

Hopefully it will pass soon.

like your ticker!

Thanks! That is my own pic of the moon. I love photography and hope that as I become healthier, I will feel more comfortable getting out there and pursuing something that brings me joy. :thumbup:

Mint Mylanta was a very dear friend the first couple of weeks.. Thenwhen I hit solids, I found that papaya tablets were my NEW best friend.

it's a capsule. Cant crush... What do you do for those types? Is there a trick I dont know about? It's annoying!

If it is a capsule, you can break it open and sprinkle it on a small spoon of applesauce accordig to most docctors- as long as you can swallow it down quickly, before the med dissolves since it is time released. But I always say call the doctor or pharmacist to make sure...just to be on the safe side. Always error on the side of caution.

But a warm drink should help move it on down to your new tummy.

dont be scared,as long as you go in with your eyes wide open you will be fine,there is pain,as im sure you know,it gets less day by day and by day 7you should be back to normal,i was banded 3 weeks ago today and havent been in pain for days now.I think youwill be just fine.

If it is a capsule, you can break it open and sprinkle it on a small spoon of applesauce accordig to most docctors- as long as you can swallow it down quickly, before the med dissolves since it is time released.

Please don't do this without checking with your doctor or pharmacist.

Many capsules should not be opened and sprinkled. Time-release caps are designed to dissolve in the small intestine rather than the stomach, and opening them completely changes the bioavailability of the medication.

Quite often, meds come in other forms. When they do not, a similar drug in liquid (or crushable) form is usually available.

When I have (non time-release) caps bugging me (not usually stuck, per se, but kind of lying against the stoma and obstructing things) warm liquids do help (rather than back things up). They dissolve the Gelatin and make it possible for the cap to pass through easily.

I support the baby comment. It was by far the funniest thing ever posted on this site.

I listened to my mother belittle me from day one practically until the day she died. Blaming me for the pain she went through with the C-section.

I support the baby comment too. While I know nothing about the experiences of childbirth nor being banded, my wife has had 3 chidren both naturally and C-section and each experience was different for her. And I think the overall theme here is that some people have had significant pain/discomfort from being banded and others haven't. Some women have had significan't pain/discomfort from childbirth others havent. But at the end of the day (in my opinion) I think the point Manda was making was that a woman who went through childbirth and experienced the same pain as someone who got banded wouldn't turn around and want to give back her baby just because of the pain and discomfort, no matter HOW extreme it was. Being banded is almost like giving birth to a new you and a new life and no matter how severe the pain is you WILL survive and you WILL lose weight and acheive your goals. Just keep beleiving that.

Just my $.02

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