I am in the hospital on my 3rd bag of saline.....each one is 2000mL (for those of you not familar w/ the metric system thats about equal to 1.5 gallons...I have tried to pee 3x since I woke up from sugery at 10ish this morning....each time it feels like I'm going to....but nothing comes out after I sit for 5 min...they did an ultrasound of my bladder and said it is pretty darn full.....they are going to put a catheter in me and REALLY don't want that.....has this happened to anyone? surgery was at 7am its now 6:15pm

last minute thoughts?? why can't they just give me a diuretic?

Really glad things are "going" better for you. 32 oz by mouth is an awful lot of liquid immediately post op. I didn't have anything but ice chips for the first 20 hours, then a few oz for the swallow test and a small juice and a little bit of Jello. Drinking a quart might have made me queasy.

FYI, 1000 cc's is about 1 quart (33 or so oz), which weighs about 2 lbs. This explains why most of us gain weight when we have the band installed. It will take a few days to drain.

Ya no nausea for me at all yet-(knock on wood but it'll come eventually....everything seems to hurt more than yesterday..but my incions itch which means they are healing(or it means I'm allergic to the dermabond or the purple ink that it is colored with lol)...they put one of those Patches behind my ear I think that has something to do w/ the abscence of the nausea It took me like 15 hrs to drink that 32oz...I didn't chug it all at once lol. Same with the Jello. 1.5 snck size cups over like 16 hrs..anyway I'm glad I'm peeing now. No gas yetn although I have gas pains I haven't even tooted once.....do they allow u to take gas-x?....does it actually work in our situation?

Thanks for all the help guys!

I am not sure how much fluids I reeceived during my stay, but I know when I was wanting to leave, they had me urinated first and I really did not have to go, and I sat for a number of minutes just trying to will myself to go and then only had a little, but they let me go.

Off topic for a minute because I just thought of this. They put a anti nauseas patch behind my ear prior to surgery, and I just remembered it was there. Anyone know how long I am supposed to keep it on, I never asked.

Yes Gas X helps and yes that patch is why you aren't nauseated. Just an FYI b/c noone told me this until after I was freaked out- a side effect of that patch is that it can dilate your pupils and cause blurry vision.

I wasn't told that and I went in to have my tubes tied. The next morning I couldn't see out of one eye. I kept thinking WTF? WTF? I was freaked out. LOL It went away on it's own within 24 hours though.

Just keeping sipping on your fluids. That patch will last for 72 hours so I say keep it on for a while longer.

Dave...thank you for mentioning the weight gain. I cried when I weighed out before leaving...I was albs heavier than when they weighed me in. And I was in and out in 5 hours. Almost broke my heart to go up that much in 5 hours. But now, this morning @ home I've lost 4 of the 8 (survey was yesterday) and the gas is finally coming out

Dave...thank you for mentioning the weight gain. I cried when I weighed out before leaving...I was albs heavier than when they weighed me in. And I was in and out in 5 hours. Almost broke my heart to go up that much in 5 hours. But now, this morning @ home I've lost 4 of the 8 (survey was yesterday) and the gas is finally coming out

Dave...thank you for mentioning the weight gain. I cried when I weighed out before leaving...I was albs heavier than when they weighed me in. And I was in and out in 5 hours. Almost broke my heart to go up that much in 5 hours. But now, this morning @ home I've lost 4 of the 8 (survey was yesterday) and the gas is finally coming out