Someone please give me some help. I got really bad stuck last nite at a Christmas party. I was sliming/throwingup for 4 plus hours. I was able to eat a tiny bit today, but now it feels like someone has beat the crap outta of my stomach. hurts soo bad I had to take a pain pill and made me cry. Has totally ruined my Christmas. It is especially sore around the port area. What should I do? Should I call the doc or are they just going to tell me to go on liquids which im going to now do.. no more food for a few days. Why does it hurt so bad????

Your port site is probably sore due to the abdominal contractions of vomiting/retching. Keep to your fluids and make sure you take in protein for one or two days. If you are still extremely sore consult your physician. Don't let it ruin your holidays. Consider it lessons learned...Hoping that you feel better.

Its been a few days since your Christmas post -- how are you doing? Hope things settled down.

I stumbled on this, and have some advice that might help. "CHECK THIS WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST" At Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan, we were taught that this is all new plumbing. "LAP BAND" and there are times when your plumbing gets clogged up ! So we have a solution... Mix Adolphe's meat tenderiser, and some water together, Swallow a shot glass full no more then that ! let it sit and eat its way through the clog..

Now,,I am not kidding on this, have not had to do it myself, "I HAVE A HOLE IN MY PORT, SEEING A DOCTOR ON THE 13th" But I still remember there version of liquid plumber..

Again,,, check this with your Doctor.

Also with the swelling that you feel try ice cold liquids. If you like to chew or suck on crushed ice, that's a big help.

Good Luck ! Shirley.

Someone please give me some help. I got really bad stuck last nite at a Christmas party. I was sliming/throwingup for 4 plus hours. I was able to eat a tiny bit today, but now it feels like someone has beat the crap outta of my stomach. hurts soo bad I had to take a pain pill and made me cry. Has totally ruined my Christmas. It is especially sore around the port area. What should I do? Should I call the doc or are they just going to tell me to go on liquids which im going to now do.. no more food for a few days. Why does it hurt so bad????

How are you feeling now? I had my surgery na few years ago and I will say I am not the poster chold for the band surgery. I did not do as well as I wished.

Can anyone give me advice on how to get back on track? Did anyone fall off the wagon for an extended time and then get back on the straight and narrow?

I stumbled on this, and have some advice that might help. "CHECK THIS WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST" At Henry Ford Hospital in Michigan, we were taught that this is all new plumbing. "LAP BAND" and there are times when your plumbing gets clogged up ! So we have a solution... Mix Adolphe's meat tenderiser, and some water together, Swallow a shot glass full no more then that ! let it sit and eat its way through the clog..

Now,,I am not kidding on this, have not had to do it myself, "I HAVE A HOLE IN MY PORT, SEEING A DOCTOR ON THE 13th" But I still remember there version of liquid plumber..

Again,,, check this with your Doctor.

Also with the swelling that you feel try ice cold liquids. If you like to chew or suck on crushed ice, that's a big help.

Good Luck ! Shirley.

How do you know you have a hole in your port

It won''t hold a fill ! So I have to go in for testing next week, and see if they replace the port, the whole band, or go with something different all together.That even includes removal of the band. I had mine since !0/2006. I hate to see it go, but now it's useless, and everything gets hung up on it, even water ! if you can imagine that..