Everyone seems so up beat here. I've got to say, being only 3 days post op, I surely didn't expect it to be this hard. I have a high pain tolerance and could probably deal with the pain, but the nausea is killing me. I ma drinking my liquids, but I'm sure not enough becaue my mouth is EXTREMELY dry. I just can't seem to get to feeling better. I am not one to sit around, so I am ready toget up and get on with mye life but this surgery is kicking me butt. Please tell me this is going to get better soon.

Jennifer B

I was banded on March 9th and also has had extreme nausea and vomiting due to an intolerance of the liquid vicodin my dr prescribed an antinausea medicine and switched to liquid tylenol and codiene and was better in a day I found that sucking on ice chips was a life saver its all I could keep down the first 24 hours :/ Might it be the pain meds making you so nauseated ? perhaps you can call your dr and ask for some antinausea meds to get you thru rhis rough time I hope you start feling better.

Everyone seems so up beat here. I've got to say, being only 3 days post op, I surely didn't expect it to be this hard. I have a high pain tolerance and could probably deal with the pain, but the nausea is killing me. I ma drinking my liquids, but I'm sure not enough becaue my mouth is EXTREMELY dry. I just can't seem to get to feeling better. I am not one to sit around, so I am ready toget up and get on with mye life but this surgery is kicking me butt. Please tell me this is going to get better soon.

Jennifer B

As far as the pain, I was much better on day 3 than on day 1. Is it like that for you, you're feeling better than the first day? I'm on day 6, I've lost 15 lbs, have been completely fatigued by night time, but I'm doing much better. I actually walked my kids to a playground the other day, very slow walk, but a walk I didn't feel like I could have done a day prior. I'm not dealing with hunger issues so much as that mental desire to chew something, especially when I'm fixing Breakfast and dinner for my kids lol.

So yes it has gotten better. My pain level right now, on the 1-10 scale is about a 1.

Everyone seems so up beat here. I've got to say, being only 3 days post op, I surely didn't expect it to be this hard. I have a high pain tolerance and could probably deal with the pain, but the nausea is killing me. I ma drinking my liquids, but I'm sure not enough becaue my mouth is EXTREMELY dry. I just can't seem to get to feeling better. I am not one to sit around, so I am ready toget up and get on with mye life but this surgery is kicking me butt. Please tell me this is going to get better soon.

Jennifer B

Believe me it will get better. I was banded on March 8th and i too thought it was rough until i gradually started to feel better. Hang on in there.

My doc put a scopalomine patch on me before surgery and I had no issues with nausea. Only problem is I forgot it was on and found put it was the reason my vision was off. I would ask your dic about a nausea patch if you're that nauseas

Everyone seems so up beat here. I've got to say, being only 3 days post op, I surely didn't expect it to be this hard. I have a high pain tolerance and could probably deal with the pain, but the nausea is killing me. I ma drinking my liquids, but I'm sure not enough becaue my mouth is EXTREMELY dry. I just can't seem to get to feeling better. I am not one to sit around, so I am ready toget up and get on with mye life but this surgery is kicking me butt. Please tell me this is going to get better soon.

Jennifer B

It took me a good four to five days to really start to feel better. Hang in their, call the doctor and see if they can give you something for nausea or switch your pain medicine. Stay ahead of the pain...take your medicine on time, etc.

Rachael

Thanks for all of your input. I am taking Hydrocodone for pain, which is liquid and the taste of it makes me want to throw up in itself. He did give me phergan for nausea. The pain is somewhat better than yesterday, and I thought the nausea was too when I first got up, but now it's coming back. Guess I will just have to stay strong and see this through another few days. I will try backing off the pain meds if I can to see if that helps the nausea.

Thanks everyone!

for some reason, day 3 was my worst day. i kept wondering if i had made a huge mistake (totally normal and common, apparently) and i was just shocked by how difficult the surgery was. i did it as outpatient surgery and didn't think it would be a huge deal. but by day 4 and 5 i felt dramatically better. it's hard to sit around and do nothing. i couldn't even concentrate enough to read. couple of good movies and some magazines helped. you'll feel better soon!

The pain gets better and better each day. Day 2 and 3 were my worse but from there it got less and less. I'm on day 15 and still have some port site soreness and shoulder gas pain but that's it. Hope you feel better soon!