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About 6 days post op

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dawn of dibley    6

dawn of dibley
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so, i am about 6 days post op. I haven't had a lot of trouble healing, I haven't had any of the gas pains that people have talked about (which i am grateful for). my incisions seem to be getting better and my insides no longer feel as if they are going to fall out when i walk, another great thing. Also, i am still on my liquid diet, as per doctors orders, and haven't had anything soild at all.....

today was going pretty swimmingly until around 6:30pm. i went for a short walk with my hubby, just to get out of the house and off of the couch. we stopped to rest for a bit in the park before we returned home and suddenly, out of nowhere, a wave of nausea came over me. i told him, "we have to go home right now!" and so we did. we walked back home, i took a gas x strip to try and calm things down, then i chewed on a tums.....no sooner did i get the tums down when i had to go to the bathroom and wretch.

nothing came out, just what felt like a big bubble of gas which relieved the nauseated feeling right away, but it SCARED ME TO DEATH. now i'm quite sore internally. do you think that i have caused any slippage to the band by heaving so soon after surgery? i am seeing my doctor on wednesday for an appointment that i had made with him last week. i'm not sure what to do.

the nausea is gone now and about an hour after the episode, i was able to drink 1/4 cup of broth with no problem. my throat is very sore and so is my abdomen from the wretching. i just don't know where the nausea came from. could it have been the gas?

just looking for some advice or someone to put my fears at ease. usually if i am nauseated, it's because i'm sick or i ate something wrong, but with just my fluids that i have been sipping on, i can't have any kind of food poisoning....and nothing but air and some spittle came out, so no stomach contents.

i am just a little bit scared.

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Toast4U    6

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Hi Dawn!

I'm six days post-op too. I had to laugh when I read your description of how you were feeling because I could definitely relate! I went back to work for a half day today and when I came home I was thoroughly exhausted!

As far as what happened to you, I wish I could give you better answers. I know that for now I'm paying such careful attention to any signs given to me by my stomach. I've watched for "soft signs" that other people have mentioned such as burping, etc. and have been able to recognize when I need to stop "eating" (which really means drinking at this phase). I believe you may have had too much to "eat". Even though we're only drinking liquids, I believe that if we can still overdo it if we drink our Protein Shakes too fast. From what I've read from others, I don't believe you can cause slippage from one round of heaving, even at this early stage. Don't panic and hang in there! rolleyes.gif

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dawn of dibley    6

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thanks guys for answering and for the encouragement. i am feeling better today, but really sore from the heaving yesterday. i don't think that i was drinking to much liquid or too full because i literally hadn't had liquids in a couple of hours. i had a water bottle with me during the walk and i took a sip or two, but not more than a tablespoon. i really don't know where the nausea came from. maybe it was air, as a big gas bubble did come out. i guess it just really freaked me out and i've been so careful to move slowly and drink slowly because i do not want to do that heaving again.

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mint2bskiny    4

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I had the exact same thing a few days after surgery and got very concearned. I called my doc he told me it was fine! for about a day I did did heaving thing when i needed to burp but i would burp and go on with my business *which was sittin on front porch for while*. Its very painful but they say it wont make your band slip. Dont worry. Good luck on your journey!

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dawn of dibley    6

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just posting an update. i went to my doctor's office today for my esophagram. they wrote me a prescription for the nausea which has helped a LOT so far. the esophagram shows that my belly is full of gas and that is what is probably causeing all of the trouble. so weird. anyway, i am doubling up on gas x today to try to get some of it to dissipate and taking the anti-nausea meds, so hopefully i'll be back on track in no time.

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dawn of dibley    6

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I'll add the mylicon to my shopping list for saturday. the doc's office says I can start mushies on Friday!!!! yippeeeeeeee....i don't remember the last time i was so excited about something. so. sick. of . liquid.

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