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Good. Now learn from this and don't do it again! Hope everything turns out well.

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I traveled I'm car from sea level to mountain level and my band got very tight. Glad you are going to dr hope all goes we'll. Let us know?

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They took out a CC and I'm able to get down liquids and mushy stuff. I still feel a little sick but MUCH better than before. However the surgeon was concerned and couldn't figure out what could be causing it so, I'm scheduled for an upper G.I. scan thingy tomorrow morning

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Glad you're feeling better. Amazing what a difference just 1 cc can make. Hope the scan tomorrow doesn't show anything major.

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I'm really glad you went ...although I don't think you would have been able to wait any longer anyway...good luck I'm sure you will start feeling way better now that you have nourishment and hydration again!

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That's an important lesson to us all, to speak to the experts when you have any problems, before they become very big problems, you probably lasted a little too long before going though.

Hope you feel better soon.

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Dehydration is nothing to fool with. Glad you went in. If you can't drink for 24 hours you REALLY need to be seen. This goes out to all.

Let us know what the Upper GI shows. Glad you are feeling better.

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After 7+ full years as a Bandster, with a lot of issues of 'PB' & unexplanable irritable bowel, I was surprised, along with my internist, to learn I had developed some kind of reaction to my Metformin...which replaced the insulin injections I'd been on for 15 years preOp.

So I've been off Metformin now 3 weeks with not a single episode of miseries...e.xcept now my BG level rises and my A1c is climbing.

We all have a delicate balance to maintain. Hope all goes will with ALL of us.

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Jack, I would go back on the insulin for a while, maybe just Lantus, the 24-hour insulin. You obviously need something. I couldn't take metformin - got very sick to my stomach - and switched to Lantus and Novolog immediately. Since my surgery in January I've been fine with just the Lantus. Talk to your doctor about it. There are other pills you could take, too, but research them for side effects. I would consult an endocrinologist. Your internist may be great, as mine is, but they aren't able to keep up with the latest research on diabetes medication the way endocrinologists are. For example, 2 years ago my internist suggested Actos, which I'd read had serious side effects, and I refused it. And now that's all coming out about Actos. Anyway, just be careful. The last thing you want now is some serious side effect of the diabetes.

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After 7+ full years as a Bandster, with a lot of issues of 'PB' & unexplanable irritable bowel, I was surprised, along with my internist, to learn I had developed some kind of reaction to my Metformin...which replaced the insulin injections I'd been on for 15 years preOp.

So I've been off Metformin now 3 weeks with not a single episode of miseries...e.xcept now my BG level rises and my A1c is climbing.

We all have a delicate balance to maintain. Hope all goes will with ALL of us.

Hey Jack,

You've had IBS developed since banding? Me too. It started about 2 years after I was banded. They think I had a case of c. diff. after a round of antibiotics that triggered it, but cannot be sure as that is the one test the lab failed to run. The don't think it is band related, but interesting you said it as well. It can certainly be debilitating, no?

I was one sick puppy that first go round. Ended up in urgent care on IV fluids. Way fun...NOT

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