I had a stuck episode Friday did not want to throw up so I had fought it for about 4 hours and it finally cleared on its own, later I ate some cream of chicken soup, and it was horrible felt like someone sitting on my chest hard to breathe, after about 3 hours I ended up throwing up the soup at first, then clear flem, the more I tried to fight it the worse it would be and then it was blood every 15 mins for 4 hours, it wasn’t a little steak it was handfuls after 3 hours of freaking out I woke up my partner and off to the ER we went.

What I have learned from this experience:

#1 ER nurses and doctors do not have a clue about lap bands, AT ALL

#2 Throwing up blood does not mean you are dying (my bad)

#3 If you have a sever stuck episode it needs to be followed with 24 hours of clear liquids.

#4 After a stuck episode never ever try to drink or eat in a reclined position.

#5 As much as you want to just lay down and die, walk walk walk vacuum do laundry etc. laying down it only gets worse,

#6 Morphine is not all that

yesterday I was unable to keep anything down, this morning so far I have had 1/2 cup water and 1 cup tea, I will take is slow, and see what tomorrow brings if it isn’t better or gets worse I will call band doc and have it checked to see if it has slipped, but as of today I am hoping it has just gotten irritated and swollen.

Of course all this is my very unprofessional opinion just my very personal experence.

thanks for that insight it will be so helpful to a lot of newbies.you laid it out so well it makes me feel a bit easier and I am sure it will to many of us. hope you feel better soon.

Line-dancing