:help: Hi there, i was hoping some of you may be able to help me before i ring up my doctor and sound like a paranoid whinger!

A week ago i got my first fill, now i dont know how much i got put in because he didnt tell me and i forgot to ask. now a few days later i am experiencing throwing up ( only once so far but feeling a second one coming on as i am writing this) and feel all weak and flustered. :cry Im also worried to eat now aswell as that was the case the first time when i threw up.I am still drinking water though. does anyone know what it may be. im not over eating and im not doing anything abnormal than what i have been since i had the band put in about 5 weeks ago!! :help:

For some unexplainable reason, it seems to take about a week for a fill to kick in for me - perhaps this is the way it is for you too. Whenever I lose it (throw up) what works best for me is to go back to liquid only for a day or two and let my band heal, then gradually advance. Good luck.

There may be a number of ways to tackle it, you dont necessarily need to be overeating for it to happen - maybe you're taking too large bites, not chewing enough and maybe some foods are now just going to be impossible for you.

Or you could be too tight, which you'd probably know if working on the above factors does not help matters.

But you wont sound like a paranoid whinger if you ring your doctor, this is quite a scary process when you're new at it and you dont know what effects you can expect on your body. I found the only reason I had any idea at all about any of it was from what I learned here, not from anything my doctor told me which was pretty much zip.

Do you feel ill otherwise? Bandsters get the flu just as easy as everyone else. Could you be dehydrated?

If you feel weak and flustered and haven't been eating much of anything it is a possibility, but then again, I feel weak and nasty if I haven't eaten.

Take your temp., then call your doc.

Take care of yourself

Phili

like others have said a fill can take a week to kick in propley

you are still new to the band and getting use to it.....its not going to be the same as before you had your fill

the other night i had a real bad vomiting episode.....like im talking 6 times i just couldnt stop throwing up.....the reason i think it happened was because i cooked a roast and was nibbling on the punpkin which had alot of fat on it...the fat mustv blocked it up and thats why i threw up so many times cause i kept nibbling.

I was worried after that and didnt eat for a day i just had liquids.....then 2 days later i started back on solids and havent had a problem since:)

if you can keep your Water down you shouldnt be to tight

maybe you didnt chew the food enuf without realising cause having a fill is different to having no fill

if your still worried call Peter

hope your feeling betta:)

Most surgeon's will tell you that it takes 6 weeks to heal. Since you had a fill at 4 weeks, it might be that this is a normal reaction. Eat a full fluid diet for a day or so and then move to a soft diet. GRADUALLY work up to solids and contact the MD if you feel worse or no improvement at any stage along the way.

:clap2: Thanks for the advice you guys!! i do feel bit betta now, my mum reckons its probably because i dont eat when my tummy says its hungry.Also when i do eat i always make sure that my food is chewd real well and wait 30 seconds to 1 minute between each fork/spoon full.I have never been a regular 3 meals a day girl, sometimes i would only have 2 meals a day sometimes just 1 meal a day. I have never really been a big eater so now eating 3 meals a day is something i gotta get used to since i got to do it everyday! before i had the band i could go all day without eating and feel fine but now with the band, if i dont eat my tummy plays up!! So now i know to eat when hungry or my tummy aches!!thanks again for everyones advice!! I love this site!!:clap2: