Since I got the band a week ago today, I've had a drippy nose. Doesn't seem to be a real cold, just allergic type drippy nose. Now today, I'm coughing uncontrollably. It's really rough.

Am I going to hurt the band? Or my incisions? I just took some nose spray to try to dry it up, and some tylenol with codeine to try to calm my chest down. Any other advice?

You might pay attention to 'when' this coughing occurs. Is it all day, all the time or can you tell it if it is when you're drinking or eating, specifically?? One of my early signs of diaphram agitation, ie STOP/Yield signs, was a sudden bout of coughing, sneezing or hiccuping. If I did anything more than very gentle, slow, sipping, initially I would suddenly begin coughing uncontrollably. Didn't take me long to figure out this was my band's reaction to what I was eating/drinking and how slowly or NOT I was taking it in. Just a thought... I hope you recover quickly!

THanks -- I'm really not eating/drinking anything because I'm coughing all the time. I'm afraid I'll upchuck. I'm hoping the medication will dry up the nose so I can try to eat. But I'll watch for what you're describing. I appreciate the ideas.

I got a terrible cold a week after my surgery, thought I was going to cough up a lung. (or rip my stitches). My dr. gave me some killer cough syrup, it is called promethazine with codeine. She said the stitches they use will take alot more than a cough to rip. No worries. Good luck.

Julia

Well, that's good to hear. I took the tylenol with codeine because the codeine is a cough suppressant. The promethazine (phenergan) is used as a multi purpose anti nauseant/antihistamine etc. I actually have some if I need it -- but it makes me very sleepy so I'll wait. The T+C did help with the cough.