Just got back from the hospital

Sivan · January 13, 2007

I was banded on Wednesday afternoon. I felt like myself when I left the hospital and when I got home. Then the gas... I'm grateful to the forum that I knew about it. But I also have been having dry heaves. :dizzy: That worries me because I know that excessive vomiting can cause the band to slip.

The last time it started was when I dissolved my one daily pill in a 1/4 cup of apple juice. That was it for my whole night. Now this morning I'm afraid to "eat" even my yummy turkey broth. Tomorrow I can have yogurt. Yeah!

I had a food dream last night. Mushie tuna sandwich on a whole wheat bread and diet chocolate milk. I could've done better than that before I was banded!

One more thing - this is the third time I've tried to get my ticker onto my signature. I copy and paste from the first URL in ticker.com and the forum site tells me I have an invalid URL. I want a cute ticker, too!

jme62 · January 13, 2007

I would call your doc. about the dry heaves bc mine put a motion sickness patch on my ear and told me to keep it in place for 3 days to make sure I did not vomit. I was a little quesy one time but nothing major. Good Luck and I hope you feel better

BabyGotBack · January 13, 2007

I actully had the dry heaves and vomitted twice after surgery in the hospital. They checked me under fluero and all was well. It passes. We all react different to all the meds they give us, anesthesia and also another woman was vomitting for 2 days because of the meds she was presently on made her sensitive.

The gas for me got better after 3 days. Now I feel so good!!!! I am 8 days post op.

One thing that helped me were the fruity ice pops.

Audree

juliegeraci · January 13, 2007

Sorry I can't help you with the ticker, I have the same problem. Congrats on getting banded. You sound like you are doing great.

Sivan · January 14, 2007

Uh Oh! I was just sitting at my computer after a nice bowl of homemade turkey broth. And it all came out the back end... unannounced! :embarassed: What a mess! Has anyone else lost bowel control in the liquid stages? I remember when I had another abdominal surgery, they kept giving me broth and yogurt and broth so I wouldn't strain my stiches on the toilet. They saw how often I had to call a nurse to get up to go to the toilet so they pushed me up to mushies immediately and it got better. I also suffer from chronic IBS. I want to just get past this part and go on to the part where I just eat a little, chew something, get up and go to the restroom like a normal person and then I can go back to work and my life.