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shelley00    0

shelley00
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:help: :help:I am sorry and I hope not to scare anyone but I hope someone can help me. I have been sick the kept me in the hospt. for an extra night. Everything I eat doesn't feel right. Will this feeling gete any better. Please just tell me it takes a few days, I am better then yesterday. Any help I would love

Shelley

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Ok, the first few days (maybe 4 or 5 days) after surgery, I would sip just a little bit of liquid, and it would feel like I swallowed a golf ball. I just had to sip very slowly, wait several minutes, and sip a little more. It does get better, I can now drink pretty normally, and I'm doing well on the full liquids. Hang in there, it does get better!

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Call your doctor and see if you can get something for the nausea if you still have it. There are several options out there for nausea, and there's no reason to have to live with it. (((hugs))) You'll get through this!!

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They have put me on 2 meds still have the feeling but not the vomiting. Thanks everyone for letting me know this will pass

Shelley

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The feeling is normal Shelley, your stomach is swollen and you have a whole heap of restriction. Focus on the Water. Sip sip sip so you don't get dehydrated. Once the swelling subsides your gonna feel right as rain. In fact, your almost gonna wish the golfball feeling would come back. I'm 9 days post op and I feel like I could eat a whopper jr right now no problem. Of course, I'm not going to. I'm begrudgingly eating cream of broccoli instead.

Relief is on the way!

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shelley00    0

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:clap2: :clap2: i just wanted to let everyone know I am feeling much better today 4 days. Yes thank you lord!!! Thank you to everyone that wrote back and told me it was normal would get better and be ok. Again thanks to everyone.

Shelley

Banded 2/15/07

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DWILSON    0

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SHELLY00,

I AM SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY IN Mexico IN 4 DAYS:nervous . AFTER HEARING WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH I THINK I WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED. IF I HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE YOURS I THINK I WILL REALIZE THAT THESE PROBLEMS WILL GO AWAY WITH TIME AS THEY SEEM TO BE GOING AWAY FOR YOU. KEEP ME POSTED ON YOUR JOURNEY. I WISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK IN THE COMING DAYS.

DWILSON

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The first 5 days was a killer for me and than about day 10 I felt awesome and back to the gym on day 11. I was banded Jan 4th 2007 and I am down 28lbs :) Good luck

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