I am a newbie, to this whole thing and am on day three of my new life. Lots of bruising of my stomach and swelling from gas, but thankfully it's going down. I feel really weird because I am NOT hungry, but I know I need to get liquids in. I have never been not hungry in my life! Lol!!!! I am a little concerned because when I drink water or a shake, I will sometimes feel pressure. Very weird feeling. Sometimes it's like I need to vomit, but I just breathe deep and wait for it to pass. Is this normal? I am a little short of breath as well but I feel like I am getting better each day. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!!!

maybe you're drinking too fast....at any rate if you're feeling discomfort contact your doctor. if nothing else it'll give you some reassurance.

hang in there.

Congrats on your surgery and new life, as you put it!

Everything you describe sounds pretty much the same experience that I had. I wasn't hungry or thirsty really, but I knew I didn't want to get dehydrated so I sipped warm tea, had popsicles, and Powerade zero for electrolytes. Just keep getting the liquids down in whatever form works for you! I know what you mean about that weird pressure. I don't know what it's from, maybe the swelling, but it goes away! To me it felt like I needed to burp, but it got "stuck" and I couldn't, and when I brought it up to my doctor she said it was because of the band placement. In two weeks I was able to burp again and it felt much better!

The short of breath thing has to do with anesthesia I believe. My pulmonologist said that when you get put under, your lungs "sleep" and when they wake you back up they stay kind of lazy and don't want to do a lot of work. The hospital sent me home with a little breathing thing (spirometer I think they're called?) that I had to blow into 10 times an hour to get my lungs working again. I think that's what took the longest for me to feel back to normal. I couldn't take very deep breathes for weeks. If you didn't get one of those breathing things, you can still work your lungs by taking deep breathes to fill your lungs and blowing out slowly. It hurts, but it's good for you and the more you do it the better you'll feel.

Obviously I'm not a medical professional, so if your symptoms continue to concern you, definitely call your doctor for advice on what to do!

Best of luck to you!

Thanks, tonight has been really hard. I think I'm nauseous and that scares me to death because I'm afraid to throw up for fear of my band slipping. The only thing I can think of that is making me so sick is that I think when they put the tube down my throat, it sliced a piece of my skin, so I have this little skin tag that is driving me nuts. I'm wondering if that is what is making me gag. At any rate I will be calling my doctor in the morning hoping for some answers:)