I am still experiencing nausea and vomiting 8 weeks postop. Is there anyone else dealing with this? My surgeon says to push through it. I'm miserable. I can't eat or drink without vomiting. I'm still in the mushy phase due to this setback so I know it's not the wrong foods. Any advice appreciated.

Call them or go in and politely but firmly tell your doctor to give you something (prescription) for nausea/vomiting. That's not right to let that go on for weeks and just tell you to push through it!

I can't imagine how awful that feels and I'm so sorry you're dealing with this.

Call them or go in and politely but firmly tell your doctor to give you something (prescription) for nausea/vomiting. That's not right to let that go on for weeks and just tell you to push through it!

I can't imagine how awful that feels and I'm so sorry you're dealing with this.

Forgot to mention I'm taking Zofran and have the patch behind my ear; however, they have not been effective. Ice helps but I'm not keeping much else down.

Sorry

Did you get the lap band or gastric sleeve?

Demand an EGD be done to rule out a stricture .

At 8 weeks out... One day I threw up my Protein shake!!! I didnt think too much about it but as the day went on I started noticing that I couldnt drink as much Water as I had been. Later that day it was time for my next Protein shake... I couldnt finish it or keep it down!!! Next day I woke up and tried to start over .... Same Thing. Called my surgeons office and they wanted to get me in the hospital for egd. It took 3 days before my egd and I was so afraid I was going to dehydrate because I was barely drinking anything. Turns out it was a structure... Once that fixed me up I have had no trouble w my water or protein but every now and then ill try something new and up it comes. The zofram did not help my nausea at all while I had the stricture.

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Sorry

Did you get the lap band or gastric sleeve?

Gastric sleeve

At 8 weeks out... One day I threw up my Protein shake!!! I didnt think too much about it but as the day went on I started noticing that I couldnt drink as much Water as I had been. Later that day it was time for my next protein shake... I couldnt finish it or keep it down!!! Next day I woke up and tried to start over .... Same Thing. Called my surgeons office and they wanted to get me in the hospital for egd. It took 3 days before my egd and I was so afraid I was going to dehydrate because I was barely drinking anything. Turns out it was a structure... Once that fixed me up I have had no trouble w my water or protein but every now and then ill try something new and up it comes. The zofram did not help my nausea at all while I had the stricture.

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I'm really wondering if it's a stricture also. I'm trying hard not to become dehydrated.

I am so sorry!

If you still have issues after their "fix", what next? How is a stricture corrected? How does a stricture occur?

At 8 weeks out... One day I threw up my Protein shake!!! I didnt think too much about it but as the day went on I started noticing that I couldnt drink as much Water as I had been. Later that day it was time for my next protein shake... I couldnt finish it or keep it down!!! Next day I woke up and tried to start over .... Same Thing. Called my surgeons office and they wanted to get me in the hospital for egd. It took 3 days before my egd and I was so afraid I was going to dehydrate because I was barely drinking anything. Turns out it was a structure... Once that fixed me up I have had no trouble w my water or protein but every now and then ill try something new and up it comes. The zofram did not help my nausea at all while I had the stricture.

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Oh I feel so bad for you two.

Do you mind telling me what they think caused your stricture, and what they did to help you, and what will help you now since you still have some issues? Thank you. I'm going to go read up on this now, I've only glossed over it.

This certainly should help the OP get back to the dr for this check up. I am so sorry for both of you! =(

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I am so sorry!

If you still have issues after their "fix", what next? How is a stricture corrected? How does a stricture occur?

At 8 weeks out... One day I threw up my Protein shake!!! I didnt think too much about it but as the day went on I started noticing that I couldnt drink as much Water as I had been. Later that day it was time for my next protein shake... I couldnt finish it or keep it down!!! Next day I woke up and tried to start over .... Same Thing. Called my surgeons office and they wanted to get me in the hospital for egd. It took 3 days before my egd and I was so afraid I was going to dehydrate because I was barely drinking anything. Turns out it was a structure... Once that fixed me up I have had no trouble w my water or protein but every now and then ill try something new and up it comes. The zofram did not help my nausea at all while I had the stricture.

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Oh I feel so bad for you two.

Do you mind telling me what they think caused your stricture, and what they did to help you, and what will help you now since you still have some issues? Thank you. I'm going to go read up on this now, I've only glossed over it.

This certainly should help the OP get back to the dr for this check up. I am so sorry for both of you! =(

I am 5 months post op now and after my stricture repair I have been good. Every now and then certain foods make me a little sick but I think that's just something we all go thru. With the stricture repair what they did for me was do an egd.... They inflated a little balloon to open the stricture up. That's it. I was asleep thru the process and I just had a little gas when I woke up but felt so much better!!

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I'm not sure what caused the stricture. My surgeon did tell Me that sometimes they have to do a stricture repair twice... But the first one fixed me right up!!

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I'm very glad you have had great success at this repair. I did go read up on gov.com about strictures.

I had a lap band in 2008, removed in 2011 and got my VSG 2 weeks ago. So just a tad worried and curious about how everyone is doing! I love this site!