I've been researching the Lap Band for several months now and have attended a few seminars... and now I have my first office visit on Monday!!

:whoo:

The problem I'm encountering is fairly minor, but it does worry me. I have a VERY sensitive stomach... I feel queasy after eating (which doesn't stop me, but I digress...), when I'm hungry or even when I'm sick. I worry that my "nausea" level may cause some unwanted side effects to the procedure.

I just want to make sure I have careful precautions before I go into this. What has everyone experienced in terms of nausea post-op? Also, does anyone have recommendations for medications that help relieve an upset stomach? I don't want to get myself into a situation where I vomit so much that the band slips.

Thanks!

The Shanimal:help:

First of all, you can get an anti naseau medication from your doctor. That being said, if you tend to vomit you will not be able to with the band. I had a really bad stomach ache one time and tried to throw up and it couldn't get past the band.

It's not that I actually vomit all that often, but the nausea is pretty consistent. I just want to downplay the nausea as much as I can, at least during the early post-op stages, so I can concentrate more on getting healthy instead of hovering above the toilet.

I had my band on 8/20/2007. Since that time I have had very limited intake of anykind. I am currently in the hospital, dehydrated. I had the test to see if there was anything getting through my band-it gets through fine, but it "sits" in my stomach. I throw up after any intake (example, sometimes immediately, sometimes 4-5 hours later). The doctor does not know what is wrong with me. I had an ultrasound of my Gall Bladder-I have stones, but he is not worried about them right know. They give me meds, I throw them up. I get sick from the smell of beef broth.

I am desperate, any thoughts?

Shanimal:

Good luck with the nausea. I told my doctor that I had issues with nausea. He said he'd fill me full of antinausea medication. Unfortunately I started having dry heaves about six hours after surgery and had them throughout the night in the hospital. My nausea got worse when I tried moving, so staying still is what I suggest. In addition, I don't know if the nausea comes from the morphine or from the anesthesia. I stopped taking any pain medication the night of my surgery and the vomiting stopped a few hours after telling them to take away the pain medication. So, you might want to limit the pain meds. I think that the surgical pain was minor without the vomiting pain on top of it.

Good luck.

Sue Magoo

H 324, S 287, C 268.5, G 160

Banded 7/26/07

No fills yet - hopefully 9/10

I never had problems actually vomiting. You should talk to your doctor to see if there is something they can do to treat your sensitive stomach. It could have an underlying reason you experience this. Seems to me also that if you were able to pack on the weight with that sensitive stomach you shouldn't have a lot of trouble after banding.