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cuteNATL    93

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Does anyone else ever experience hiccups or small belches after they eat or drink????

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shedo82773    1,236

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When I'm full I get the hiccups. There is a nerve that gets pushed when you are full which causes this. I can't remember what it is called but I know it is something like "the vergus nerve" sorry I can't recall the name. Sometimes it doesn't happen until I'm overfull. That is a sad time. Miserable.

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cuteNATL    93

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I have no idea what my full switch is so maybe that's it. I haven't had the over full feeling yet but I'm only 6 weeks post op Lololol... Gotta looooooong way to go..

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elisa5150    212

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Hiccups and/or belching if I eat one bite too much or too fast.

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_Kate_    2,224

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I did early on but its very rare now.

One thing that continues to happen daily, is my nose runs when I eat or drink.

I wish it would stop !!

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Hammer_Down    631

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The vagus nerve is stimulated when you are getting hiccups.

Depending on how long you are getting hiccups for, this may be worth discussing with your aftercare team. There is a small, but very real, chance of damaging the vagus nerve during the gastric sleeve procedure.

I have had hiccups only twice since surgery. The first was at about 5 days post op and I wanted to cry, it was so painful.

The second time was last night, and I was so pleased it didn't hurt at all.

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LittleLizzieLilliput    919

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I was getting non-stop hiccups. I called my surgeon and his team said "You need to remember just how small your stomach is now, you need to use good portion control." I just started crying. lol! I have chronic hiccups, I wasn't eating or drinking anything. I was more worried about hurting my hernia so that is why I called. I then had a melt down. I was like "You just told a fat person who had their stomach removed and who can't drink more than 2 table spoons at a time right now that they are using poor Portion Control? ?? Are you kidding me???" I felt so defeated and upset. I tried telling them I have chronic hiccups and that I'm upset the assumption was I'm eating too much and just reprimanding me rather than asking me any questions. Turns out I think it was my Hiatal Hernia that had been repaired. I think in the healing it was giving me non-stop hiccups. I mean, I had them for about 4 days straight. I'd get them in the middle of the night while sleeping, while I was just walking or talking, etc. But yet I was told I wasn't using good portion control. Ugh, that's still a rough one. I was really hurt by that because I'm a "follow the rules to the letter" kind of person and I was journaling each teaspoon I was putting in. When the assistant kept going about portion control I read her my daily diaries and asked "Does it sound to you like I'm using poor portion control?" lol!

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shedo82773    1,236

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How sad!! When does this crap change. Everything that we go to the DR.'s for it all happens because we ae fat!! I remember when I went to the DR for Strep Throat they told me that if I wasn't fat I wouldn't get sick with it. MAN O MIGHTY I can't believe that a BARIATRIC DR would be so callused. I'm sorry. I hope you got some relief from your hiccups!

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LittleLizzieLilliput    919

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yes, it was very upsetting. I felt like I was getting a rote, automated response. I would have appreciated some questions regarding what and how I was eating before telling me 1 week post op that I was using poor Portion Control. I got over it but that was a big blow, I now realize my surgeons office isn't really there to help, just tell me what "I'm doing wrong".

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