I was banded on 10/8, and i cant seem to get the required fluid in. It took me About 6 hours to finish 1 bottle of ensure, and 1 1/2 days to drink h2o(8oz).and i could only manage to get it about 2 oz of broth in. is anyone else going through similar stuff? iam still in a great deal of pain!!!

Hi - I was banded on the same day as you. I've had the same problems with getting enough fluids - although I'm drinking with a teaspoonor sipping slowly because I'm scared I'm going to gulp too much. All the pain I've been having has been gas and I make sure I get up and walk every hour and its been easing and I've used heat pads. I think it will be a slow start but hopefully it will get easier.

please please, drink all you can. i got dehydrated. i cant explain to you what hell it was. i thought i was gonna die, wished it, more like it. everything hurt, i was dizzy,super tired, and did i say how bad everything hurt?

yesterday and today i am sipping all i can and am feeling much better. i wont let that happen again!

I was banded on the 8th too! I have no real pain except for the GAS!!!

The GAS is a pain in the A&$!!!

I am not sure what to do at this point.

my band was done on 10/04, same here i still can not get in my required fluids. don't sweat the pain gets much better. try moving around more.

I was banded on 10/8 but I have no problem getting fluid down. But please keep hydrated. I have been eating lots of sugar free popsicles, they have been a god send. My gas pain is going away thank goodness for that.

I was banded yesterday, the 9th, and I pretty much feel like I was run over by a bus, stomped on by a horse and strangeled. I'll try the popsicles! I can drink okay, I just have to remember to do it! The "gas" pains aren't affecting me in the abdomen (which is soft) but I think they're messing with my diaphragm and sending pain signals all over my back, which is killing me. This too shall pass! Go look at the "before and after" pics for inspiration, LOL!

I was banded on the 3rd. and I still have trouble getting in all of my fluids. I just keep juice or water with me all the time and sip all day. Popsicles do help. I know I'm not getting in enough nutrition, because It will take me all day just to get down 8 oz of broth. I'm just not hungry, and I fill up very fast. I can only manage about 2 oz. at a time. I was supposed to move to mushies today, but I really don't think I can handle them yet.

Mandy: I know what you mean. I can't get much past the lump in my chest. I am weak from malnutrition.

Praise God, i woke up this morning happily passing gas!!!! i never thought id be so happy to share my farts with america...lol,lol,lol,silly me, i was drinking through a straw, my friend told me i was a complete idiot, and straws cause gas, so today ill try to sip from the cup. Were on our way!!!!!!!

oooh the agony, the gas stopped coming out, iam no cry baby but iam to tears at this very moment, gas pain, and hunger are killing me, i cant eat b/c i have gas, i have gas b/c i cant eat......my kids are downstairs eating pizza, iam starving!!!!! what have i done!!!!!!!!!!!

Try walking - just round the room, warm drinks - sip them if you have a hard time taking them down, heat pads, gas medicine. I found taking a very warm shower helped me too.

Good Luck, sorry your in so much pain :Banane30:

Hi there,

I was banded on Saturday 6th Oct and had really bad pain, couldn't keep anything down - even sips of water or ice cubes. Even though I'd just been banded (and there's not usually any fill in the band) my surgeon said to come back in and he would take some of the fill out as he in fact had put in a small amount. He took 3ml out through the port and the relief was immediate - I could drink a glass of water immediately and he said I had to drink at least 2 litres in the next 2 hours which I did. I haven't had a single twinge of discomfort since and that happened Wednesday which was day 4 post op.

Phone your surgeon and suggest that your band is too tight - what is happening to you shouldn't be so and it's not healthy to have so little fluid capacity.

Hope this helps.

Jude

I was banded on the 9th and I'm not having any issues with Gas or Liquid intake.