Ok, so im wayyy confused. I was able to eat normal portions without a problem up until yesterday morning. I woke up and had a protien shake, which came back up. I had never had that happen before, i mean its liquid!. But i thought maybe i drank too fast or something. I later tried to have a couple sips of Water which gave me that horrible stuck or golf ball feeling in my chest. That didnt come up, but it felt like it wanted to. I went to bed and woke up 3 times in two hours choking on my own spit! So i sat up instead of laying and got a warm glass of water hoping to open myself a bit. And i threw that up, and continued to dry heave. After one or two episodes of that the pressure in my chest went away and i could sleep. I thought this was just an off day and it would get better. Welllll i woke up this morning feeling ooookayy and tried to have a glass of water. That came back up and i dry heaved again. So idk what the heck couldve happend from one day to another but i think im going to go the ER to see if they have a lap band doc on call that can come unfill me so i can get some hydration.......

what do u guys think?? has this happened to anyone???

p.s~~~> sorry for the long post!

Lauren:

Sounds like a good idea to get medical attention. You can have serious problems if you get dehydrated. Does your lapband doctor have 24/7 answering service? Mine does and he tells us to make sure we call him if there's a problem, no matter when. That's what they're there for.

I hope all goes well. Let us know how you make out.

Sue

Yes, that is indicative of being too filled. I trust you have had a fill since your surgery. This can happen down the road after a fill. The fill seems just fine and then a couple of weeks or a month later all of a sudden nothing goes down. Coughin at night and acid reflux is also a good sign of that. Sounds like you need a slight unfill. Call your doctor and get in tomorrow.

Have you recently had a fill? Have you had an episode prior to this of throwing up or something so stuck you heaved before? Anything that would of irritated your stomach to the point it swelled? Is it your time of the month which causes you to retain fluid or swell?

Ok, so im wayyy confused. I was able to eat normal portions without a problem up until yesterday morning. I woke up and had a protien shake, which came back up. I had never had that happen before, i mean its liquid!. But i thought maybe i drank too fast or something. I later tried to have a couple sips of Water which gave me that horrible stuck or golf ball feeling in my chest. That didnt come up, but it felt like it wanted to. I went to bed and woke up 3 times in two hours choking on my own spit! So i sat up instead of laying and got a warm glass of water hoping to open myself a bit. And i threw that up, and continued to dry heave. After one or two episodes of that the pressure in my chest went away and i could sleep. I thought this was just an off day and it would get better. Welllll i woke up this morning feeling ooookayy and tried to have a glass of water. That came back up and i dry heaved again. So idk what the heck couldve happend from one day to another but i think im going to go the ER to see if they have a lap band doc on call that can come unfill me so i can get some hydration.......

what do u guys think?? has this happened to anyone???

p.s~~~> sorry for the long post!

Darling can you call your doctor??? I guess I am lucky cuz I have my doc's cell and he would meet me at the hospital if I were in your spot cuz the ER doesn't always know how to unfill you...

I think you need medical attention - so yes go to the er -- have them call your doc if you can't or they don't know how to unfill.

Good luck

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry this happened to you and you get the care you need today.

This is why I will NEVER get a fill unless its on a Monday.

This is why I will NEVER get a fill unless its on a Monday.

Justin, I realize you were just banded so you may not know this...

Fills can "kick in" at just about any time. Granted you may feel better about being filled on a Monday so that if you are too tight you have time to have an unfill that week. But it seems waaaay more often than not, fills are not felt for a week, ten days, two weeks, three weeks, etc.

Just wanted to give you a "heads up" so that later down the line when you are getting fills you won't expect to feel some restriction in the first few days.

ok, so i took ur guys advice and went to the ER, my doc doesnt have an anserwing serv. I had to wiat a while for them to contact a specialist but they got one and i got unfilled... unfortunately he wasnt MY doc, he took out like 2 ccs just to make sure that i dont have any more trouble over the weekend untill i can get back to my doc. That was some scary stuff tho!... glad its over

I'm glad someone was able to help you. Are you keeping fluids down? Might want to stay on liquids or very soft foods for a couple of days, you are likely very swollen and inflamed in there.

that is good to know about when you get a fill that problems can happen wks down the road, I will get my first fill in about 2 wks. So thanks all. Glad you are ok Lauren. Let us know what your regular dr. says just curious.

Faith~ yea the doc told me to stay on liquids for at least 24hrs, but i stayed on until today! so thats 3... and yess foods are having NO problem... he took 2 or 3 ccs out of me so im WIDE open!

Karri~ ill let u know whn i talk to him! = )