Hi all,

I was banded on Wed 4/23rd, everything went quickly and I was in my room recovering by 1pm. I had a bad time with the pain meds making me nauseous and after trying several different types, I said forget it and just have been on Tylenol. The stuff you have to drink so they can xray you and make sure there are no leaks was pretty horrific and almost made me puke. Came home on the 24th and just took it easy. The pain from the surgery is not that bad but I get migraines and for some reason had 3 in the last 2 days so I am dealing with that too. Feeling ok at this time and I am on stage 2 diet already as of today and had some thin Cream of Wheat, oh it tasted so good. Had about 10 baby spoon fulls and was full..... I don't want to get on the scale until I go to the Dr's on May 2nd for my post op. I am glad I did this and would do it again. Take care all.

Yvonne:thumbup:

Hi Yvonne, congrats on getting your band. That is odd that the pain meds make you nauseous. Are they liquid or pill form?

Yvonne-

Are your migraines triggered by barometric pressure? I don't know where you live, but I'm in NJ and yesterday, I had a migraine that lasted over 6hrs. I was able to tell without even checking that there was a storm moving through. Sure enough, we got rain last night. (Should've figured, since I got the car washed for the first time in about six months.:biggrin:)

Anyway, my normal protocol for migraines is 800mg of Advil, then 10mg of Maxalt-MLT. I also take 100mg of Topamax daily. Well, I couldn't take the Advil (I was just banded on Monday), and it kind of started the downward spiral. Lemme tell you, I was in tears and about ready to go to the ER.

I paged my surgeon twice before he finally called back (turns out he was in surgery), and I had already taken one Darvocet - I chopped it up and swallowed it, along with Reglan for nausea. I just wanted to get his go ahead for a second Darvocet. I honestly would've taken it even if he didn't call back. It was that bad. I still had to take a third one before I finally fell asleep around 1am.

Of course, it turned out to be a double whammy and my period showed up this morning.:smile2: Figures.

Have you asked your surgeon for meds for nausea? They really *do* help. Also, a lot of the time, it's the pain that can be adding to the nausea, too.

Hope you're feeling better. And congrats on the band. Welcome to the bench! :wink2:

-m

I am allergic to morphine and codeine and have always been really sensitive to all pain meds. I knew this going in as I have had 3 ceasarreans and gall bladder removal. But I haven't had any surgery since 1985 so I was hoping they had come up with something by now. Anyway, I am not sure what is triggering the migraines but they have stopped for now as the Maxalt really works good for me. They tried several anti-nausea meds also with no success. So after 18 hours of nausea, I thought it best to just get off everything and just go with Tylenol, which helps somewhat. Every day I"m doing better, almost finished with day 3 post op.

Have you called your neurologist to tell him/her what's been going on with you? If you've not looked into Topamax, I highly recommend it. I did the Imitrex route for a while and just didn't like the way it made me feel. Kind of queasy hung over, kwim?

I went from having easily 4-6 migraines a WEEK to now maybe 1-2 a MONTH (and usually I can knock them out with the Advil routine). It's truly been a lifesaver for me.

I have two little kids and it was awful having to lay on the couch in the dark because I couldn't handle the light and noise on a daily basis. Honestly, I had forgotten just how bad they could get until last night.

I really hope you're feeling better soon.

hugs

-m

I have problems with my neck and back, and something in the Operating Theatre really stirred up my neck to the point that the muscles in the sides of my neck were so weak that they couldn't support my head, and every time I lay down flat, I came up with a blinding headache. I used to suffer from migraines so I knew it wasn't that. The only way I could take any pain meds in that first few days was with Mersyndol Daystrength, half a tablet at a time sipped with a little Water. But that doesn't help those of you who are sensitive to codeine. I have never had any issue taking pain tablets, if I snap them in half they go down fine.

One thing I will note is that the pain meds I was prescribed (they contain 50mg of Tramadol Hydrochloride incase you want to check your box) made me very nauseus. My grandmother took 2 doses of the same pill once and vomited for a week. They are bad news for sensitive people. Better to take paracetamol.