Tuesday night I stared itching all over. When I woke up on Wednesday, I was covered I Hives. On Wed I tried benydril pills and Anti itch creme and nothing worked, I could barely stand my clothes on my skin. I called my Gen MD and she gave me some ointment and pills.

They have helped alot but I still feel itchy a lil and I still have the hives. I have stopped all meds (Loritab, Zantac, and Diuretics) I have not called my surgeon yet, I am kind of afraid he will tell me that I am allergic to my band.

Open to all comments. Thanks

I have had hives for years and they are awful. I've had a batch since being banded too, it was related to stress and to a new found allergy - - - soy! Yes, the soy protein shakes I was drinking in large amounts was causing it. They gave me prednisone and had me use Sarna lotion and within just hours I was better. Needless to say, I changed protein shakes. : )

So glad I found this topic! I am officially at week 1 post op and I have a HORRIBLE rash/hives all over my stomach. I went to my primary care physician today to get it checked out. He took blood and called in RX. Saw Lap doc yesterday and he said he thought it might have been allergic reaction to steri-strips which he took off. He gave me hydro-cortisone cream and said take Benadryl and sent me home. It has gotten worse.

One Bandster suggested the Iodine which made the most sense at first since the rash (now full blown at day 4) forms the exact replica of the iodine that was on my body when I came home from surgery last Tuesday (entire stomach, slight breast and back). but why did I not break out then? More and more I am hearing it can take several days for something to officially take affect/break out. I suppose I always assumed allergic reactions happend immediatley.

I was in tears last night, feels like fire ants all over me. It is now covering my entire stomach, breasts, and back and itches like MAD. I have been pretty much quarantined so I have not been in poison oak or bitten by anything. It started at my incision wounds and sides and has worked its way around over 4 days. I have been VERY stressed...second guessing my decision to do this. Psoriasis makes sense at this point but the odds of it starting on my tummy immediately after lap-band? And why wouldn't my PCP diagnosed me with that today when he saw me or my Lap Doc? He called in some super dooper liquid topical (cortisone) and said take 2 Claritine. Did no good either. Curious to see what my bloodwork says.

I will call a Dermatologist tomorrow. Just sent hubby to Walgreen's to get Salicylic Acid and Tar (2 OTC topical for psoriasis according to Psoriasis Foundation Website) I'll try ANYTHING! This totally sucks, making my band experience funky now. Also have horrible pain in left shoulder/neck area. :thumbup:

mominthebox -

Try Sarna - it is an anti-itch cream that you get at the pharmacy. It will relieve some of your itching until the other things start working for you. I felt immediate relief the first time I put it on my hives.

Good luck -

Terri

Well, fellow itchy bandsters! I went back to the derm today and he gave me generic cream called Ciclopirox Topical .77%....who knows...

I feel for those of you going crazy because I was there after banding until my steroid shot...I am not AS bad as then but I am not perfect with the hives/rash either....

So, he said...it all was a lot of stress on my body...it was 3 months ago! Then he said that it was the fact that I lost 50 ish pounds too...I started counting in preop phases.....

Bottom line..They do not know.....I am changing my soy Proteins to see if that helps...I am just hit or miss with all this but...hang in there...I take a lot of epsom salt baths to calm it down...