Hi all.....I am scheduled for banding this monday 6-30, and I have just started showing symptoms of the stomach flu that has gone around my family and friends!!! I am throwing up and incredibly sick. Any insight or thoughts?? I know they DO NOT want you to throw up after banding so as to not rupture or cause slippage....can anyone help me?

thanks! Renee

If you are still sick they will postpone...I wish you luck.

really? do you know for sure? Also, with this being the weekend, do you think it's something I should call ahead to the "medical emergency" line to tell them?

Not for sure, but from others I've heard, I'd call and ask.

I would wait it out. A stomach bug usually runs it's course fairly quickly. Wait it out and see how you feel on Sunday. If you still aren't feeling well then give your Dr. a call and see what she/he has to say.

I had a urinary tract infection that was just awful a couple of days before surgery. It was so bad that I was doubled over and sick to my stomach from the pain. I called my pcp and he wrote a script for treatment and I was good to go by my surgery date. I made sure to mention that I had just finished antibiotics for a uti and they said that everything would be fine.