I had my surgery done out of town on July 31:eek:,,, on Wednesday I started feeling really bad... When I called the doctor on Tuesday they advised me to move to mushies..I had the shakes really really bad.. and all i did was belch. So I got up Wednesday and decided ok I can eat.. like the doctor said slow and easy... well I ate one bite of a scrambled egg as the dr ordered and i was gone.. i began pbing over and over and over and over..I called the surgeon and he told me to go to the nearest bariatric hospital I did... met up with a dr that never saw a lap band before.. He called my surgeon and they both decided I was dehydrated and that I needed to be admitted.. I was curled up in pain Wednesday night , Thursday and Thursday night. I got this nurse today who said so your our lap band patient that can't hold anything down. She said why haven't they called another surgeon.. She stomped out of my room yelling people in this place are idiots.. She made 2 calls a handsome surgeon showed up and drained the 2.5 cc's out of my band giving me instant relief.. Home now and all is good..

I had my surgery done out of town on July 31:eek:,,, on Wednesday I started feeling really bad... When I called the doctor on Tuesday they advised me to move to mushies..I had the shakes really really bad.. and all i did was belch. So I got up Wednesday and decided ok I can eat.. like the doctor said slow and easy... well I ate one bite of a scrambled egg as the dr ordered and i was gone.. i began pbing over and over and over and over..I called the surgeon and he told me to go to the nearest bariatric hospital I did... met up with a dr that never saw a lap band before.. He called my surgeon and they both decided I was dehydrated and that I needed to be admitted.. I was curled up in pain Wednesday night , Thursday and Thursday night. I got this nurse today who said so your our lap band patient that can't hold anything down. She said why haven't they called another surgeon.. She stomped out of my room yelling people in this place are idiots.. She made 2 calls a handsome surgeon showed up and drained the 2.5 cc's out of my band giving me instant relief.. Home now and all is good..

wow! thank God you r better i never heard of a patient having their band filled after surgery i hope you continue to do better my paryers r with u

Jill, glad you are doing better! Nurses are truly angels on earth. When my husband was in ICU back in March it was a nurse who told the doctor what was wrong. She was 100% right!

wow, I'm so glad you got a great nurse who 'got' wha you needed. I too didn't realise anyone filled anything into the band at the time you get surgery. My Dr made clear I had no fill whatsoever, and wouldn't until at least 4 weeks out from surgery.

Hope you're on the mend now!

Wow, what an experience....glad you're doing well now. I know they say that the band doesn't have saline in it when it's first placed, that comes after a fill. I haven't had a fill yet....I'm getting my first this Wednesday, but I definately can't eat what I used to be able to eat. I must have some restriction because a much less amount of food satisfies me. I would like a little fill because it will give me that full sensation a bit longer than I have now.

Boy, i was just complaining on another thread about how i didn't lose any weight this week. man, i really feel stupid i'm lucky no proplems as of yet. I am so so sorry to hear of your trouble and so very glad your better. May the rest of your recovery be as smooth as ice.

Maybe this is why my surgeon was adamant about giving me a pre fill during surgery. I asked twice and he was absolutely against it. If you have swelling and dealing with restriction, yep, you cant get anything down.

Some surgeons want to give you a head start, that doesnt always pay off.

I know they say that the band doesn't have saline in it when it's first placed, that comes after a fill.

Except some people do have a small fill at the time of surgery, a prefill, so her band DID have saline in it when it was placed.

She made 2 calls a handsome surgeon showed up and drained the 2.5 cc's out of my band giving me instant relief.. Home now and all is good..(OP said banded on July 31st, this amount was obviously a prefill)