I would like to know if any of you experienced nausea everytime you try to sip a little broth. I have got nasiated on the smallest amount. to the point that since I have had surgery I have probably only had about a measuring cup full in 4 days. does this happen to everyone. becuase of this I don't even want to eat anything. thanks for the help in advance!

You may want to try making your own chicken broth. Put a chicken in a pot full of water with seasoning to your taste and boil it, then medium simmer for about 45 minutes. Skim off the fat, give the chicken to someone else, and the broth left is for you. It tastes much better fresh. You can do this with vegetables if you like too. If this makes you nausiated too, then call your nurse I think. GB

of course, i'm speaking from having bg surgery, and not the band, but i've had a similar reaction, so i thought i'd respond anyway.

i got pretty sick a few days after my surgery, and couldn't keep anything down, not Water or broth. then, for several days after that, i couldn't stand the taste of water or broth. now, today, it seems my taste has changed again, and i'm back to being able to drink water. the broth, i'm just not crazy about.

i think it's because when i felt bad, i tasted the broth and water, and my mind somehow got me stuck thinking that water and broth were bad, because i was sick when i had them.

try a different brand of broth, or try just dissolving a buillion cube in some water, cuz that can taste a LOT different than broth. also, try the veggie broth. i found that i can tolerate it a lot better than chicken broth, even though the opposite was true before my surgery.

good luck to you.

thank you for the responses. i talked to my nurse and we think we figured out the problem. I really get sick everytime i stand up it feels like so much pressure on my tummy. but then we relized it was due to my chest. lets just say I am very large there (a size j) and even with a sports bra it puts too much weight on my healing tummy. They say I need to try to find something to help me keep my chest higher off my stomach. my husband tinks hes funny by saying he could duct tape me! I would like to find a differant solution..lol. if you have a suggestion im all ears.

well now, that's an unexpected response!

it's sort of a good thing that it's "just" that causing your problem... may be easier to find a solution than if it was something else!

sports bra don't really "lift" me as much as squish me down so i'm not bouncing around when i exercise. i think something with more "lift" would be good. i'm picturing those bras with the criss cross... lift and separate! :confused:

i usually end up making my shoulder straps as short as possible, so i can get "the girls" up higher, and avoid lace. the best bra i've ever found that gets them up higher than any other had really stiff cups, and an underwire. (it's the 5 way convertible bra from lane bryant, but the largest size is DD!) the stiff cups i had always avoided before, because i figured i didn't need any extra padding, but i was amazed at how much more supportive they were. it reminded of how a corset sort of makes your boobs bubble up out of the top. hehe

also, i'd often criss cross the straps in the back, which seemed to pull them up even more, and they stayed completely off my tummy!

good luck!!

i will see what I can find...but I have always had a hard time finding a bra to fit. Im just affaid of it hurting the incision under my breast. sports bra do nothing for support they dont even hold me down. I will keep investigating this though. thank you

less of me...

was bra shopping online today and thought of you...

(that's really not as creepy as it sounds, i promise) :thumbup:

have you tried this bra? http://www.lanebryant.com/pagebuilder/lane_bryant_product_page?pagesize=4&my_nav=special_sizes_fits&cat=braFGH&subcat=&item=8998809&s19b=Bras%20|%20Sizes%20F,G,H&s19c=9

says it goes up to size j, and with a name like "magic lift", thought there might be hope! :-)

LOL...I must say thank you for thinking of me (i think,,,J/K) I really appriciate it and will check out the website. I am doing much better now that the gas seems to be gone but it got really bad that i couldnt walk around much till most of the gas was gone. But now I am finally getting back to normal...yay!!! hope all is well with you juniper!