I had a fill this afternoon going from 2.7 to 3.2. I had no problems after the fill, had about 1/4C juice about 6:30, and nothing after that. When I went to bed I started having a problems. My mouth is filling up with liquid, I assume from my stomach and I have mild hiccups. Is this normal after a fill? I assume my body is adjusting to the new restriction. How long should I give it before calling the doctor and unfilling a bit?
I've just gotten out of bed and I am going to give it about 30 minutes to see if my body calms down a bit and then try extra pillows in bed. Any other suggestions?
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You may just be swollen from the fill. Just do liquids tomorrow. If you can't even get the liquids to stay down, you should call your Dr. As for tonight, you really cant do too much except wait it out, and try to make yourself comfortable w/pillows...dont lie flat while sleeping. Hope you feel better.
This sounds bad. You may need to go to the emergency room and/or page your surgeon if you continue to choke up liquids. YOu can become deyhdrated really easily or aspirate fluid into your lungs. Let us know what happens.
You said your mouth was filling up with liquid--you mean you aren't swallowing your own spit?
I know that my stomach swells some right after a fill. Then it subsides after a day or two. Then again maybe what you're experiencing is in part heartburn...I'm not sure what that feels like exactly either. I think as long as you can get down liquids you are ok--but if you can't don't wait too long and risk dehydration!
I do in fact have a bit of heartburn and I am able to swallow but it comes back up. When I am up the symptoms subside and I did not have a problem until I went to bed. I was sipping water all afternoon after the fill without a problem. This is only my second fill and I did not have this problem after surgery or with the first fill.
Sounds like your band is too tight. I had a similar thing happen to me with my last fill also, he went from 1.5 to 2.0 and after about an hour I knew I was too tight, so he had to remove .25. Then that night when I went to bed the acid reflux started. Had to sleep sitting up. Since I live on another island, I had to wait about 10 day to go back and have more fluid taken out. Now at 1.6 and have good restriction. No acid reflux at night except if I eat to late. Good Luck, keep us posted.
Decided to sleep sitting up last night and that did help. Didn't get much sleep but felt better; it took about 90 minutes to stop getting the water in my mouth. Called the doctor this morning. I am going to see him tomorrow. It could be I am swollen from the fill or I could be overfilled. We will see how I do today. I am able to drink clear liquids but I am still getting a little back splash (not sure what to call it), not as bad as when I was lying down. I will keep you posted. Thank you all for your comments.
First let me thank all of you who replied. When you are sitting at the computer after midnight because you can not sleep, it is comforting to have friends out here with support. I saw my doctor today. He feels it was just my body's reaction to the fill. Because he and his office will be out of town next week, he decided to unfil me just a tad. I went from 2.7 to 3.2 and now down to 3.0. I was able to drink a protein shake and hold it down and I will stay on liquids for a few more days.
I don't burp, I do hiccup and a little more than before. I do not have gas. I have been able to eat full liquids and a bit of solids. I will stay with liquids tomorrow and then move to solids.
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