i think i'm too tight!!! please advise...6th fill 8.2 cc's in a 10 cc band

bandster_1007 · 05-01-2008, 08:38 AM

ok, i'll try to summarize in as few words as possible. i was banded in october, finally started losing weight in february (30 lbs), found out i was pregnant in March, had a 2 cc unfill (down to 6.2 cc's), able to eat very normal ...including drinking with meals. found out i miscarried beginning of april, gone through natural miscarriage, through april, still going through it.

i went and had a fill on Wednesday. They gave me 3 cc's, up to 8.2 cc's. i passed the sip sip sip gurgle test, and went home. i was fine that night. i had soup at hand tomato for dinner and no problems. then yesterday, i was able to drink about 1/8 can of slim fast for breakfast, and chew on ice until lunch. during lunch i tried chilli (4 bites, equivelant to 1 normal bite), i threw it up, so i settled for a fudgsicle, it stayed down ( i was hungry).

then i went and got a strawberry slush, i thought it was doing well until i had to walk across the bank, then all of a sudden i'm spitting up in a cup constantly for 3 hours, i finally throw up..a lot of spit...but hurt real bad, then i don't drink any more, but i continue to throw up my spit for the rest of the night. when i was washing my face in the sink, i just kept "spitting up" in the sink. i could not bend over at all with out it coming out. then i try to go to bed, and when i lie down, my stomach hurts like hell, and i cann't keep the "spit" from flowing back up into my mouth. so i elevate the head of my pillow, throw up a couple more times, and go to sleep with no more problems. so i had nothing to eat or drink past 2 p.m yesterday.

now this morning, it seems like things are going down, but i can't really tell, and everytime i take a teeny tiny sip i feel it sit there before it goes down, and it hurts. now i feel the need to burp, and when i do the tiny bit of coffee seems to be coming up.

I AM SO THIRSTY. this is the first time, i have ever had problems with liquids. before my unfill when i was tight i had trouble with drinking too fast, but that was it. now it seems like my stomach is hurting a lot and i'm having trouble.

question is, do i need to ride this tight fill our, or is an unfill in order?

please advise.

**Jack** · 05-01-2008, 08:50 AM

call you surgeon at once....I suspect you are overfilled.

bandster_1007 · 05-01-2008, 08:54 AM

ok, i called and left a message they open at 9. it's not quite 9 yet. even if i could ride this out, i don't want too, i don't think. i am thirsty..and i need to drink. i haven't felt the need to urinate yet today (i know tmi), and that is not normal after a full nights sleep.

is it supposed to hurt when you take a sip right after a fill? i've been tight before, and i've felt my drinks go through my stomach, but never any pain. and it seems to just stay there.

mama59 · 05-01-2008, 09:00 AM

As a nurse, my thought is that something is wrong and yes you need to let the surgeon know all that is going on. Let them be the ones that decide. You don't want to become dehydrated. mama59

bandster_1007 · 05-01-2008, 09:33 AM

i called, they want me to come in this afternoon for an unfill. see i had a strawberry slush yesterday and it apparantly has me blocked, because this morning i was throwing up what looked like pink coffee grounds...and i haven't eaten anything this morning at all.

Nettie · 05-01-2008, 10:05 AM

I was also banded in Oct. 2007. I had my 6th fill and had some issues with being able to keep liquids down. I went 2 weeks and finally said I had enough. Found out I have allergy issues and my pouch was full of mucus so when I would eat and drink there was no place for the food so it would come back up along with all the mucus in my pouch. I had to get an unfill and start taking Claritin. It has helped me! I hope you get straightened out soon.....and I am so sorry to hear about you losing your baby! That's a terrible thing to have to go through...I've been there to.

bandster_1007 · 05-02-2008, 08:47 AM

ok, i'm better, i went in yesterday and had 1 cc removed.

nettie, thank you for your concerns, i am doing so much better. it was really hard and it still is at times. i think the hardest thing is that i did it naturally so i still have the pregnancy hormones and it is not complete yet, so i have suprises when i think it is all over.

i had strawberry seeds that were gummed up and blocking my stoma. so they opened me up. now i'm definately not tight enough. i can drink and drink fast first thing in the morning. but man oh man..water never tasted so good.