HELP! Getting banded in 3 days & I have the stomach flu!!!

NoPBJ · 06-27-2008, 11:34 PM

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

Froggi · 06-27-2008, 11:36 PM

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

NoPBJ · 06-27-2008, 11:38 PM

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?

Froggi · 06-27-2008, 11:42 PM

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

Lunabeane · 06-28-2008, 01:06 AM

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.