Banded - Out of hospital, nausea

dustout · 10-16-2007, 12:29 AM

Well I was banded today. Pain was very low. However, I've been naesous all day. Said anesthetic sometimes does that. The hydrocodone seems to be contributing to that too. When I walk around I've been burping a lot so I hope the gas going away will be helping things.

Some people mentioned gas-x. how soon were people taking that?

I really had the nasea and general feeling of sickness. Little pain though and they say I'm doing well other than nasuea. I was very unprepared for the nausea. It's making me very unhappy :cry

i'm gonna go try and get some sleep I guess... although I've been sleeping a lot today

abckids · 10-16-2007, 12:40 AM

the nausea will get better - as the gas goes... if you can get your hands on a "relief band" wear it - it helps tremendously...
Hope you feel better soon!!!

dustout · 10-16-2007, 12:35 PM

Thanks for the info! The nausea is 95% gone now! I only get nausea for a little bit after taking the hydrocodone if I walk around a lot.... nothing bad though!

I'm so excited about how I feel! Pain is minimal. It just kind of feels like I got hit in the stomach. When I'm not moving I don't have any pain. Sleeping was annoying as I normally sleep on my side and stomach. I was still able to sleep half-way on my side using a pillow to help support me sideways and that was fairly comfy. Turning over wasn't so fun though as I had to use my stomach muscles to help me turn. Better than I expected though.

In short, I feel great and it doesn't even seem like I had surgery! Just like someone got mad and hit me :) But the pain killers take care of that well.

I'm also not having any trouble getting liquids down at all. Did they forget to put the band in? :) Man that would be awful haha! But seriously, things are good. I'm sooooooooooooo happy!