Re: God!!.....What a shock to the system!!

February 7, 2001

, to go up to 2.5 in one foul swoop is a lot for your body to get used

to. I have found that over a period of time it usually becomes easier to

eat certain things. For a lot of people, being able to eat or even drink

first thing in the morning is an absolute no-no. I find I cannot eat before

11.00 am on most days, but am able to have a cup of tea 8 out of 10

mornings. You just need to take it very easy for a while. It will be a

little of trial and error as you will have to try things out to find out if

you can tolerate them. The funny thing is though, one day you wont be able

tolerate something and the next day you will. You really have to take one

day at a time.

If at any stage you cannot keep fluids down I would suggest you have some

fluid out as it is very easy to dehydrate, especially with the hot summer we

are having. Why don't you start off with liquids and progress to food over

a few days it might help you adjust to the fluid in the band. Take care and

if even in doubt, call your doctor, he will know what is best for you.

Esther

February 7, 2001

Hi ,

2.5 is a HUGE fill for the first one! The usual over here is 2.0, I believe.

Having just had my second band put in, my first fill a month ago was only

1.5, and last Friday I was upped to 2.0. I had exactly the same thing happen

as you did.... I couldn't even keep a sip of water down. Unluckily for me,

though, I had a heap of trouble finding someone to help (weekend!) and had

to suffer till Sunday afternoon, till eventually I paged Skinner and

he came in and emptied my band. Ghastly, no food or drink for almost three

days, throwing up and reflux..... aaarrgghh, don't want to go through that

again in a hurry! On Tuesday I went back to see Dixon and he put in 1.7

(the original 1.5 wasn't enough for me) and I am very restricted, but at

least able to keep a bit down. I'm going to be watching my intake closely

and will be back in to get more fluid out if I continue to have reflux, and

I would strongly suggest you do likewise. It can be really dangerous not to

keep hydrated in this weather.

Take care, and hope things settle down for you. On the bright side

though..... isn't it great to know that this thing really does work! *Smile*

.

God!!.....What a shock to the system!!

>

> Goodmorning Everyone!

>

> I went for my first check-up and fill last night, thinking......OH!!, this

will

> be a breeze (which the fill itself was btw)........ Dr put in

2.5ml and

> I went home a happy little camper. He told me to take it easy and just

use my

> first week as a trial on what sort of foods/amounts etc I can and can't

eat. I

> had a small sip of water before I went in for a quick dip *bloody 39C and

I'm

> sick and tired of it lol*.........WELL!!.......I had my head over the side

of

> the pool for the next 15 minutes spitting up this foamy sort of stuff

(sorry for

> the description) and had a really uncomfortable burning feeling in my

> chest...which I gather is relux.......YUCK!! I rang Dr back and

he

> suggested I come back in and have some taken out as it must be too tight

for me,

> he took out .5ml and I could immediately feel the difference. I had a

glass of

> water before I left the surgery and that stayed down OK. I had a bit of

custard

> last night which didn't stay down though.

> This morning, straight out of bed, I had some water with my

medication.....which

> is only a small tablet and that didn't stay down either!! I had about

three

> small teaspoons of custard about an hour later.....that hasn't come back

> up......I don't understand!! Does it take your body a bit of getting used

to

> when you have a fill?? Will things settle down or is the band maybe still

a bit

> too tight? I'm a bit scared to eat anything!! Especially since I'm now

at

> work....lol. Thank god I haven't got any meetings to go to today!!

>

> I suppose I'll see how the day goes, Dr said if I was still

having

> trouble I could come down to Ashford Hospital today and get some more

taken

> out......should I just persevere and see how things go??

>

> Help anyone please!!

>

> )

>

> ozband website:

> http://www.ozband.com

>

February 7, 2001

**Esther

Thanks for your advice......I've just had a cup of coffee and that has stayed

down fine so I will just take it easy and just stick to fluids over the next

couple of days......not drink first thing when I hop out of bed and hopefully

things will settle down. Anyway........that should get those damned scales

moving downwards again.....lol....I've been stuck on 106kgs for 3 weeks now!!!!!

Very frustrating!!

)

Esther Van Houten on 08/02/2001 08:04:00

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