Vomit 3 to 4 times per day 1.5 years after gastric banding

by Noha
(Cairo, Egypt)

I had stomach banding surgery on 3/06/2010 and every thing was fine. I began to lose weight immediately and continued to lose until April of 2011 when the vomiting episodes began. I continue to have problems with vomiting and always have feeling of discomfort and severe constipation.

I visited the doctor who determined that there was some hyperemia and inflammation around my band with normal pylori.

My main problem now is that I can't drink water. If I drink any amount of water, I immediately vomit it out.

Please help me with your experiences.

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Vomit 3 to 4 times per day 1.5 years after gastric banding

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This is work for a specialist
by: Lonicera The Bandit

I fully sympathise, it sounds absolutely miserable. But if you can't keep water down, even with constant tiny sips, and you have a history of problems, then I think it's not a case for amateurs like us to judge how to sort the problem out.

You don't say how much fill you have, but regular deprivation of fluid - which is what you seem to be experiencing - is dangerous, and I don't think it's a question for a forum, even a serious one such as this one.

You have the right to demand a proper answer on how you should proceed, before deciding whether the gastric band is actually right for you or not. I hope you'll come back and tell us how you got on.

Lonicera The Bandit

I'm with Lonicera
by: Beth (Who Hid the Donuts?)

The inability to keep down fluids is cause for an immediate trip to the doctor. Though we can live for quite some time without food, we can only live a matter of days without water. Even a couple days' worth of dehydration can put you into the hospital and compromise your kidneys.

The number one rule of thumb for ANYBODY with a band is that the second you can't keep fluids down, you go in immediately. It might be that you need a partial un-fill. Your prior history of issues has likely caused swelling which now is not allowing proper passage of fluids. Has your doctor ever checked you under fluro? It doesn't sound like your vomiting really alarmed him or her, which in itself is alarming. A lot of vomiting can actually dislodge your band; and people that I've known who actually dislodged their band had problems swallowing fluids. You really need to go in of your own accord before you are admitted as a patient into the hospital.

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by: Anonymouskaron

hi there ive had my band for over 5 years i also can have problames swallowing water different times a day things change my band has always had a mind of its own, ive lived with this and now ive got to the stage where my weight loss is the same , im fed up with being sick not knowing when i can and cant eat, so when i went back to my doctors o wednesday of this week 30th november 2011 iv just been told ive got no saline in my band but i do still have trouble swallowing , the doctor has yet to get back to me ,i did have 6mil in my band dont no where it has gone ive had a leak somewhere, i also will have to pay to have this corrected ,ive no private insurance and i feel very let down with all of this, a receptionist at the hospital told me that the band is only covered for 6months anyway i payed eight thousand pound for this its so unfair ive now going to have to pay again for something that has never realy done what it should of done, also i was never told of the failures that happern and all of the problames it can have

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