BANDED!!!!!

Just got out of surgery 2 hours ago! Horrible gas pain all the way to my shoulders. Did anyone get ice chips after surgery? They won't give me anything and my throat is so scratchy it makes me cough which hurts. Thanks for all the support through this guys! Your the best

HI there;

First of all congratulations on getting banded and sorry you are having the gas pain - it happens to lots of people. As for the ice chips - I was allowed water after I woke up and in fact had to finish a glassful before they let me go.  I totally get the scratchy throat thing - as soon as you can have something to drink you will be fine.

CONGRATS!! I hope you have a great Journey!

The only thing that helps with the gas pain is walking...a lot of walking.

Get out of the bed and start walking !! As soon as I got back to my room within 15 min I was up and walking and I walked solid for a good 4 hrs and only stopping every 20 min for a 10 min break .

I think that is what saved me from the gas pains and shoulder pain I had none. I walked so much the first 24 hrs I hardly sat down :o)

Like another poster said I was required to drink two glasses of water and had to pee for them before I was allowed to leave for the night

Congrats on your surgery !!!

Congratulations !!! I wasn't allowed to drink either, I had to have a swollow test and couldn't have anything until that test was done. As a lot of others said, walk. Wal****il you can't walk anymore. Enjoy your new life!

I would love to walk but I'm still in recovery waiting for a bed to open up. They won't even let me up to pee which I've needed to do for 2 hours. even though my surgery went perfect they won't let me leave till tomorrow and said I won't get any water till tomorrow either....wishing I had picked a differnt surgeon

oh my gosh that is awful !! I think I would start yelling if it was me !!   Gosh the nurses at my place makes you get out of bed within 30 min of getting back to recovery .



I feel bad for you , you must be so thirsty right now , I know I was and they had to keep telling me not to chug my water cause I couldnt get enough of it .

I just dont see how ice chips could hurt you if you was just sucking on them 

My surgery went as planned and my docs rule is no water and no ice chips until after the barium swallow the next day.