Update on my worst week end ever

HI, I will never get a fill on a Friday again. I will never go thru what I went thru this week end.

I went for my fill Friday afternoon, It seemed to be fine, as I could drink water afterward without any gurgling or pain. However, a few hours later, I started feeling VERY tight... like a golf ball was in my throat. I was stupid for eating a green olive, but thought it was mushy enough, boy was I wrong. Here I sat in pain dealing with that "slimy" feeling, and I was gurgling A LOT. I hacked up as much as I could for a couple hours and tried going to bed only to be woken up by the choking.

Saturday morning, I drank a small amount of Boost in the morning, I was able to keep it down but I was doing ALOT of gurgling/burping. It was so frustrating and painful. Spent the day totally uncomfortable and went to bed again without anything in the evening, (more choking in the night).

Sunday, I tried drinking Boost, but couldn't keep it down, I had to pull over several times on my way to work to hack it up. I managed to drink about a 1/4 cup of water during teaching SS. Went home, tried drinking water and I started slimming so bad that I was spitting saliva every few seconds. I could not even drink water without it coming back up. I had chills, started gagging, and "threw up"... twice! My daughter said I looked like a cat hacking up a hair ball... but it was more like a slime ball.

Every few hours the pain/golf ball feeling would almost be gone and I was so thirsty and hungry I would try drinking water again, and a few tortia chips(they go down easy!). Bad decision OVER AND OVER......more hacking.

We had friends come to town for a concert, I went(shouldn't have) and had to come home because I spent most of my time in the bathroom hacking. I even tried sucking on a hard candy and the saliva I produced came up. I came home, exhausted I went to bed, again choking and this was the first time I have vomited since having the band, and although it was not acidy like normal vomiting, it WAS somewhat projectile. There was a lot of slime in it, but then again, I really didn't have anything inside me to come out except saliva.I have only had water since then... and although I have not vomited again, I am still burping, and the water is coming back up into my throat.

Monday(this morning) I got up for work, and left at 7:30 so I could get there to have some fill taken out first thing. I couldn't wait a minute longer. Please understand as uncomfortable as it was, this happens to all banders at some point, most tho not as extreme as my experience. When I sat down Friday to get my fill, my doctor determined by the information I GAVE HER, that 1cc would be ok, normally it would have been. It wasn't and she felt terrible this morning that I had to go thru what I did.

I am so glad it's over, I had my Gatorade in hand ready to drink as soon as I sat up! I can't express the happiness I felt drinking it! WOW, it was great! I am so thankful it's over and I hope(as always) you can learn from my experience!

I have been exhausted today, slept several hours this afternoon and am off to bed at about 8:30.

Take care!~ and drink up!

Kerri