Hiccups!

Ok, seriously!!! What is up with the hiccups?!!? I have never had so many bouts of hiccups and so utterly painful hiccups in YEARS! And now in a 24hr. period suddenly I am getting major hiccups that I can't get rid of and last so long I'm exhausted and sore by the time they are over.

Oh yikes!  That does sound painful.  The only thing I can think of to reccommend is making sure you take nice full breaths since hiccups are caused by your diaphram spasming.  Can you tell if there is something triggering it (food or liquids)?  I do hope they get better.

Not so much except that last night it happened a while after I ate my chili. Then today again it happened a while after I ate chili (hmmmmm). But its some time after I've eaten and it will go away but then comes back.

Ugh, having them right now and I'm sore.

Is this in ANY way connected with my WLS??? How ironic that I would be getting them now, so badly and nothing seems to cure them. Just curious...

That is a really good question!  It's possible since they rearranged our insides during the surgery!  Hopefully someone else who knows a bit more about this will chime in!  If not I will ask my nurse the next time I see her!

Some people get the hiccups when their pouch is full.  That is their signal to stop eating.  I don't always get them, but I do get a version of a hiccup/burp that is loud and happens repeatedly when I've had enough.  Try slowing down while you eat and if you start to hiccup....stop eating.  You may be full and not know it!  The only thing that gets rid of them for me is to hold my breath as long as I can.  That old cure... Good Luck.

It could be a sign over eating too much or too fast....