Does anyone have any advice?

It's a long story but I will try to shorten it on the 28th of June I developed an infection in my leg nothing to do with my lapband.My pcp put me on oral antibiotics which I took for 2 days but I started vomiting from them and my infection got worse they started me on iv antibiotics which still made me terribly sick I am now finished all of the antibiotics but since all this started I have been having trouble with off and on vomiting ,heartburn , diahrea and constipation and last night the vomiting came back like a stuck feeling and since then I can not keep anything down not even liquid I have alot of heartburn and moderate to moderately severe pain in my upper abdomen below my ribs does anyone know how I can get this to pass and one more thing it feels like when I swallow even saliva it spent go down . I would appreciate any thoughts ,suggestions or advice. Thank you in advance for any help...

I would call your band doctor and talk to him/her about the problems you're having. You can try a pepcid complete chewable to see if that helps with the reflux/irritation. Personally when my reflux kicks into high gear I go with room temp or slightly warm tea. Milk based protein shakes, plain water or anything cool won't go down.

Depending on the amount of fluid you may need a slight unfill to help let things calm down. You doctor may recommend looking at your band to make sure it did not slip.

This is not the sort of thing you want to let linger - call your doctor.

Good luck!

Call your bariatric surgeon immediately. If you can't even keep your own saliva down, you could quickly become even sicker from dehydration. You might need an unfill, IV fluids, and an anti-nausea medication.

A lot of people experience gastric and intestinal distress from antibiotics. While it's important to treat the infection on your leg, it's also important to protect your band and your upper GI tract, and vomiting is not good for that.

Also, if the oral antibiotics were in capsule form, the capsule contents can be extremely corrosive as the capsule sits in your upper stomach pouch slowly dissolving. I had a very scary and unpleasant experience a few years ago after taking some antibiotic capsules for an abcessed tooth. It took 2 ER visits and an unfill to get everything resolved. Now if I absolutely must take antibiotics, I insist on the liquid form.

Jean

Call your surgeon right away! I don't want to scare you too much, but you may have a slip. The fact you can't even keep your own saliva down is very concerning. On the other hand, you may just need an unfill. Either way, something should be done about your symptoms ASAP. I wouldn't even wait until Monday, contact the office now, I am sure they have an answering service that can contact the doctor, or at least a nurse. Hope you feel better soon!

Thank you everyone for all the advice I went into my pcp today and also talked with my surgeon with a little rest and some minor changes and some medications I will be just fine yeah! I am so happy that the doc's all feel like this will get better and calm down thank you all for your concern