Fear of throwing up!

Is it not the DUMBEST thing ever that the thing I am most worried about is feeling nauseous and throwing up after surgery? I mean, yes I also have other fears like how much pain I will be in when I wake up but this is seriously flipping me out! I have ALWAYS had a fear of throwing up since a small child. How bad was it for you? When you start having to drink water do you feel like/in fact throw it up? I have heard so many people that it was super hard to drink as much as they were supposed to but no reason why...and I assume it's because they were not able to keep it down? Help me out here...be completely honest! Am I being crazy!?

I had the same fear and had thrown up after a surgery years before. I stressed the anesthesiologist that I did not want to vomit after surgery. They gave me medicine to prevent that from happening.

When you start eating and drinking, you take it slowly. I have thrown up three times in 10 years from eating or drinking too quickly.

I'm 2.5 years out and I haven't thrown up since surgery (probably not for 10 years or more even before surgery)... I have had the foamies once but that is a totally different feeling -- I ate dry chicken and it got stuck which is painful. I was a bit nauseous after surgery so they gave me something for that. I was fine by the first night.

In terms of drinking I found it was very difficult -- mostly it felt like my stomach was swollen and that it took a while for the fluid to pass through. That feeling is totally gone now. I can easily drink water (not gulp though).

I was sleeved but it was the anesthetic that made me nauseas. They gave me a shot in the hospital and I was fine. I haven't thrown up once. Probably not in 20 years. When you're cleared for food, follow the plan. Don't try and advance your food on your own. And chew a LOT. I have a friend with lap band who threw up all the time but she would try stupid stuff , like eating a sandwich or pizza.

It's not Dumb.. I also worried about throwing up with sore incisions and insides rearranged...But with the little nausea I had the first day , they gave me meds for it and I was fine after that... You will be fine.. just don't hesitate to ask for pain or nausea meds.... Good Luck.

I remember throwing up when I woke up from having my tonsils out when I was 10. I was miserable, plus the nurse in the recovery room scolded me for having vomited! Sheesh! But that was very long ago.

I threw up last week. I had been distracted and swallowed two bites of food too quickly, without adequately chewing first. I felt really uncomfortable first for an hour or two, and then I threw up. It was actually not as bad (by far) as throwing up prior to having my RnY. Our pouches hold so little, there really is not much to it and it didn't hurt. I think it was PeachPie who wrote that she doesn't throw up any more, she just spits up like a little baby. That was what it was like for me too.

No worry or question is dumb as far as I'm concerned. If it's occupying space in your head it's important. I've never thrown up in the 5 years since my surgery and only felt like I could have one time. It was from waiting far too long to eat and then eating too fast.

I have the same fear of throwing up. Before surgery, I hadn't vomited in over 10 years. I have two kids that have been able to run for the toilet since they were barely three because that was more important to me than potty training! I really truly don't like vomit.

All that being said, I had nausea that couldn't be controlled immediately after surgery. I was on four different meds for nausea (a steroid, the patch they put behind your ear, Zofran and Phenergan) and it did pretty much nothing for me. I dry heaved (nothing to throw up) about every hour for the first 36 hours. Luckily the meds made me very sleepy, so I just slept in between and don't remember a lot of it. At first, I had serious buyers remorse and thought I had permanently broken myself. My surgeon assured me that, that happened in about 10-15% of people and it's normal and would pass. And it did!

I haven't thrown up since then and I went right back to having an iron stomach. I followed my surgeon's plan to the letter and never ate anything that I wasn't ready for. I was conservative about trying new foods and left ones that folks identified as "hard to handle" until months post op.

As much as I hate throwing up, I would do it again 10 fold to be where I am today. Seriously.

That's a great point Erin! Instead of spending time worrying,use your time to dream and imagine where you'll be a year from now and what you'll be able to do. And I promise if you follow the rules and give it your all it will be even better than you imagined. I went from a life time of obesity and a pre surgery weight of 273 to being 120 and have been that same weight now for the last 4 years. My RNY was the best decision I have ever made.

Thank you so much for this! I am 275 right now before my pre op weight loss. You're so right! I was also thinking if it is bad and I do end up throwing up...its much like the "bug" except with a greater purpose ;)