Question:
Does anyone know what is causing me to gag all the time.

I gag and spit alot.I dry heaved last night and today.I am 2 1/2 weeks post op.    — bkphil1 (posted on August 5, 2008)

August 5, 2008
Sorry, I do not know why you are gagging so much and I sympathize with you. However I DO KNOW HOW TO FIX IT! Buy some little individual alcohol sheets like nurses use before giving you a shot. They are pretty cheap. When you feel nauceous, open a sheet and hold it to your nose. Within a few seconds, your nausea goes away. HONEST! I gagged in the hospital from the nasty stuff they gave me for the pain (that I never had). Mostly when I walked the halls I gagged with dry heaves pretty hard even though nothing came up. The nurse grabbed the alcohol swab and stuck it under my nose. The nausea disappeared fast. Good luck. Let me know how it works for you. [email protected]
   — SkinnyLynni2B

August 5, 2008
I am a 14 months out and still have this from time to time. This is part of the dumping. If I eat sugar or fried foods it is bad. I never actually vomit. Just the nausea and the spitting. It is like a gallon of spit forms in my mouth and I just have to get rid of it. It is not as often as it used to be. It has gotten alot better. Good luck to you with this and with your weight lost. I lost 135 lbs. Would do this all over again in a heart beat. It is a long hard drive but it is all good in the long run.
   — nellienormand

August 5, 2008
You could be eating too fast. Definately call your surgeon. Hope you are feeling better soon!
   — Jen R.

August 5, 2008
You are still swollen on the inside, so anything can be causing the irritation that makes you gag or spit. You didn't say if this happens shortly after eating/drinking, but maybe you need to take the eating progression more slowly and make sure to sip your fluids. Does it happen after taking pills? The best answer is to contact your doctor.
   — gonnadoit

August 6, 2008
It takes a long time to heal, and even longer to learn how to eat again. In the beginning, you must take it very slow...don't eat sugar or high fat foods....Chew chew chew...Pay very close attention to your pouch (I'm just assuming you had RNY) And stop eating when yoou no longer feel hungry...Never eat til you are "full". That will cause nausea and "foamies" (spit) Try slowing things down a bit and see if that doesn't help...It is very common to feel this way...Happens to many of us! Otherwise call your surgeon and get it checked out if nothing else works...Good luck...
   — .Anita R.

August 7, 2008
Make sure what you are eating is moist enough. I experienced the same thing when I ate a hardboiled egg a few days out. My surgeon said to put mayonaise or some other wet topping on it. Be careful to drink plenty of water and fluids up to a half hour before you eat. If you do throw up or have the dry heaves, use a mild ginger lemon tea. It comes in decaffeinated too. I always have it in my house and never travel without taking some along. Drink by teaspoonfuls. Only drink long enough to get rid of nausea. Use no sugar popsicles too. Know that this will pass. I have eaten my meats and fish with yummy sauces since my surgery two years ago.My wonderful son has gone on line and also invented some of his own sauces for everything we cook. He made and pureed all my meats the first month out! Experiment and learn to love cooking with sauces; that and whole salad dressings are two of the perks of this operation! Call your doctor and join his or her support group if there is one. Good luck, in six months you will hardly remember this phase and be really glad you took this step!
   — jeanrenewed2006

August 9, 2008
I went back to Dr. and he did an endoscopy on me and found a kink and worked it out and kept me in the hospital for 24 hours for observation.I came back home yesterday feeling better.He put me on the stage II for another week at least til I go back to see him.I'm glad I called him and went back.I also wasn't drinking enough.
   — bkphil1

August 9, 2008
Barbara you are definately not alone. I am three days post op RNY lap and I spit and gagged for the first 48 hours of post op. at one point my surgeon thought we might be dealing with an obstruction and we were forced to do an upper GI. I can only tell you that I followed instructions to the letter, which were to just keep trying to increase the liquid volume, do alot of walking and be patient. Almost miraculously I got relief on the fourth day that seemed like an oasis. It's really hard I'm sure to tolerate the nausea but I know mine went away after I increased the liquids and also increase urine output through taking up more water and moving around alot. I have also heard that sniffing alcohol works wonders. i wish you good luck and also the patience you'll need to get through the tough times.
   — Patricia923