Question:
Can anyone NOT vomit?????
I am almost 7.5 years post-op (RNY Oct. 31, 2001) and aside from my experiences with eating too quickly and vomiting up food that had not been chewed sufficiently enough in the very early stages post-op, I have never and have never been able to vomit. I just recently either went through a spell of food poisoning or a stomach virus and despite horrible feelings of nausea and everything associated, I could NOT vomit. I have also had a few experiences over the years where I have probably had a few too many cocktails and have needed to throw up as well, and have never been able to. is there anyone else that experiences this?! Had I been able to vomit, I just know I would have felt better and it was so frustrating...thankfully, in 7.5 years, that has been the first time I have ever suffered from a stomach illness like that - I pray it never happens again!! — MrsRobinson (posted on January 13, 2009)
January 13, 2009
I'm 7 years post op as well and have never vomitted...foamys yes,but a full
on heeving it out vomit - never happens. The funny thing is, like you,
there have been times I wished I could just get it done and over with.
— kathcar
January 13, 2009
I am 7 months post op. Prior to surgery, I was not able to throw up
either. When pieces of food would get stuck I could throw them up. The
pain was incredible and had I not been able to get it up, I might have
ended up in the hospital. I learned to stick my finger down my throat and
when I am really sick or if I get something stuck, it will come up.
— susangielda06
January 13, 2009
I'm 13 months post-op and I've had the lovely experience over the last few
months to have not chewed well enough twice. Both times I desperately
wanted to throw it back up and simply couldn't. I even tried guzzling
water to force myself to throw it back up and all that came back up was the
water. I haven't vomited since surgery. I guess we're safe from bulemia.
— Launa N.
January 13, 2009
I'm 11 months post op from lap RNY. I recently had a little(ok a lot) to
much to drink and tryed like crazy to vomit. I even stuck my finger down
my throat and nothing would come up. So i was stuck suffing and learned to
never EVER drink alcohol again. I've also had the stomach flu and
couldn't vomit then either. Sorry to say this but it just all came out
other end. I had been wondering the same thing about the vomiting with the
flu. I'm so glad you asked and now i know it wasn't just me.
— crystalking
January 13, 2009
You can only vomit if there is something in your pouch TO vomit...Once food
or drink dumps into the intestines...It's not coming back up...It's already
on it's way out the other end! The ONLY time I can vomit is if I have
accidently eaten too much/too fast and the food is stuck and still in my
pouch... We don't even have stomach acid/bile to vomit...There is nothing
in there... And trying to vomit with NOTHING in the pouch has happened to
me once at year 2 or 3 when I got a tomatoe skin coveriong my stoma...It
felt like I was turning my pouch inside out...I had red and purple broken
blood vessels all over my face from that episode too! I had to drink water
when I felt the need to vomit just to make the urge stop or actually
happen! It WAS awful! Lasted for several hours... Food poisoning though!
WOW...I never even thought about that...I guess that is something we have
to let wreak havoc on our bodies until it's run it's course! I have not
been sick in years! (besides little colds) That's something to think about
though! Might need to research that!
— .Anita R.
January 13, 2009
Put me on the list too, so far I have never vomited even when I felt sick.
It's really a yucky feeling!
— katiecakes
January 13, 2009
i just want to let you guys who drink alcohol know something. When you
drink alcohol smaller amounts of booze will get you drunk faster and as
well as being drunk on a smaller quantity you also take twice as long to
get sober. be careful please. less booze can cause you to get alcohol
poisoning easier too. you tolerate the alcohol less so you may think i
always could drink 4 drinks before i got ripped. and those 4 cdrinks could
cause you to become severly ill and could be poisoned and may lead to
death. most doctors tell you dont drink at a;; after the surgery. May
cause liver damage faster too, because the alcohol bombards the liver all
at one time causing fatty liver disease and cirrohissis of the liver too.
And you do still produce stomach or digestive juices or bile after RNY or
bypass like surgery it is just far less then normal size stomach would.
— 2bethin62
January 13, 2009
I thought it was just me, too. I just had the stomach flu this week and
was unable to vomit. I spent a lot of time dry-heaving. It's really
annoying. Makes sense, though, that we probably wouldn't be able to vomit
if there's nothing in our little pouches. Just another small
inconvenience, I suppose.
— fsu94
January 13, 2009
I have not been able to vomit (even when I feel sick and wish I could)
since I had surgery 1 month after RNY to "tack things back in
place". I can gag and heave but I can't throw up and it's amazing how
sometimes you really wish you could!!
— Fluffee
January 14, 2009
RNY on June 23, 2003...never been able to vomit since!!! have had bad flu
virus twice, thought I would die.... wished I would, since I couldn't
vomit. Drank so much water thinking it would help, but did not help at all.
Oh well, we will just suffer!!! Otherwise, I feel great. 295/170/190
— Kathy R.
January 14, 2009
I also have a hard time vomiting. My surgeon and I discussed it and while
he agrees it's uncomfortable its not unhealthy. He did give me a
prescription for a medicine that will relax the muscles and allow me to
bring food backup. NOTE: I can't drive for 8 hours after a dose so keep
that in mind.
Actually he said there are two drugs he could prescribe, one melts on the
tongue(its expensive and most insurance plans don't cover) the other is a
suppository (the one most insurance plans will pay for and it's not as
expensive if you are paying on your own.) I have the suppository, have
used it once and it worked just fine. I assume they have a long shelf life
so I'm keeping the remaining few for 'just in case'.
— mbrendel
January 14, 2009
I was revised from a VBG to proximal RNY on 5/22/2000 and I am another one
who deals with this. If I have something stuck I definitely get the
foamies and if I am LUCKY can get food up, otherwise I am miserable until
it passes. I have had times where I have had stomach viruses and a lot of
times when I had too much alcohol (I transferred addictions and am 4.5
years sober now but had alcohol poisoning multiple times in the 3.5 years
that I drank) and I would gag and dry heave and after much effort I could
get some bile up but have broken so many capillaries in my face in the
process. I take a medication for my restless legs that makes me sick ever
so often and I still go through the motions but nothing comes up. What's
funny is I have friends who have also had RNY who have no problem vomiting.
It's crazy! I suggest everyone keep a supply of phenergan suppositories
on hand if you are one of those who cannot vomit. No sense putting
yourself through all that if no good is going to come from it.
— Kellye C.
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