Can you pop the staples ??

Thanks for that wonderful post on sleeve surgery.

Ex Bandit - to be sleeved late March.

Suzy Blue

I haven't had a situation where I haven't been able to hold it in until I am in an appropriate place yet, and generally it is just a matter of it coming back up quite easily, but there has been a couple of times when it has come up easy, but the gut wrenching has kicked in and I have kept going until my stomach is completely emptied. Not a pleasant experience (never is though lol), but the times it has been gut wrenching it has been because I have consumed something that has not agreed with me.

Greasy and starchy foods (such as potato) do not agree with me.

Hi thanks 4 the reply girls - i am an ex bander and when i had eaten the wrong thing or it got stuck - all i had to do really was bend over the loo and it would naturally come up - not retching as such - some times i would do like a burping motion and it would come up - as it hadnt gone past the band so was really not that far down - what i would like to know when your talking of vomiting is it the gut retching vomiting or a similar thing to me cna you hold it in till your in an appropriate place - or is it coming up no matter where you are

i hope you understand what i am saying - and sorry for the too much info !!!!

I have vomited a lot since surgery too, and all is good for me as well.

I have been sick for the same reasons as chrisbychic, apart from the OP. Certain foods also make me feel ill. Eating anything greasy is a huge no no and I have also found one spoonful too much and back up it comes lol..

Also, I find it hard to eat red meat..

But yes, given how often I have been sick, it has been reassuring that my tummy wont pop with it lol.

A combination of things made me vomit in the first few months.

Overeating (just one spoonful can do it)

Not chewing well enough (didn't realise it, but even when I thought I'd chewed it up enough, it still had to be more)

Eating too fast (a very bad habit of mine)

Double op - had the hiatus hernia done as well as the sleeve, and was very swollen inside for a long time.

Once healed, the staples aren't really required. They're there of course, but think of cuts you've had in the past. You don't need bandaids once healed.

i tried to watch it and it shut my computer down and it wouldnt re open 4 ages - so i might try and search it on the YouTube site

Great Video thanks

If you are not queezy, I have linked to a video of the surgery posted by my surgeon (Jon Armstrong) - in it you can see the staples and why it is unlikely that you will "POP" one - the staples are more like a zip than actual staples, lots of little loops surrounding the cut and holding the stomach together. The stapling is at about 4:40 in the video.

ok glad to hear it lol - why did you vomit so much over the first few months do you mind me asking??

I vomited heaps and heaps over the first several months - no damage. My doc told me not to worry about it, as there was no way I'd pop 'em...

Hi i keep wondering about post surgery if you get nauseas as i do and usually end up dry reching (sorry 2 much info ) i am worried about causing a leak - has any one done this b4 - and any other situations that this can happen ???