OMG!! Who knew that either of those could hurt so badly. Now that I have finally said it allow me to explain.
First, Hiccups. I have had hiccups on an off every day since surgery. The little tiny, lets call it a "jolt". For starters: 1) Hurts like hell, especially at the incision sites where the actual band and port are placed. 2) Come and go for now rhyme or reason. 3) Make me have no desire at all to even try drinking anything let alone want to eat & 4) I'm a sure there are more issues with this that I am just not thinking of right now.
Now everything I have read and been told says that with the lap band system eating too fast causes hiccups. Not once have I had the hiccups when I was eating. I get them in the middle of the day between meals and long periods of time after I have even taken a sip of water. So since I don't what is causing them, I cannot stop them from happening. The plus side, even though painful they have not lasted more than a couple mins each time.
Coughing I really had not thought about since I didn't really have to much until last night. Again, OMG! I don't really know remember what made me cough or why. That sounds insane but I had just laid down to go to sleep in my own bed with my big ole dog cuddled next to me when it happened. I coughed one of those deep, hearty, throat clearing coughs. I had was laying on my side with my hand under me covering my biggest wound (where the port is) and it still hurt very much!! I even felt myself starting to cough again and stopped myself because I absolutely did not want to feel that pain again. And mind you this is after taking my pain medicine like 30 mins before, so I'm sure it could have been much worse. Now it still feels a little extra tender today after last night. I'm going to try not to overdo it today by bending too much.
That's all for now so until next time. thank you again
- Princess Jenn
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