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Gastric Balloon Any ballooners out there? Support needed!

Banana my consultant actually encourages tonic water or diet coke with a squeeze of fresh lime or lemon as it washed the balloon off and helps with the bad breath that can occur. I love my fizz and for me it eases the burps.
 
Thanks ladies. I'm not going to go drinking soda etc just a wee bit on my bday which is on 24th ? I had a scrambled egg only finished half but it stayed down woohoo! X
 
Hey ladies, can you please tell me what you eat on a daily basis? Today I had a scrambled egg, 2 Jacob crackers, and a Ice lolly and water. I haven't got much of a appetite but know carbs are my weakness. Any high protein recipes you could share please?xx

I haven't been sick all day! Wooohooo. ? but had severe twinges and cramps. Oh well! Hope youse all had a good day & good night x
 
Ladies sorry for mentioning this but I gotta to ask! Did any of you experience diarrhoea after the sickness had subsided? I'm not sure if it's normal. :-/ sorry for talking poop!!
 
banana90 said:
Hey ladies. Got a telling off from the dietician today as I'm not paying 'attention' to them. They told me to try toast as I mentioned earlier but I haven't as I'm finding it difficult to keep liquids down. So I said I haven't tried and she was pretty annoyed at me?! But isn't it my body - I should listen to it? She said the cramping will stop once I've had some food. I've been liquids for last 5 days such as Actimel, Yakult, ice lollies, water, soup. And to be quite honest I'm not even hungry. Oh and another thing apparently 0 fizzy drinks allowed for the whole 12 months? What the actual ....?! I was told before I would be allowed to have some fizzy drinks like coke zero when it's flat?! She said no tonic water, no sparkling nothing. Were you guys told the same? I'm interested to hear if you had fizzy drinks what has happened after it? Obviously I mean one glass in a while. As my bday is soon and I thought I'd have a glass of flat coke you know as a treat. ( sound so sad lol)

Please tell me what else I could try other than toast / dry biscuit. I might attempt an scrambled egg today. Just can't be doing with eggy burps!
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Mine was the same ..they wanted me to eat normally the day after?! I knew myself there was not a chance in bell I could so I chose to follow my instincts on this but that's just me. As long as I was drinking and getting some sustenance with my cuppa soup etc I couldn't see what the problem was. I trusted my instincts better & let My tummy decide for me... But again that's just me lol.
Scrambled egg funnily enough was my second choice & stayed down. Porridge was my first and that wasn't successful at all but you may be totally different. Good luck banana.
I was told under no circumstances to drink fizzy pop drinks which fortunately for me was not aprob as I don't like them too much anyway. However I did love soda water but again was firmly told no... I wax only allowed it the day before my balloon was removed. I was told the gas would stretch my stomach space. This was my teams advice and other providers may have differing views. On this one I chose to stick with my team ;) x
 
femfrankie said:
Mine was the same ..they wanted me to eat normally the day after?! I knew myself there was not a chance in bell I could so I chose to follow my instincts on this but that's just me. As long as I was drinking and getting some sustenance with my cuppa soup etc I couldn't see what the problem was. I trusted my instincts better & let My tummy decide for me... But again that's just me lol. Scrambled egg funnily enough was my second choice & stayed down. Porridge was my first and that wasn't successful at all but you may be totally different. Good luck banana. I was told under no circumstances to drink fizzy pop drinks which fortunately for me was not aprob as I don't like them too much anyway. However I did love soda water but again was firmly told no... I wax only allowed it the day before my balloon was removed. I was told the gas would stretch my stomach space. This was my teams advice and other providers may have differing views. On this one I chose to stick with my team ;) x
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Thanks femfrankie! Did you experience car sickness? I'm currently in my car and have felt really sick. Is there anything other than ginger tea , peppermint tea that could prevent this nausea? Thank you for the advice xx hope you have a brilliant day and good weekend!
 
Yep a bit like sea sickness. It does go once the tummy gets used to having a fluid filled bag in there .. I barely noticed mine after a month.
 
I had awful diorrhea for few wk after but it think it's the fluid u have n not much solids. I had worst burps ever and was advised flat diet coke to clean the balloon down and have charcoal tabs it worked a treat. Try scrambled egg to eat honestly it's like a gourmet meal when you've been so ill I have never enjoyed an egg so much lol make it with butter and soft it doesn't make your burps any worse because it takes the wind out your stomach. I couldn't believe the size of my balloon when it came out (I wasn't sedated) there really isn't much room in there so a tiny bit of egg will help you.
 
Hey bakedbean I had a egg yday. Stayed down. Today been feeling very sick and got the poops feel like a baby! Gas is horrendous too.
Today I had 2 strawberries for breakfast and a small piece of white fish that mum wanted me to taste. I'm going to have a small chicken fillet with red pepper for dinner as I was told to try meats today. Let's see how it goes. I don't get why I can't have coke apparently it stretches the tummy oh well..! ?
Mama I was 122kg on day of balloon I am now 118kg ( however I don't believe my scales so gonna pop into boots and will let you know if it's true loss or not) xx have a great weekend ladies xx
 
Coke does bloat you it's full of rubbish too and it made my balloon float sometimes I could actually hear it swishing lol I've just had my starvation tea n it was lovely haha
 
Please tell me where to get charcoal tablets from? And has anyone heard of the blueberry syrup by walden farm it's carb free? Or the marshmallow dip calorie, carb and fat free? Reviews would be grateful! Xx btw I started period on day of insertion and they have disappeared like I didn't even have them the day later so technically missed it. Anyone experienced this? My periods are usually very heavy and long lasting so having them come and go within one day is a bit worrying x
 
I wouldn't do it till you got balloon out love. Once sickness settles u will need to eat little meals but if you don't eat you will get cramps n wind n bad burps. Trust me I know from experience lol
 
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