Fairone5

Good Morning Crissy 8705, I was banded on OCT 7th. I think your feelings are normal. I too had the rash around my abdomen. Use some Benedryl spray or cream. My doc and nurse said some people are allergic to the stuff they use in surgery to clean your skin with i was also allergice to the bandages/and the steri-strips. Benedryl should help alot. and my rash was around my incisions. Secondly the pressure in your sternum will subside mine did after about 4 weeks and still once in a while i have it if i drink something to fast or if im full and the pressure starts with gas. At about 3 to 4 weeks i started getting the tingeling sensation behind my left shoulder blade..the pressure is your diaphragm which presses on the nerve that causes the sensation(something like that!). I also had all this nervousness about stuck/sick it will get better as the days go by. Dont think about that.. just concentrate on what you are drinking and eating just for today. At two weeks post-op i was eating realy watered grits(run off the back off a spoon thin), soups and cornflakes..take SMALL bites and eat real slow. Dont worry about what you cant eat worry about what your eating for today. As for thanksgiving..you can eat mashed potatoes/gravy/sweet potatoes/yams, and very SMALL pieces of other soft foods like green beans/cranberry sauce. I did fine at three weeks with these mushies just made sure to eat real slow. As i suffered from excessive gas for weeks. I still cant hold very much at one time..2 to 4 ozs is it and im now 6 weeks post-op. it will get better with time..hang in there! Your frustration is normal.

sounds like a baby to me!!

I also burp alot. I am 5 weeks banded and it is much better than it was in the first few weeks... I wasnt because i was full although it will happen if you are full..but it happens because of the excess air you swallow doing all that chewing..takeing more bites because they are smaller or drinking through straws. Also if you swallow to much at one time. Milk helps alot!! Gas-x helped some..although i dont take as much gasx as i did in the first couple of weeks. Hope this helps.

its important to let yourself heal. I would introduce foods slowly. Take small bites and chew really well.

Oh my !! I am in my 5th week..and it takes me like 45 mins to eat a few small bites of cheese and two small thin peices of bacon. Im wondering when or IF i'll loosen up some..and my band is empty!!

I totally have your sense of smell.. MUSCLE MILK in the powder form -chocolate...mixed with 8 ozs of 1% milk. It is not at all like the premixs it is sooo much better. A friend turned me onto it this past weekend. Loved it.

Hello, I was banded on october 7th and was wondering why is it very normal to only be able to hold about 2 to 4 ozs of mushy food at this point? Sometimes its only a few tiny bites that i feel like im full but also feel like im full of air. Excessive belching. Taking Gas-X every day. How about any of you guys? Any advice?

i am new to this website ..try a heating pad..also my dr gave me liquid percocet.

TWO Words for you HEATING PAD!!!!! i was banded on OCT 7 2011 and a heating pad helped so much it was unbelievable.. also my dr gave me liquid percocet.

Could be anesthesia. Effects last a while.