TN-Vol-Man

This information from Dr O'Brien was very informative. This will be very helpful for me as and anyone else with, or contemplating the band.

I appreciate everyone's comments...good thoughts all. I possibly am overthinking this some...but Im a data person...ESTJ in the Myers-Briggs personality types.

I am pre-surgery...no date set yet. Need to get my head wrapped around the mechanics of the stomach after it is banded. I have watched and read many things but most are high-level. What I am looking for is a description of what happens within the esophogus and stomach from the bite until the meal is finished. I am trying to understand how long it takes to process a bite and the meal without stretching the stomach and causing a slippage. They say timingn is everything, and I guess that is true while eating when banded. Second, question is related to something I heard a doctor mention on some video post (lost that link) about the importance of staying on the liquid/soft diet early after surgery due to the stomach's getting use to the band around it to allow it to form something like scar tissue around the area of the band. Any doctors and really sharp gurus out there that can help answer these?