SeattleSweetie

My banding date is 5/5/08 also. I did my pre-op admission meeting with the hospital staff yesterday and they said no hair products, no leave-in conditioner, gel, no deodorant, no nothing on my body. The reason they said was that the petroleum and alcohol in a lot of those products were "spark" hazards. Not sure exactly what could "spark", but I guess since it's laproscopic, the electronics in the equipment that they use could be it. Sort of like smoking a cigarette while you're pumping gas...

You could stick to mushier foods that are easy for you to digest (or whatever your dr will let you get away with), but just mix in some flavorless Protein powder, to make sure you're getting enough protein, even when you can't manage to get it all in hard foods.