justgottabeme

There's a set of really informative videos on youtube (Dr. Ortiz) that explains the liquids thing pretty well. If you type in "Dr. Ortiz - Why 21 days of liquids after surgery" you can see it. It gives the band time to heal with as little interference as possible. Eating solid foods can stretch the pouch out and can possibly set a person up for a future band slippage. To put the band in, they cut a hole through the outer layer of the stomach, then string the band through it. It's not just around the outside of the stomach like some people think. Dr. Ortiz has a cool video on youtube that shows the surgery (all except the port part). It's under "Dr. Ortiz - Live Lap Band Surgery - 5 Minute Surgery Explained"

I got really, really sick from the liquid diet about three days after the banding. My protien soups hadn't come in (I ordered them too late) and was trying to live off of pudding, jello and chicken broth. Then on the seventh day, I began to feel sick again, so I called the nurse and she had me eat a scrambled egg and some grated cheeze (for the sodium and carbs). She said to be very, very careful and to only swallow things that were chewed to as much as possible. I felt alot better after that. No sickness now. I wonder why some doctors want you to be on a liquid diet before the surgery, and some want you to stay on the liquids for a month afterwards? I'm glad that my doctor adjusted my food intake to my personal needs. I didn't tell him, but I was ready to have the band removed because I felt like I was going to die if I didn't get nutrition. Everything seems to be fine now though. I'm curious, is everyone losing about a pound a day at this point?