nessa2112

I am banded almost two months now and was wondering if anyone lives in or around the Brooklyn, NY area. I am interested in getting a small group together once or twice a month. I need to surround myself with more bandsters to share experiences and frustrations with. Although, this site is awesome, some face to face discussions wouldn't hurt.

I had a similar situation on Monday where I ate 1 teaspoon of mashed potatoes and didn't like it so I ate soup (creamy consistancy) Less than half way thru I felt an extreme feeling of fullness and pressure. This is my first week on pureed food so I didn't understand why. I guess the tsp of mashed p. didn't go down and blocked me. It was horrible- I tried stretching, walking & even something warm to drink to no avail. This happened at 1:30pm and didn't go away till 9:00pm when I drank hot tea. I think we just need to let it takes its course in going down. But I understand the feeling your having. It's not pain but extreme disconfort. Try hot tea. (as hot as you can take it) Let me know if it helps

Hi Mercedes, Thanks for the add. Your surgery will be here before you know it. Mine came pretty quick. Good luck. I'll keep in touch.

Hello, I would like to introduce myself. I was banded at NYU by Dr. Marina Kurian on 3/26/09-woohoo!

Hey all, this is my fifth day post op and for the first three days I chicken/beef broth and water throughout the day. The fourth and fifth day I pulverized "Avena Quaker Oatmeal" in a blender and scooped two tablespoons into fat free milk and splena cooked until liquid consistancy and ate 1 cup for breakfast and sometimes had a cup for dinner if I had soup for lunch. I was only able to do a cup on my fourth & fifth day. I also have SF pops for snack and mix V8 light flavored juice made with splenda with water. This helps me drink as much water as I can. Do you think that what I'm drinking/eating is bad being that I'm in my first week post banding?