brochaz

What you eat is as important as how much. Soft foods obviously go through with little or no restriction. Eat proteins (chicken, etc.) as the acid test. A handful of protein foods should be about the max. you should be able to eat. Remember, no liquids while you are eating!

I am seeing A LOT of post about pain just below the ribs (left side). Apparently, this is where the LapBand sits. I found other posts where they did emergency surgery because of perforations, etc. At this point, I cannot say exactly why one would have this pain (I too have experienced this off & on over the past seven years) but if it persists, I'd be talking to my surgeon.

Don't want to scare you but you might want to read this post: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f78/please-listen-your-body-96140/ Pain in this area is not to be taken lightly and your surgeon may NOT know that this can be serious!

I had my original band done in Sept. 2001. The old band was over filled (my opinion) and had the AP band done Apr. 2009. I had the "Large" size band installed and I'm questioning the size since I am at full (12cc) and am not loosing any more weight.