Could I have done any damage to my band? Could it have slipped? 4 weeks post op and ate a big salad - too quickly and now I feel SO full. A bit of heart burn, but I don't feel like I will throw up or anything. Could I have made my band slip? Has anyone else not followed the post op diet correctly?

From what I can tell, the band helps by causing pain when a person misbehaves- hopefully not too much pain- but certainly enough to hopefully learn- to make better choices. Amen.

I am two years post-op. I have lost 100 lbs, and I can tell you that I have cheated, I have eated too much, I have vomited, I have done it all. I have also reaped what I have sown. I am an emotional eater, for me I know that, I still get caught up in what ever is happening and forget that I cant just eat to make it all better. So I suffer some pain. I am however getting better at this, every day that passes I am gettting better at realizing why I eat what I eat and what my triggers are. I thought that I would never cheat because I had gone through so much to have the band in the first place. Everyone cheats...just like every one picks their nose or scratches their butt. Don't be so close minded that you think "It wont happen to me" cause it will. And when it does you will feel like crap, just make better choices. That my friends is all any of us can do. Try every day to make better choices.

Peace,

Ang~

Amen!!!!!!!!!

I love this post because it is so real and true. Everyone will cheat on this band at one point or another. Either you will have a fill and push the limit with something you want to eat a bit too soon, or you will eat something that doesn't agree with you and PB even though you knew better.

But it is also true that the band will teach you what you can and cannot eat for YOU. Everyone is different. Everyone's tolerance for what foods they can and cannot eat is different. Also, there are many doctor's who have many different post op diets. Who is right who is wrong? Some people are moved to solid foods within a week. Is that right? Do we criticize them because they had solids but your doctor said you have to stay on liquids for 3 weeks? If the person eating the solids earlier is doing okay with the food choices they are making and the doctor says it's okay then it's OKAY!

I think it's using some common sense -- I wouldn't tackle a Subway sandwich 3 weeks post op but for some maybe it works!