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i was banded on the 12th. I can gulp Water and drink a glass at a time. I am trying to be very careful about when i eat but not so great with the liquids. i am also not very good about drinking as much fluids as i should. as far as i know there is no Fluid in my band. i still feel some restriction from the swelling but it has been slowly going away. i am worried that maybe i am no doing something quite right or i may damage or slip my band...help please!

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I think we're allowed to drink as much or as little Fluid as we like. I try to stay away from calorie containing drinks, but don't feel bad when I do drink them, because I'm being so careful about everything else and I'm doing great with my exercising. I need to be better about not drinking for 30 minutes after meals, but the lady who has done my first two fills, says it's okay to drink with meals. I try not to as much as possible though. I think you're probably okay, just pay attention to if you have really bad pains in the port or band areas. Good luck to you.

P.S. I was banded on 09/08/10.

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I was guzzling drinks about two hours after surgery before I even left the surgery center. I love my Water and I was told if nothing else,keep drinking it as much as I wanted.

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That's normal.

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Totally normal. I have good restriction, and can still drink fluids very freely.

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