O.K. so I was doing fine and had progressed to mushies and then my hubby brought home some hummus with sun dried tomatoes (my favorite) for Valentines day..... he was eating it with tostitoe chips and I just automatically grabbed some and starting eating it without even thinking about it. Had eaten a good handful when hubby actually asked what I was doing.... Oooops.... so I walked away no problem. That is until today.... I woke up with pressure under my sternum and going out my back. I could still eat my mush and drink liquids with no problem so I am hoping I just irritated my band and did not do any damage. Anyone with advice......

Well first off how long since ur surgery? Each doctor has different time frames of when to progress to dif foods. Day 5 post op I was allowed to start eating whatever I wanted low carb wise. Hope that helps

3 weeks post op???? Ughhhh, I'm pretty sure I did far worse than that, had my x-ray and it was FINE! Dont' take my bad advice, but chances are....YOU'RE FINE!

I dont think you did damage to your band....

If my vomiting almost every other day hasnt dont damage to mine I'm sure your ok.

Do you still have your gall bladder? Was the pain toward the right side? If you are still in pain, give your surgeon a call to check in. We make mistakes. Our old eating habits were xx years in the making. They won't be reformed over night...well, ok, maybe on your case, they will be (sorry, could not resist teasing!)

At three weeks post, your band should be able handle some chips. The fact that you didn't experience pain until the next day....well, the food should have emptied from the pouch. If something is going to get stuck it usually happens pretty rapidly. I don't think you'd have slept through a stuck episode, but maybe you had some reflux that irritated things overnight.

Stay on your current post-op plan or on mushies/liquids till it calms down and you feel better. I hope that is soon.

through texting with another bander I met on here we concluded that it was gas from eating the chips to fast. I sucked air as well. So I had my 12 yr old daughter hit me across the back numerous times, she essentially burped me...lol.... and boy did it feel better. Still a little pressure but def got some relief. Thanks for the input, I think I will feel better when I get my flouroscope (sp) done with my first fill. What this did do is scare me back on track again....

I dont think you did damage to your band....

If my vomiting almost every other day hasnt dont damage to mine I'm sure your ok.

Why are you vomiting that much.... that is not normal as far as my doctor goes....

Why are you vomiting that much.... that is not normal as far as my doctor goes....

Your right it's not normal but I have yet to master the chew chew chew and small bite rule...

That gas problem happened to me too. It was scary as I thought I had something stuck in my pouch! I tried to vomit it up, but I haven't been able to successfully vomit since the surgery. However, when I tried, I BURPED repeatedly and felt immediately better. I've been very careful to eat slowly and chew really well after that incident.

Good thing you had some sound advice to help you out!