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Lori Voss Green

By Lori Voss Green, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Lori Voss Green    93

Lori Voss Green
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How in the world to people eat spicy food and NOT drink anything!?!? My husband is an amazing cook and does all the cooking around here. He makes a lot of spicy foods. I stay away from them most of the time because, to be quite frank, since having my gallbladder removed in 1996 after my daughter was born, my stomach can't handle a lot of spicy food. However, I do enjoy it from time to time. He made a Mexican chicken dinner tonight that was soooo good, but my mouth is on fire! I am looking longingly at my cup of ice Water, but I am holding off. Anyone here eat spicy foods on a regular basis? If so, how in the world do you do it!!??! :P

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marfar7    1,533

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I love spicy food! And I physically CAN'T drink while eating - I'll throw it all up. Sometimes if it's really spicy, I will take a mouthful of iced cold Water, swish it around in my mouth, and spit it out. Helps with the burn a little.

But I know exactly what you mean. I look longingly at my husbands drink during dinner and wished I could have some! Once in a while, I will try it to see what I can get away with. I can't ever get away with it. It's really bad in a restaurant with having to run to the ladies room. You'd think I'd learn!

Good luck!

Marci

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kmaas21605    14

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Try a tiny bite of fat free sour cream!

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FLORIDAYS    3,040

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You just do it...It was a hard lesson to learn. I am like Marci... If I drink with food it will come back up. But look at how much money you save on drinks. Lol

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Lori Voss Green    93

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Marci.....I have actually never TRIED drinking with a meal or not so I have no idea what would happen, just don't do it because my doctor told me not to. LOL Swishing with Water is a good idea though!

kmaas21605.....now THAT would be a very good idea! I didn't even think of that, and it would have gone perfectly with the meal! Thanks!

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Lori Voss Green    93

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Floridays.......I save SO much money at restaurants now! Only drink Water and don't even always order a meal. We actually went to Texas Roadhouse yesterday. My daughter ordered a steak dinner that came with 2 sides. She got a cup of chili as one side and gave it to me. LOL So many ways to be thrifty now!

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farmgirl04    231

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Wow! I alway thought you "shouldn't" drink Water 30 and 30, because you would wash the food through too fast, not that you "couldn't" drink! I learn something new everyday here!

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LadyMaggie    145

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That happened to me a couple of times; I put an ice cube in my mouth and swished it around . . . I CANNOT drink either while eating. So, I really try to avoid spicy foods.

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Lori Voss Green    93

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I was told you shouldn't because it will make the food go through too quickly. I didn't know it would make some people sick either, but that is even more reason for me to NOT want to drink it.

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hopetolose    192

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Yes, I cannot drink right after eating. it really hurts. Like the Water will sit right on top of the food and feels like it is stuck.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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