I was banded last Tues. and I am able to swallow pills or eat anything with absolutely no problem. Is this normal? I realize I have no fill, but I feel absolutely no restriction and am quite hungry. I have skipped from liquids and pureeds to solid foods with absolutely no problem. Is this normal? Somehow I thought I would know the band was there, but I don't. Except for the soreness I would never know I had it in there. Has anyone else been able to eat anything they wanted or suffered from hunger. I only ate once today, but I don't think what I ate was on my menu in any way, shape or form. Any help would be appreciated.

You will not have restriction until you start to get fills. Good luck.

Doty ~ Just b/c you can eat something doesn't mean you should. Stop eating real food immediately!!! You have enough grit & determination to stay on the mushies/full liquids until you are healed.....at least 4 wks.

Hmmm...I hear a lot of people are given a 4 week or more post-surgery period during which they are to stay on mushies. My surgeon told me to do 2 days on liquids, and 1 week on mushies, then to try solid food . I did that, and it all went just fine, no problems, except for one incident when I didn't chew well enough and had a PB during the 2nd week. However, all seems to have healed well anyway (I'm now two months post-surgery).

Just mentioning this as another point of reference as to what at least one bariatric center is recommending, and they have a very low complication rate...

Julie