Hey fellow Canucks!

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I thought I'd turn to ya for a question I have. This is mainly directed at those who are already banded and have been eating "regular food" for awhile now.

So, here is the thing....I've noticed that every time (for the last couple of weeks) when I eat dinner (this doesn't happen at breaky or lunch; just dinner)....I get a headache when I'm about half way done. Just out of the blue...WHAM...headache. Nothing severe; just irritating. Doesn't matter what I have for dinner....it seems to happen. It goes away after a bit and it doesn't get bad enough to take something for it or anything. I just find it odd and am wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

Comments?

By the way...y'all are doing awesome!!! :clap2: :clap2:

Hrrrrrmmmm.... I don't have anything intelligent to say. I get headaches all the time though, and I don't know why or can't blame eating for it. I'll stay tuned to see what everyone says though.

btw... hi :girl_hug:

Nothing intelligent to say Mandi? Yet you can write letters to Leprechauns and even get replies back??!!!! *snorts*.

I must therefore beg to differ; I am pretty sure that you sometimes have something intelligent to share.....ummm... I actually haven't seeeeeen it but I've heard from others that you can pull out all the stops at times!!!

hehe.

So, here is the thing....I've noticed that every time (for the last couple of weeks) when I eat dinner (this doesn't happen at breaky or lunch; just dinner)....I get a headache when I'm about half way done. Just out of the blue...WHAM...headache. Nothing severe; just irritating. Doesn't matter what I have for dinner....it seems to happen. It goes away after a bit and it doesn't get bad enough to take something for it or anything. I just find it odd and am wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

Yoda, this is your stop signal, since we bandsters do not feel that full feeling anymore our bodies give us a signal, yours is the headache..I too had the headache but mine was more like an ice cream headache when I was full..some get a runny nose, others get a slight hiccup and others get a pain in the shoulder...my headache only happened at dinner also, mainly because my meals during the day were much smaller since I could not each much in the a.m and early afternoon, once I opened up a bit my appetite increased which is why I ate more in the evenings which is why I got the stop signal..make sense to you? you might be eating more also in the evening as well..many bandsters are tighter in the mornings then in the evenings and can eat more. I hope this helps, you will here this from other bandsters..some just may not realize what they are feeling is the stop signal...I have spoken to many bandsters who get the stop signal in some way shape or form..

Ya its funny how the body can displace pain. Ppl with heart disease can have the only symptom be headaches too. For some reason the body can choose where to tell you something. Wether it be your shoulder, your head, your arm, or any other part of you.

Hi Yoda, I'm not a Canuck, but my last manager was, and I know what a "bonnet" is, so can I reply?

I think your situation is very interesting. On a few different boards (and here too), for the last few years, I've seen other references to headaches and, in general, symptopms of changes in the blood flow, such as fainting, dizziness, light-headedness, tunnel vision... they all seemed linked to eating with restriction.

When you say that you're halfway done, do you mean halfway to the point of no longer feeling hungry, or halfway through the food on your plate? About what quantity of food have you eaten when your headache kicks in?

*cloe enters, elbows mandi in gut, stands in front proud, clears throat*...I have nothing intelligent to say either!!

This is all very interesting and informative, i went to see the family dr. yesterday because i was having terrible dizzy spells, i thought i was suffering from vertigo, he checked me over and then asked if it was band related, if it had something to do with the way i have been eating.

Wheetsin just posted that other people have had these problems, so now i know. The things we learn on this forum, it is great. Thank you.

Maria:)

Hi Yoda, I'm not a Canuck, but my last manager was, and I know what a "bonnet" is, so can I reply?

I think your situation is very interesting. On a few different boards (and here too), for the last few years, I've seen other references to headaches and, in general, symptopms of changes in the blood flow, such as fainting, dizziness, light-headedness, tunnel vision... they all seemed linked to eating with restriction.

When you say that you're halfway done, do you mean halfway to the point of no longer feeling hungry, or halfway through the food on your plate? About what quantity of food have you eaten when your headache kicks in?

Wheetsin: of course you can chime in! Anytime. I get the headache after only a few bites. I certainly haven't gotten to the point where I "feel full" nor where I should have eaten enough. Know what I mean? In other words, I still have more on plate that I should be eating....I only eat maybe 1/4 cup (if that) before it kicks in. That is why I have trouble believing it is my personal "full signal"....cause there is no way I am only supposed to eat THAT little!!!

What is a bonnet? LOL

Is it something that we only have in Canada? Cause I'm sure I've heard the word elsewhere. That is if we're talking about the 'hat'.

LOL....I don't know what it is either!

Hehe, that comes from one of my husban's co-workers. He calls the car hood a "bonnet".

Yep:nod: that is what they call it in England, and in case you didn't know the trunk of the car is called a boot :doh: :pound:

Maria:)

must be a crazy Newfie. LOL

Cause I've never heard that!

Those random Canadian's making up words give us all a bad wrap!

Now you know Mandi, you learn something new everyday. LOL

Maria:)

Yeah, I've heard of "boot" but Wheetsin, Canucks don't call it a boot. NOR do we call a car hood a bonnet. I never even HEARD that! The guy must be from the UK originally or something (or his family?).

I thought a bonnet was the hat the Ingalls' girls wore!!! LOL. And, no we don't wear 'em here. Wellllll, maybe Argon wears one....but the rest of us Canucks don't!!!

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