Dr. Spiegel, houston, banded 1-11-07..its been rough 3 days

The best news is, the 1st three days are the roughest and then it usually is smooth sailing from there! You are almost there!!! Drink a lot of fluids and try to walk around some. Audree

Hey, has anyone had this problem..when you sip on any liquid and after you swallow there is tight feeling in chest and then you feel the liquid going down to stomach???

i was banded by dr spiegl on 01/11/07 feel good still sore .walk lot dont sit still drink lot of water

On my second day, I experienced exactly what you are talking about. I'm sure I simply drank two sips too close together. It felt like a bubble that was stuck with a tight feeling in my chest. I began to worry, but I simply waiting an hour to drink anything, then drank water (carefuuly) only for a while. Burps never felt so good! First few days, you have to watch the size and frequency of your sips.

The best news is, the 1st three days are the roughest and then it usually is smooth sailing from there! You are almost there!!! Drink a lot of fluids and try to walk around some. Audree

:faint: hi happy to hear that ur surgery went so well,i my self are very intrusted in having this surgery but i am self pay. so can you tell me how much it is in mexico with dr.ortiz and where in mexico is he???/? thanks:help:

...yes, the first week I it would take me 30 minutes to get a shot-glass full of Water down....

And be aware of the 'large swallow' we have been doing has to be retrained to 'small sip'.....

by the end of the first week I was able to sip a full cup of herbal tea before it got cold....that's a BIG step...

each day gets better and better....

I was helped a lot by Bandsters making suggestions on what to do,w hat to expect....

sip, walk, sip sip, walk walk walk....nap....sip sip....walk...sip sip...

Literally the first few days I used the little plastic cup (about 1/4 oz) they put the pills in, to DRINK from....

it took 12 hours to drink ONE liter of water....

learn the sipsipsip method...this will pass....

welcome to BandLand....

You got it wrong. It's

sip, walk, sip sip, walk walk walk...pee...pee....nap....sip sip....walk...sip...pee...pee sip......pee...pee...pee...pee

Haha, not only can you feel the Water moving down, but if you drink very cold water, you'll feel the cold hitting you. Almost a year it this is still true for me. It's kind of neat.

*take a drink of something cold*

*nothing*

*nothing*

*ahh, there it is* and you can feel the cold sensation sort of spreading over your stomach.

I'm currently going through the insurance approval for my surgery. I have to have 6 months documentation of weight management.My question is to you that have been banded, would you do it all over again or would you pass?