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1 Wk Post Op I Just Ate Some Of A Bagle Before I Remembered My Band!

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thenug    14

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am I going to really mess myself up? I was just chewing and swallowed and remembered- I have a band, Im supposed to be on my Soups, what is the h*ll ? I was just really busy and it was an automatic sure, I will have a bite of that bagel and lox. Im really worried. Please advise. I mean I know there is no undoing it but please tell me if I could have really messed myself up

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If there was a problem you would know already. The reason you shouldn't eat solids so early after surgery is that you may have swelling from the surgery and sutures are in place to hold the band as it is. Getting food stuck so soon after surgery could cause those sutures to rip away. But you'd know it by now so no harm no foul.

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thenug    14

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ok, thanks- Im a little worried I eat so mechanically! I have been on liquids for weeks, how could I just forget-lol

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You're going to find as time goes by, that learning how to eat slowly, take small small bites and chew to a mush, will be the most difficult issue to conquer.

We're all so programmed to shovel huge bites of food in our mouths and quickly swallow so we can shove another pile of food in our pieholes is one of the major reasons why some fail with the band. They just can't make that adjustment.

Distracted eating is also a problem. Like watching TV while eating. You become distracted by the entertainment and before you know it you've got 3 bites of food in your mouth and about to swallow it all and experience a stuck episode.

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I just got banded two days ago. The main reason for no solid foods is so you can heal. Any solid food means your stomach "shakes" things around to break them down more and move them along the digestive tract. This movement can break the stitches and move the band. I would not play around with any more solid food until you have passed your time limit.

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terrydumont46    1,954

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it sounds like you will be okay. as missy said you would have known it right away if it got stuck. believe me you will know. now put that bagel on the top shelf. good luck.

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