I just got banded today and i was feeling good but now not so much. Im afraid i wont be able to eat anyting good ever again and that really depresses me. Any thoughts? I cant wait for this pain to go away!

Hello, and congratulations on your surgery!

You will be able to eat "good" food again. Food will taste exactly the same as a post op, as it did as a pre op. You may end up avoiding foods you liked before because of the empty calorie factor (high caloric value, with little nutritional benefit)

I have found what I called "good" before, or what I thought tasted good before hold little appeal to me now. I find interesting tastes and textures in all sorts of foods that I once would have never tried.

Tastes do change post op. And the pain does go away! I promise.

AM i ever gonna be able to have bread or rice again ever?

Some people can eat bread and rice.

For me, I eat vegetarian sushi a lot, and often at Breakfast will have a slice of very grainy toast with Peanut Butter. Although I should point out that I didn't even try to eat rice or bread in my first year of banding.

I can eat bread and rice, but don't do it everyday. I can pretty much eat everything, just in smaller amounts. I have trouble with some fruits some times, but not all the time. Sometimes I can eat something one day and not the next, but then again on another day. I just try it and see how it works, you'll know if it's not going to work that day.

Awwww, I just posted to your "feeling great" post and now I find this. I'm so sorry that the pain has kicked in. I would imagine that it is just hitting you that you really did it and your lifestyle is really going to change. I'm sure there's a grieving process that will happen. Hang in there!

I was the same way you were when I came home from the hospital....I felt discouraged and wondered if I had done the right thing. I couldn't believe I went from on top of the world about the surgery to depressed. I talked to a lot of people....and they said you have to realize you have been anesthesized, pain medication and all that stuff messes with your emotions.....after a couple of days, it will pass......at least it did for me and without a doubt, I feel and know I did the best thing for myself and am very very excited again. I was banded on May 24, 2007. Good luck to you and I know you will be back to feeling good again soon!! It just takes a little time.

Thanks guys! That makes me feel better! I just dont deal with pain very well!

Be a little patient. I promise in a week you'll feel 100% better... a week isn't so long!