Most of our time is spent over the toilet!!!

I am 3 days post 1st fill, and here I go with the "getting to know my band" period all over again...

I hope this period is over quick, because it is very inconvenient.

When I'm out and eating (which isnt often), the first thing I have to find is the restroom, just in case I have to visit it on an emergency basis. I'm terrified to eat anything except Soup for fear that its not going to go through.

Is it just my band or most bands that dont like any form of bread??? I just had a lean cusine panini (well, 2 or 3 bites) before I had to visit Mr. Toilet and I have been suffering since. Agghhhh!!!

It gets better, right?? Or should I just tell myself that Soup is the best thing on the planet and start LOVING it????

Well like I said, I'm still in the getting to know you period, yesterday and today I had salad with chicken and it went down okay. Like everyone always says..I took my time and took small bites, and everything was okay. I had about 1/4 cup, so I think the amount of the fill is just right.

As I'm sure all of you encountered, its just trial and error about what goes through easily and what doesnt...I just find it funny!!

What a great line the band cant tell between fish and ice cream really hit home for me.:confused: u r right!!

Thanks for all the help! It has been great reading these posts!

Yeah, too funny to see you here! LOL

I am still pre-op and this may sound strange, but I WANT my band to hate bread. I want it to hate Pasta and tortillas and cake and all the carby goodness that got me to 300 pounds to begin with. That way I will not want it, I will perhaps even fear it a little, and lose all desire to consume it.

Also ..what is "sliming"? I have read the term before, my doctor never mentioned it. It sounds uumm bad ..and gross.

Sliming is really the precursor to a PB. You get that lump in your chest or pain in your stomach, whatever your own personal signal is that something is stuck-ish. YOu feel the pressure. Then you start to salivate profusely, and becuase something is stuck enough that nothing is going through, you cant swallow the saliva as it worsens the pain. So you have to spit spit spit.

Sliming to me is not something I could hide, I have to go and bend over and just spit. It may as well be a PB.

I can get a little stuck and as long as I dont take another bite till its gone I'm fine. Sliming for me happens when I take the bites (even small and well chewed) too close together. I get four bites in before I realise that the first one is causing problems.

Thanks Jacqui ..that sounds icky. Your explanations and suggestions are very helpful.

Uh. ya, it is gross...and thats what this entire thread is about....getting to know what goes through and how slow you have to eat so that it does go through. And whatever you do, dont drink anything when you have that stuck feeling....it just doenst go through the band and then liquid and whatever else is in there comes up...

I've spent a lot of time in the bathroom the last few days...I'm so scared to eat anything, the only thing that goes through right now is Soup. I'm okay with it...I guess this is what its all about...but be prepared to be over the toilet quite a bit until you get to know what you can eat or not..

I am still pre-op and this may sound strange, but I WANT my band to hate bread. I want it to hate Pasta and tortillas and cake and all the carby goodness that got me to 300 pounds to begin with. That way I will not want it, I will perhaps even fear it a little, and lose all desire to consume it.

Also ..what is "sliming"? I have read the term before, my doctor never mentioned it. It sounds uumm bad ..and gross.

That is exactly word for word what I said to my Dr!! :eek:

HI Folks,

I have to treat my fills like the initial procedure. He wants me on clear for 2 days, liquid for 2 days, mushies for 3 to 4 days. If I am able to eat solid after the 7th day, I can continue, but if I am too tight, back to Clear liquids. Seemed to work for me!

Good luck on your journey!!

Do you think eating ice cream everyweek-end 1/2 gallon will damage the ban? I do it and nothing happens but slow to no weight loss?

Do you think eating ice cream everyweek-end 1/2 gallon will damage the ban? I do it and nothing happens but slow to no weight loss?

That's a LOT OF ICE CREAM---how many calories in that whole thing? it won't damage the band--but boy--that's probably making up for all the calories you are NOT getting in "real" food, like Protein, vegetables and fruit!

could you cut down on the ice cream? i bet your weight loss will get a good jumpstart!

Take your time, eat as if you're trying to swallow ground glass and I found the MOST important thing for me to do is not the tiny bites and chewing but its WAITING between bites. Wait for a minute, give the food time to make your stomach and see how it sits before you take another bite. This is what I find hard. Nobody notices the small bites and lots of chewing but when you just sit and dont touch your plate, they comment. And if you're eating during your lunch hour etc, it can be bloody inconvenient to take so long at it. But you have to wait between bites.

I find I can get 4 bites of food in and swallowed before I realise the first one is not going down right and then its too late to do anything about it, the golf ball feeling and sliming are inevitable.

Great suggestion! that is the first I heard that one. It makes sence. If something isn't going agree with you and you've eatten most of your food before you realize it, it too late. Thank YOU :clap2:

Usually the doc will let you know that breads a bit hard to pass through the band. I have been banded for almost a year I have tried all sorts of varieties of breads and nothing seemed until I stopped at a Greek restaurant and tried some pita bread and it actually went down fine

That is good to know (about the pita bread) I have heard most people say that they can't do bread, I am glad to know that there is some bread that works! Thanks~