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I was banded 3 weeks ago and have had some bread. I had toast, a piece of pizza, and some wheat bread on a sandwich. I had no problem with it but have not had a fill yet either. Does bread become much harder to eat or impossible after a fill?

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The only time I have a problem with bread is if I try to swallow too much at once. Oh, wait - I have that same problem with anything if I swallow too much at once. :rose:

I don't eat a lot of bread because I do try and watch my carbs, with varying degrees of success, but I can eat it as long as I chew to goo. As a matter of fact, I had foccacia with dinner tonight. Mmm.

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My expereinces with bread seems to change with any given day. Since my last fill on 8/13, I cannot eat Pizza Crust and breadsticks but I can still eat toast (or anykind of toasted bread on a sub) and most biscuits. I try not to eat too much of those types of food because of the carbs but occasionally I will indulge myself without overdoing it.

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I forgot to mention I'm surprised you're eating pizza 3 weeks out. Hope you're chewing very well, although it's been almost 3 years, seems I was still on mushies at that point.

At any rate, good luck on you band journey.

(Pizza, hmmm, I couldn't imagine eating a slice of pizza, maybe stealing the top off a slice, LOL)

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I forgot to mention I'm surprised you're eating pizza 3 weeks out. Hope you're chewing very well, although it's been almost 3 years, seems I was still on mushies at that point.

At any rate, good luck on you band journey.

(Pizza, hmmm, I couldn't imagine eating a slice of pizza, maybe stealing the top off a slice, LOL)

I was allowed to eat solids at 3 weeks. I have had no problem getting bread down, but then again, I haven't had my first fill yet.

My doctor said I should be able to eat everything, just in moderation.

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I'm with Missy. I ate some thin crust the other night. No problems... I was told I could eat that, well toasted bread and flour tortillas. I chew well and no problems. I am also pre-fill. I get filled on the 9th of October. I guess we'll see then if I can still tolerate. I hope so!

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I have had no problem with bread at all. My sister got her band in July. She was never able to eat bread, still can't. But, even before her fill she couldn't get it down. Hopefully it will be that way after my fill as well! :confused:

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I eat bread regularly and have no trouble with it. Its a "difficult" food in that I need to eat it carefully and it fills me VERY quickly, cant eat a lot of it. But I can eat it and I do believe wholegrain bread is part of a healthy diet.

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I woke up yesterday knowing that I was going to treat myself to a slice of pizza. It wasnt as good as I thought it was going to be and to my horror it went down with no problems. I was really hoping that it got stuck. I go for my 3rd fill on the 3rd and Im hoping that he fills me up. Now that my brain knows that it will go down, I can imagine the things its telling my stomach to eat. :omg:

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I was banded 3 weeks ago and have had some bread. I had toast, a piece of pizza, and some wheat bread on a sandwich. I had no problem with it but have not had a fill yet either. Does bread become much harder to eat or impossible after a fill?

Different people will have different experiences with bread.

Some tolerate it, some don't.

Every time you get a fill you will have to re-learn what YOU can tolerate, and your tolerances will not be the same as anyone else's.

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I woke up yesterday knowing that I was going to treat myself to a slice of pizza. It wasnt as good as I thought it was going to be and to my horror it went down with no problems. I was really hoping that it got stuck. I go for my 3rd fill on the 3rd and Im hoping that he fills me up. Now that my brain knows that it will go down, I can imagine the things its telling my stomach to eat. :omg:

I agree, I have found myself eating more breads since I realized that it goes down so easily! I have realized this is a bad thing! I guess I wish that it was harder to go down! Maybe after my fill that will change or at least restrict me to eat less of it! :eek:

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