Hey everyone, I'm 2 days post-op today & just had my 1st few sips of my Protein shake. Although it went down OK, I've been spitting up a lot of saliva for the past hour. I'm thinking perhaps I swallowed the shake too fast. I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. Also, the Dr says I have really good restriction now w/out the fill. I probably won't need a fill for a good while.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Hey Alexandra,

My surgeon said it was just that the shake was too thick to deal with right now. That was his reason. I really think it was all due to swelling. Yesterday I had a fish broth, and I even went ahead and crumbled some crackers in it. It took me about 3 hours to have the whole thing, but it felt really good to actually have some nutrition, not the crap from the hospital. So I guess it's all getting better now.

I got pretty scared though for a little while, he told me if things didn't get better he'd probably have to go in and remove the band. That would've sucked.

Anyways, thanks for all your answers.