Hi,

I'd like to know if chewing your food to a mush affects your restriction - what I mean is - if your food is really well chewed - does it go right through the band or sit behind it? or do you have to part chew but not to a complete pulp for it to sit behind the band?

I'm hoping to get real restriction after my next fill on Monday and am trying to get my head round how it all works/what's best to do - chewing wise. It's been 14 months now without restriction and I feel like I have to learn how to eat all over again.

Thanks for reading

Yvonne

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Everyone is different, but personally, I have to chew to a mush to get it to work properly. If I don't chew to mush, then it gets stuck and I might potentially PB.

Everyone can be different. Each time I get a fill, I progress very slowly.After a fill, my Dr. requires two days of full liquids, followed by two days of soft food. This is becasue sometimes the fill can irritate the stomach and it gives it time to adjust.

Then I slowly, gradually and carefully try other foods to see what goes down and how much I have to chew it etc. I take very small bites.

So I approach it exactly as you described, like learning to eat all over again. The fear of getting a food stuck works in a positive way for me, as the fear keeps me from overeating and I don't attempt to try foods that many people have trouble with like bread.

You and your new pouch will discover which foods are ok and which aren't.

Good Luck on your next fill and the continuation of your weight loss.

My next (fourth) fill is tomorrow. Hoping I get restriction, too!

I think I just figured out the answer to this question the other morning. Im 8 months out and keep telling my Dr that I dont think I have the restriction that I should at this point, especially since I have 10.25 cc in my band. Nothing had ever got stuck or caused me any problems until the other morning when I plopped two left over tater tots in my mouth and inhaled them without ever thinking about it. Minutes later I felt this pressure in my throat and chest that I had never felt before. It felt like I had just swallowed a golf ball. Just like other people have described. A couple of minutes later, I hacked up a bunch of slime. Ironically I couldnt have been happier. This was the first time that my band had ever made its self known. So to answer your question I do think that how well you chew or dont chew affects your restriction. Normally Im very careful about chewing my food, but this one time when I wasnt I finally got something stuck. So now Im trying to find the right amount of chewing to get the food thru without being stuck but at the same time not so much that it goes straight thru. I mean if you think about it it makes a lot of sense. At least I think so. :rolleyes2: