Ok, Saturday was my 1st day being able to have meat. So for dinner, I had 3 meatballs. Keep in mind they are tiny, and i broke them up and chewed really well. After, i was kind of nautious, but the feeling passed. However I also had a migraine, and an hr later decided to take some tylenol with codeine liquid which burned the whole way down. Then 4 hrs later, I had a pain in my sternum that radiated to my back, and i didnt know if i was gonna throw up or poop ( TMI ) ..i tried water, but that seemed to make it worse.....I was totall paranoid that I should go to emergency, but after about an hr it went away. Is this normal, and does this mean I shouldn't try meat for a while?

I'm going to guess it could have been a combination of things. If were already going to get a migraine and it just made things worse, or you may not have chewed well enough.

You might want to "prime" your band with a bite then wait 5 minutes to eat the rest. It is a fickle thing.

Your experience you just had stinks. yuck

i heard alot of people had trouble with red meat post op.

I have not graduated to solid foods yet, but when I do, I've love to try a meatball if its okay!

When were u banded?

It could be the coedine, i can not take it, it makes my gas pain worse.

Been there done that! Sounds like too much too soon. Eat more slowly...drinking when that happens does tend to make things worse! I've found that if the pain is that bad...something is stuck. I've found, by trial and error, that it is sometimes best to cough up the offending food other than wait it out. You get immediate relief and it doesn't hurt to get rid of it.

When were u banded?

i was banded 4/2/08.

my 2 weeks is tomorrow. hooray

I was banded March 17