hey i wanted to know something. sometimes i eat and drink at the same time? is that a really bad thing that i do that with my band? why do they really tell us not to drink and eat at the same time? i barely do it though but i just have that question. can any1 fill me in? thanks.

Karen

its because the fluid will wash the food out of the pouch into the larger part of the stomach. And with no food in the pouch, you wll be hungry again in no time.

hey thanks for letting me know. i appreciate it.

I do want to add that early in my banding I could feel something getting stuck--and normally (pre-Banding) you would wash it down, right? Oh NO, not after banding!! It just got stuck much worse and I thought I was going to die!!

When you stop to think that the stoma (opening between the pouch and our old tummy) is the "size of a straw" (as my surgeon said), it would be easy to push something down with liquid and have it become trapped.

Y'know, I find that 30 minutes before and 45 minutes after is NOT that long--so it's better to just play it safe...:biggrin:

Hi Karen,

My name is Karen also. I have been told not to drink anything 20 minutes before a meal and 1 hour after a meal. Liquids are filling. In order to stay and feel full after a meal you should not drink anything 1 hour afterwards. However, I find it difficult to eat and not sip once in a while to rinse or wash some to the food down.

When you have good restriction it becomes difficult to eat and drink at the same time. Well at least that's what happens to me. If I drink when I am eating I get stuck and that's not fun.

Regards,

Alfie

PS Bye the way, we're neighbors. I live in Richmond Hill :confused_smile:

You may be right about that too. I am having a terrible time eating anything right now. It seems like everthing I eat comes right back up. As a result I am drinking more liquids and eating less.

Splck60