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Does your Dr. let you eat jello?

ladybird

By ladybird, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Alfie    58

Alfie
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Hi Ladybird, Did he say why?

I can eat Jello, but don't like it.

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fredkzk    0

fredkzk
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Did he tell you why? What is the wrong ingredient (aspartame, gelatine...?) you are not supposed to eat?

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fredkzk    0

fredkzk
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Your surgeon is concerned about slippage??? I don't get it.

Alfie, what do you not like? the taste, sweetness, texture of it?

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MicheleK    8

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How can Jello be associated with band slippage??? I'm really confused.

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fredkzk    0

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Because you may drop Jello on you? LOL

Gosh I'm so happy to be vegetarian, it keeps me away from doctors and their sometimes weird principles.

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ssankofa73    2

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I think your dr. meant that the Jello will slip thru the band too easily like juice or Water and won't give you a feeling a satiety. Jello is considered a clear liquid even though its in a gel stage when its served. When jello is heated up by our bodies, it turns into a liquid.

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Alfie    58

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Your surgeon is concerned about slippage??? I don't get it.

Alfie, what do you not like? the taste, sweetness, texture of it?

Hi, I don't like the texture.. was never a fan :tt2:

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Alfie    58

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I guess my dr. must have a jello-bias.

Maybe he is Jellologically Challenged:lol::tt2::lol:

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dazzle1    0

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Low calorie Jello is one of my doctor's recommended diet suggestions for the second day of post-op for me. It even came before the full fluids. It was considered a "clear fluid" on my list of acceptable things to drink the day after surgery. Wow.... that's so different from what your doctor said.

Maybe it has to do with the type of bands we have. I have an allergen Type AP. Not sure what that means but I know there a variations. Who knows???

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