as i posted i had my first fill today...i was filled at around 2:00 well it is 7:00 and i am starving... i had some tomato soup when i came home and around 5:30 i had some egg drop soup... i am starving and i feel like i have heartburn...HELP!!!

Step away from the tomato soup! Believe me when I say that 1)you have restriction and you will feel it more when you are off liquids and on to solids again. 2)I know you have restriction if you have eaten tomato soup and have heartburn. I did the same thing post-surgery. The V-8 juice and swelling did NOT compliment each other. The heartburn comes from refluxing the tomato soup up into your esophogus. Sip, don't drink. Stick with non-acidic liquids until it's okay to move to more mushy foods. Give your band area time to heal after the fill and you will be just fine. Drink your protien drinks to assuage your hunger. OH! and chew a Tums for the heartburn.

My bet is you will be pleasantly surprised at your level of restriction when you are eating hard protiens first.

(hey, did ya'll like that word "assuage"? I had to look it up to check and make sure I used it correctly and I did. It means to lessen, satisfy, quench. Pronounced "uh-swage". hehe...Word of the Day!)

thanks kathy i had no clue about tomato soup... this is why i love this place!!!.. i hope you are right about the restriction...i guess i will stick to protein drinks for the next 24 hours!