I have been banded now for 5 days and I am on liquids only for the next 4 weeks. I have noticed that my breath smells and no matter how often i brush my teeth, my mouth just feels 'unclean'.:ermm

Has anyone else experienced this, of so how long did it last?

I have been told that I can never have gum again as it creates too much gas in the stomach, so that is a no no!

I bet once you start eating food (mushies) it will go away.

I remember getting Ketosis breath when I was on atkins diet. The only thing they said that would help was time and chewing on celery sticks.. OY~

I am so glad when somebody posts about a topic that I am dealing with. I have been banded for 8 months now and my breath is out of control! I have dealt with OCD's my whole life and it has been a common practice for me to brush my teeth as many as 10 times a day. I carry a toothbrush everywhere. I have beautiful white teeth and am very proud of them.

My bad breath has to be due to my band, my diet, digestion, etc. I am horrified by this situation. I take Breathassure everyday. Nothing works.

Along the same lines, the breath combined with the uncontrollable burping make my dating life complicated. I live in fear that I am going to open my mouth to kiss some guy and a weird stomach gurgle/burp comes flying out.

Christine

Tell ma about it!! I am also worried about it!! My breath is not too terrible, but it could certainly be better! I know it will be better when solids start, but in the meantime dating sucks!! HEHE - No gum?? I have never heard that! Is it true?? If so, I am SOOSOOOOO SCREWED!!!

Jen

218/192/130

5'6

Banded-June 16th

hi guys,

I posted awhile back about Therabreath...it's great stuff and really works..you can get it at Walgreens...it's pricey but well worth it....

There is toothpaste, mouthwash and a spray that you can carry around with you.

Here's the link if you want to research it: www.therabreath.com

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Okay, right after I was banded and still on liquids my tounge had this gross white paste and my teeth would get furry after only a few hours after brushing. I happened to have a teeth cleaning during that time and asked my hygenist if I had thrush. She said no, it was just because of the liquids. Once I went to mushies it went away.

I also have "ketosis" breath since I'm low carbing, but that's a WHOLE other thang.

Like I said, Because I struggle with obsessive complusive disorder, I brush my teeth as many times as 10 times a day or more. Always have gum with me. I havent heard about not chewing gum? Mouthwash is always in my purse, car and backback. Kinda a funny sidenote, a few people have asked me if I am an alcoholic because I am always concerned about my breath. ALcoholics are always using mouthwash and gum and use tons of visine. Sorry, I could only handle one addiction at a time. But now that I got the weight thing figured out, maybe I'll look into either excessive drinking, drugs, or random sexual acts with strange men.

Have tried therabreath,breathassure, and herbal tablets. Chlorophyl tablets and much more. My next move is trying to drink even more Water than I do already.

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Legallyblonde....just quick thought....having been down the OCD road myself. I would suggest that perhaps your breath isn't as bad as you think it is. I think you are obessing on it and you think it's bad when really it's not.

Just my .02

Very interesting thought. I try to live a prescription free life but may need to go back on wellbutrin to get my OCD's under control again. It worked once.

Had a great date tonight. Made out with a super hot guy and didn't burp/gurgle/growl or worry about my breath that much. I ate liquids only today and drank tons of Water.

Now having a hard time with how to tell him why I eat so funny. Gives me a hard time about eatting slow and small portions. I don't want to tell him or anyone else about my band. It is just not sexy.

Thanks for the advice.

Christine

Ok, I have some nonmedical input here. I am a body piercer and when we do tongue piercing we reccomend liquids and soft foods for 7-10 days. I was told my my hygenist that the white coating is from no solid food scraping the "old" cells away and it is normal. I am on day 9 of liquids and I bought one of those little tongue scraper thingys at walgreens for like $1.49 and I have a nice pink tongue and thanks to sugarfree mints I have great breath. Just a thought, maybe I am wrong but who knows maybe for a change I actually know what I am talking about . As everyone else has said once something a bit more "solid" is going in it will resolve itself, until then consider a scraper thingy. ~Mandy