hey guys, i am due to get banded on the 22nd of October - i work as a travel agent and have been offered a great trip to China - only 3 weeks after my surgery! has anyone travelled so soon after their banding? i would love to hear your stories :frown:

Megsy,

I have not travelled since being banded on 17th Sept but have travelled a lot. I was driving across USA this time last year with my son.

I have found that I have a limit of about 250ml of anything. I eat quite a lot of noodles which are low fat, low sugar etc etc and they seem to slide down and digest ok. I had one piece of bread and it nearly killed me (felt like it anyway) I imagine chinese food to be suitable providing you avoid lumpy solids and just stick to wet noodles etc.

Good luck

K

Hi

I used to live in the uk and had my band operation over there a month after my banding i had to fly back to australia .........a 24 hour flight and i was fine i could eat small amounts and drink , My doctor over there just said take small sips of fluid to see if i could feel if the band had expanded and how much all my ok and i have flown back to the uk about 5 times since with no problems funny enough i seem to be able to eat more up there so go figure

How strange ! I've just got back from 5 weeks in the UK and also felt that I could eat more there. I thought it was just my imagination, but maybe not !