EAL-1011

Hello banders! I'm 2 months post-surgery and really hope to spend more time on the board. It's been so resourceful. I regret not having the courage to visit before my surgery; instead I allowed fear and avoidance to keep me far away out of fear I might read something scary and further elevate my anxiety! I'm thankful to be past that. I previously wrote a lengthy post about my experience with the surgery with the hope it might help someone else. Yesterday I saw a post from a member who experienced a slipped band and mentioned vomiting, which got me thinking. I know vomiting is detrimental and is something I worry about, but I'm also wondering if the intensity matters. Before banding my experiences with vomiting had always been forceful, uncontrollable events related to an event like food poisoning or the flu. Post banding, when I've vomited it always been the result of inadequate chewing or drinking too soon after eating, yet the sensation is much gentler and its just clear saliva. Is this gentle reversal I sometimes have the vomiting we're told to avoid to reduce the risk of slippage? For some reason it seems more gentle than I expected and I something wonder if it IS really considered vomiting?!? Edit...The sensation I'd best describe as very PB, but discharge... maybe I'm describing a PB instead of vomiting? Please enlighten me! LAX

This post is of interest to me too. In the spirit of not cross-posting, I'm going to start a new post with a subject related to vomiting. I had surgery on 7/13 and recently had 4 cc's added as I desired more restriction; however, even after 2 months I still need to focus very diligently on eating. I'm still eating a lot of soups and liquids, since those are easy and about all my appetite desires. When I had the band inflated last week, my doctor did advise me to return to Phase I and resume a liquid diet for 2 weeks, which possibly is intended to avoid the slippage mentioned by the OP. I'm not sure.

Greetings everyone! My very first post. I'm getting banded tomorrow. I have a lot of reading to do so I can further educate myself on exactly what I'm getting into, particularly from the point of view of people in my situation ( on this forum.). I am so nervous that I'm trying not to overload with info and make myself even more anxious that I already am. With that said, I'm grateful to have stumbled across the forum. Patience and self-empowerment are a virtue when going through this process. With all of the labs and records and approvals, I never thought I'd I finally see this day. I look forward to sharing our collective experiences. LAX