Cypress737

MissBS, you wrote: Cypress. My band is "closed for business" until about 2:00 pm. My doctor wants me to have a protein shake for breakfast every day for the rest of my life (well... except for special occasions) and I have that about 10:00 am. No problems with liquids, I like my shakes, and so that works out well for me. Then I have my lunch around 2:00. If I try to eat lunch much before that..... YIKES!! Dinner about 7 - this strange schedule works out perfect for me because nights have always been rough for me (food choices), so the later I have dinner the better my night goes. Sure seems like there is a LOT of trial and error before getting into a routine that works for you and your band. It took me awhile anyway. Good luck to you. Thanks so much for replying, and also thanks to Innw...(that's as far as I'm going with that name). It makes me smile to read what you wrote, about your stomach's schedule, especially because it's just like MY stomach's schedule. It's just like you say: First thing in the morning, and even up until around lunch, my stomach doesn't want anything that used to be solid. Shakes, yeah, just like you say...if it's liquid or it's soft, like ice cream (not that I eat ice cream for breakfast, but you get the idea) then my stomach will usually accept it. But if I try to eat something like a piece of toast or pretty much anything that started out solid, it seems like it just goes down and sits there, and gives me a real uncomfortable feeling that you probably know all about -- probably everybody here does -- like I can either sit there and suffer or I can try to force it back up. Drinking liquids once I've already eaten the solid foods doesn't help, in fact that seems to just sit down there and make the "did I swallow a baseball?" feeling even worse. But yeah, in the morning maybe some warm liquids or something would help, at least I know my stomach is up for that. And just like you say, as the day wears on, things change. Around 1-2, it seems like my stomach can take just about anything. I mean I can eat a normal small meal. Then we're closed again until about 7 or 8, when I can eat a little but not as much as at lunch. I guess a lot of this has to do with the digestion of previous meals maybe? Not sure. All I know is, I'm happy my band is limiting what I can eat because I sure couldn't do it on my own.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question so please bear with me. I'm just wondering if this experience is normal and/or if anyone else has had it: The first meal I eat during the day, usually around 11 AM or so (I know, too late), it seems like if I eat anything solid at all, even if it's well-chewed, it doesn't want to go down. You guys all know "that feeling". Sometimes it's a dull pain, others it's that and mild nausea too, and I either have to wait it out and suffer or force it back up and spit it out. I'm talking like 3 bites of toast or a few french fries (yeah I know, shouldn't be eating those) but it's pretty much anything that started out solid. It's like my stomach opening is totally closed. Then as the day goes by, or an hour or so after I've had those uncomfortable feelings, my stomach opens up (at least it feels like it does) and I'm able to eat a normal amount of just about anything as long as I chew it up well. But that first meal, for some reason -- my stomach is like, sorry, we aren't open for business yet today, come back later. Has anybody else experienced this and does anybody have any idea why it happens? I have a 10cm band with 2cc's in it. My surgery was in February of this year.