maryanne donohue

FORGOT TO TELL YOU, IF WE EAT FOOD THAT WILL SWELL UP IN OUR STOMACH LIKE BREAD, PASTA, RICE, UNLESS IT IS WHOLE GRAIN THE FOOD WILL COME UP WHEN IT SWELLS...SORRY KIDS BUT ICE CREAM IS ANOTHER ONE, VERY SMALL AMTS WORK BETTER. TRY NOT TO DRINK WHEN YOU EAT, IF YOUR THIRSTY DURING A MEAL TAKE A DRINK BUT SQUISH IT IN YOUR MOUTH AND LET IT OUT DON'T SWALLOW ,IF YOUR OUT FORGET IT...I CARRY SMALL SANDWICH BAGS WITH ME IN CASE I HAVE A PROBLEM, JUST ZIP AND DUMP...LOOSENING UP THE BAND SOLVES SOME OF THE PROBLEM, BUT TRY TO HOLD OFF CUT BACK AND SIP, SIP, SIP, TRY LIQUID FOOD FOR TWO DAYS THE BAND WILL EASE UP...THOUGHT I WAS GETTING AN ANGINA ATTACK THAT CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IT WILL EASE UP...

HI ALL, I HAVE BEEN TWO YRS PAST MY LAP BAND SURGERY....I LOST 97LBS AND STILL LOSING..MY APPETITE HAS SLOWED DOWN TO A I DON'T FEEL LIKE EATING....BUT I DO, I HAVE H2O PROBLEMS I WANT MORE WATER BUT I HAVE TO SPEND THE DAY WITH A BOTTLE OF WATER AND ONLY SIP, I CAN'T TAKE A GULP OR IT WILL COME RIGHT UP FROM MY STOMACH..THIS IS THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINT THAT I HAVE SEEN IN TWO YRS, DRS. DON'T PREPARE US FOR THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THESE THINGS SO WE CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS SURGERY....I ALSO BUY MY VITAMINS FROM WHOLE FOODS, THEY ARE PURE . THERE IS A BOOK OUT CALLED DRUG MUGGERS, SUZY COHAN, FROM RODALE BOOKS, YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF NEW INF. ON SAFE VITAMINS....I TAKE COQ10 AND AFTER TWO WEEKS I FELT SO MUCH BETTER EVEN MENTALLY...HOPE SOME OF THIS HELPS..MARYANNE

WATER FITS INTO EVERYONE'S FOOD PLAN! QUESTION IS HOW DO WE GET ENOUGH WATER AND HOW MUCH DO WE NEED....I PUKE IF I EAT AND DRINK, SO I DON'T DRINK WHEN I EAT..ALSO HOW MUCH WATER DO I DRINK 1.OZ 2.OZ'S, HOW MANY OZ'S DOES MY STOMACH HOLD, AND HOW MUCH FOOD AT DINNER AND OTHER MEALS...THIS INF. ISN'T GIVEN AT ANYTIME....CAN YOU ANSWER THIS?

thank you now I know better liquids for a few days