I screwed up! Had solid foods 7 days post op!!!

[MonikaHF 0]

I am so mad at myself! I was banded on 4/28 in Mexico by Dr. Oritz (very good experience) and I have been feeling great all week. Yesterday I completely screwed up and had chicken wild rice Soup with crusty bread for lunch and tomatoes and an avocado for dinner!! Unfortunately it didnt bother me at all. I felt just fine and it tasted like heaven! I have been getting soooo sick of the those Protein Shakes and just fell off the wagon! My husband got upset with me when he saw me eat that dinner - I can't blame him. I Today I read some of your posts about the stomach trying to heal and stitches coming out when you eat solids and I am terrified! What if I did damage my pouch? Would I feel anything if my band slipped. I am back on full liquids today, but I just can't help worrying about the possible damage I might have done. Any advice? Thank you!!

[Losing_It_All 1]

I wouldnt worry too much...you are probably ok - especially if you didnt eat a ton. Just get back on the horse and do the best you can. It will be a long journey but it is worth it. You can do it!

[Rachel412 116]

If you're feeling fine today you're probably just fine. Everyone's post-op instructions are different. Just don't do it again

[HeatherinCA 10]

Stick to your diet!! I wouldn't worry, but be careful.

The band will never stop you from eating, remember that! It's a diet, full time, if you don't follow it you won't lose weight.

[43coco 0]

You will definitly know if you band slips. My band slipped after 6 years of having it and had to have emergency to remove it. Trust me...you will know if it slips. Just don't eat so much that you throw up. I get my 2nd band in 2 months. You will be just fine.

I am so mad at myself! I was banded on 4/28 in Mexico by Dr. Oritz (very good experience) and I have been feeling great all week. Yesterday I completely screwed up and had chicken wild rice Soup with crusty bread for lunch and tomatoes and an avocado for dinner!! Unfortunately it didnt bother me at all. I felt just fine and it tasted like heaven! I have been getting soooo sick of the those Protein Shakes and just fell off the wagon! My husband got upset with me when he saw me eat that dinner - I can't blame him. I Today I read some of your posts about the stomach trying to heal and stitches coming out when you eat solids and I am terrified! What if I did damage my pouch? Would I feel anything if my band slipped. I am back on full liquids today, but I just can't help worrying about the possible damage I might have done. Any advice? Thank you!!

[MonikaHF 0]

You will definitly know if you band slips. My band slipped after 6 years of having it and had to have emergency to remove it. Trust me...you will know if it slips. Just don't eat so much that you throw up. I get my 2nd band in 2 months. You will be just fine.

Thank you everyone for your comments and encouragement. The only thing I have felt all day after a day of solids yesterday is that the incision around my port feels tingly and numb and I have that same sensation, in the same general area on my back. Maybe I am just hyper vigilant about how my body feels because of my slip-up yesterday, but I hope it's just part of the healing process.

Also, do you guys add 1/2 a banana to your Protein shakes/yoghurt? It sounds like some of you do, but my manual says no fruits until the pureed stage (1 week from today). Thanks - I am so glad I have found this forum to bounce off ideas and concerns. Hope I'll get to the ticker and picture part on my profile one of these days........

[honk 780]

No Fruit! Esp. since your doctor said not to add solids yet. I was not on solids until week 5. I'm not trying to be mean but you need to follow your doctors orders. They are not to punish you but to let your stomach heal.

[teekii77 5]

My doc let me have fruit as long as I pureed everything til it was as smooth as baby food. Hey Don't feel bad about the slip up. I did it too around the same time you did. I put a post up about it Something about why didn't the cheat foods make me sick. You should read it!lol although people was way nicer to you than they was to me. One person was like why did you even bother with getting the band wonk wonk wonk!lol But Don't let anyone even in your home make you feel bad about that. Their not in your bodyand just because you got the band doesn't give someone else the right to be your food police. that will get real annoying fast. But hey you're gonna be at this a long time and I promise you it won't be your 1st slip up. So don't beat yourself up over it too much. Good Luck Girl! I'm sure you're gonna do just fine!

[Elie936 1]

Monika : you should have a look at the new post, listen to your doctor. Dont beat yourself up, what is done is done, and the liquid diet, terrible torture, but that post could maybe motivate you to continu on your liquid diet. It is about someone who did not do the liquid diet after a fill, soon after the band was put in, the band slipped because she got stuck. How horrible hey?

It is soooo tempting to cheat, especially since youdidnt get stuck, but what if you did?

I decided to follow my docs order to the t because i had a weird lump and the er docs believed my port was out of place and that had developed an hernia, 4 days after surgery. I was so sad because the day after surgery, i picked up my nephew not thinking i couldnt pick him up. I put him back on the flooor when i realised it, but that day at the ER when they told me they had to reoperate right away, and me thinking it ws my fault was enough to scare me for years:) thankfully it was a missunderstanding, it was the new place where my surgeon puts the port, and he didnt inform me or the doc at the er, lol

So back to fluids lady:) you can do it, it will be soon over

Best of luck

[Cocoabean 430]

Monika, glad to hear you are getting back on track! We all make mistakes. Usually the sign of a slipped band is constant vomiting after eating. It can also be sudden loss of restriction, but that would not apply to someone recently banded, I'd think.

Take it from someone 3 years out, if you were to get stuck on something right now (like bread--a notorious item for getting stuck) the reaction of your body would be incredibly painful. Some surgeons put a bit of fill into a band during surgery, so you might have some restriction already.

When we get a piece of food stuck over the stoma (the hole between the pouch and the lower stomach) the pouch tries to grind it to make it go down. It is very painful. You can also get nauseous and vomit. Having new stitches and incisions would make these symptoms all the more painful. Just another set of reasons to stick to your doctor's orders during this immediate post-op phase.

If your surgeon said no fruit until the pureed stage, then bananas are out. One of the first foods I got stuck on was a banana. I didn't blend it, but still. I say wait until you can have them.

[MonikaHF 0]

Great comments and advice. Thank you - you guys are wonderful! Been doing well with my liquid, no bananas, even though I loath it! Was my son's 14th birthday party today with Chinese food and cake and I had a bowl of butternut creamed Soup. Mushy/pureed phase on Thursday....yeahhhh!!

[teekii77 5]

Here's a recipe my doc office gave me that they said i could have when i started full liquids and blended food. which happen to be days 5&6 after my surgey. You may enjoy it when your doc says u can have it. Half a banana,half cup of OJ, and 2 oz of greek yogurt and ice put in blender til smooth. strain then enjoy. Its yummy and it keeps me full for a few hours. Good luck

[Cocoabean 430]

Here's a recipe my doc office gave me that they said i could have when i started full liquids and blended food. which happen to be days 5&6 after my surgey. You may enjoy it when your doc says u can have it. Half a banana,half cup of OJ, and 2 oz of greek yogurt and ice put in blender til smooth. strain then enjoy. Its yummy and it keeps me full for a few hours. Good luck

That sounds yummy! strawberry yogurt in it would be great!

[nomorejellybelly 77]

I am so mad at myself! I was banded on 4/28 in Mexico by Dr. Oritz (very good experience) and I have been feeling great all week. Yesterday I completely screwed up and had chicken wild rice Soup with crusty bread for lunch and tomatoes and an avocado for dinner!! Unfortunately it didnt bother me at all. I felt just fine and it tasted like heaven! I have been getting soooo sick of the those Protein Shakes and just fell off the wagon! My husband got upset with me when he saw me eat that dinner - I can't blame him. I Today I read some of your posts about the stomach trying to heal and stitches coming out when you eat solids and I am terrified! What if I did damage my pouch? Would I feel anything if my band slipped. I am back on full liquids today, but I just can't help worrying about the possible damage I might have done. Any advice? Thank you!!

You probably should take it a little bit easy with the food, especially at the beginning. Generally, I think as long as you chew anything enough, you should be okay.

[teekii77 5]

That sounds yummy! strawberry yogurt in it would be great!

Hmmm think I'll try it with strawberry sometime too. I think they said greek yogurt because I notice its not as much sugar in it as reg yogurt.