Anyone tried eating food soon after banding?

[Imiranda0918 0]

I was banded a week and a half ago and am doing great. I went to dinner and ate the veggies in my chicken Soup? ?? I didn't throw up. I was wondering if anyone has eaten good soon after surgery?

[Imiranda0918 0]

I meant food not good

[Birinak 19]

I was banded a week and a half ago and am doing great. I went to dinner and ate the veggies in my chicken Soup? ?? I didn't throw up. I was wondering if anyone has eaten good soon after surgery?

You're not necessarily going to throw up or feel bad if you eat solids too soon. The point of not eating these foods too soon after surgery is not so that you don't throw up, but so that you take it easy on your stomach. Right now, your stomach is healing and scar-tissue is building around your band, keeping the band in place. If you eat non-liquid foods too soon, your stomach has to do more work to move the food downwards than if it only had to digest liquids. This disrupts the formation of scar-tissue and puts you at greater risk of your band slipping out of place in a year or two from now. I doubt that a little bit of well-cooked veggies is going to do damage (then again, I'm not a doctor), but, just in case, you should try to stick to your list of permitted foods.

[JonathanNY 0]

You're not necessarily going to throw up or feel bad if you eat solids too soon. The point of not eating these foods too soon after surgery is not so that you don't throw up, but so that you take it easy on your stomach. Right now, your stomach is healing and scar-tissue is building around your band, keeping the band in place. If you eat non-liquid foods too soon, your stomach has to do more work to move the food downwards than if it only had to digest liquids. This disrupts the formation of scar-tissue and puts you at greater risk of your band slipping out of place in a year or two from now. I doubt that a little bit of well-cooked veggies is going to do damage (then again, I'm not a doctor), but, just in case, you should try to stick to your list of permitted foods.

couldn't have said it better myself.

stick to the diet plan!