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Hey everybody, I'm farzana from South Africa. Well, I was banded last week, 13 October and so far everything seems to be great. My dietician has told me to go on a all liquid diet for a week then onto puree foods for a week and then to proceed to soft whole foods. The first two or three days after surgery I couldn't take more than about 150ml of drinking yoghurt in the morning with some fruit juice. Now at 6 days post op I can guzzle down a whole can of Soup for dinner and still be hungry.......I seriously could do with a rack of ribs right about now.........is this gonna work....???????

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First of all stop guzzeling anything. Remember to eat slow. Don't drink when you eat. Before and after meals drink Water like a fish. You might need to go in for your first fill.

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You just hit "bandster hell". Its the rough period after surgery, before you hit restriction. It could take 4-5 fills before you hit restriction. Being on liquids sucks. Remember that while you're on liquids, you can have as many Protein Shakes as you want...and drink lots of Water. It gets a little better when you get to mushies but not much. Give the dr a call, maybe you can move to mushies a few days early.

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Thanks guys, I'm gonna need to get my mind around the whole 'head hunger' thing, will keep y'all posted ;)

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