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I hope I didn't make a mistake today. I went with my hubby to the store and he stop at the snowball stand and I got a small suger free snowball and before I notice I had maybe 4 sips out of the straw :-( I forgot. I hope I didn't hurt my band. I had my band put it in on 6/5 .

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I think you should be fine.. but when in doubt call your surgeon.

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A snowball is like a snow cone, right? I might be wrong but I think it's still considered a clear liquid, so I wouldn't be too bummed. Especially if it was sugar free. Relax, I'm sure you're fine!

Marci

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Yes it's like a snow-cone and only had about 6 bite but I drink some the juice and got some air through the straw. I'm feeling fine and I'm not hurting :-) just can't believe I did that :-(

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don't worry about it... if you're not burping gas bubbles, you're fine. besides, the rule is to help you be comfortable, not to freak you out...

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What I am more concerned about is you drank the sugar free snowball, lol. Every flavor I have ever had is terrible! I like the sugarfree banana pops, but they obviously use something different in the syrups...just can't go there :b

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sounds fine to me, it's just a liquid and if it's sugar-free then it doesn't even have any calories.

This is a big learning curve, but you also still have to live.

Enjoy and don't worry!

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I am almost two years out and have avoided straws. I've been buying black ice coffee and pouring it into travel mug. I did not have my mug one day and decided to just use the straw. Two sips and I got pressure in the middle of my chest. Lesson learned.

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I drink out of straws all the time. I was never told to avoid them by my doctor. It doesn't cause me any discomfort.

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I've been drinking from straws everyday for the past year and have never had a problem. I avoided it the first couple of weeks while I had the gas pains from the surgery.but after that no problems.

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