anyone survive first bite pain???

[bandedshopgirl 0]

I am having a REALLY hard time. I was banded 12/19/05 and after 2 bites most meals, I have horrible pain and can't eat. I would love some feedback from anyone who has also gone thru this.

Thanks!

[bandedshopgirl 0]

Do you know why some people suffer from this and others don't?

My doc keeps telling me I'm doing too big of bites or not chewing properly...but I know better! I am VERY frustrated!!!!!!...and in pain most meals!!!!!!

[JanetC 2]

I SO hear you! I can’t seem to eat without hurting. I golf-ball almost every meal, at least once… sometimes two or three times. When I do PB, everything's chewed really well... I'm proud of that part, lol, but why on earth am I still PBing?

StrawartS posted this for dealing with a tight fill. I haven’t done the hot tea part yet… I’m not really tight, lol. But when I follow the rest of it, I do well. I’ve taken to actually watching a second hand… and this is what I found:

1. My normal bites are 0 seconds apart. My 2nd bite is in as SOON as I swallow.
   
2. My “slow” bites are 3-5 seconds apart. LOL!! Sad, but true.
   
3. 30-60 seconds is FOREVER!!!!

Dealing with first bite blues:

1. Drink HOT tea before your first bite.
   
2. Take a VERY small first bite.
   
3. Chew till the end of the earth.
   
4. Swallow.
   
5. Wait 1 minute.
   
6. Drink more HOT tea to wash it down.
   
7. Repeat steps 2-6 for the next few bites.
   
8. Put your fork down for 30 seconds to 1 minute between ALL subsequent bites.

Yesterday I timed 30-60 seconds between bites. 30 seconds seems to be pushing it -- I golf-balled a couple of times. 45-60 seems to work better for me. I'm really trying to FEEL 60 seconds... so I can quit being so clock obsessed!

Good luck! Hope you find your magic number!

[bandayed 0]

Don't worry, you're not alone -- I have no additional word of wisdom, but I get it too...............what I try to do now is look at my plate and eat the least problematic food first (the softest). That way I know if I get a stuck situation not to even attempt the other foods...................