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Sweetie I am 13 days post op and I have started mushies today! Not because I'm hungry but because with the hiatal hernia repair I was having more gas accumulation and up a few times a night. I had 1/4 cup cooked long grain rice with stewed chicken sauce for lunch and dinner. I feel much better, expelled a lot of gas and just made sure it was liquified before I swallowed!

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It is very important you follow your doctor's orders right now. Your body is healing from major surgery. The band is stitched to your stomach and that needs to heal. If you start eating too soon those stitches can break and you could have complications. I don't mean to scare you (ok maybe I do) but it is really important to follow the post op diet.

Don't worry about calories at this point. If you are hungry have another Protein shake or more Soup or a sugar free popsicle. I know it's tough but please stick to your doctors orders.

You can make it through this.

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I was banded 12/21/2012! I'm soo hungry! I'm atill on full liquids but its not working!! Has anyone else started Puréed foods early

No..and I do not advise it. If it were ok your dr would have told you to start mushies early. Your stomach is healing after having a foreign object placed around it. Eating food right now could do some serious damage, please wait until your dr gives you the green light.

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I feel your pain! I'm 9 days post op and still on full liquids as per my doctors recommendations...you can do it! Hang in there!

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I find that strained cream based Soups help to keep me full.

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My nurse explained that when u eat solids/textured foods your stomach twists and turns more during digestion which is why liquids are recommended for so long. This helped me a little .

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