Goofy Woman

[goofy woman 0]

I had surgery in Oct.27, 2006. I sometimes eat and I can tell the food is not going down. It hurts at my heart so I get up and walk and then burp and I then feel ok. I had a scare Tuesday I ate chocolate kisses and had to be rushed to Emergency Room and spend the night with I thought a heart attack. It was not a heart attack just a surgar overload. No more candy for me. I need to know a place that has the diet I need to eat after LapBand Surgery. I received the initial diet but need to know what to eat and what not to eat now. Any website suggestions?

[Wheetsin 714]

Wow, almost 2 months out - if you'd gone to my surgeon you wouldn't have a diet to follow. The post-op diet is gradual and specifically to facilitate healing. After you're healed it's a matter of what you can/can't tolerate, trial and error.

The pain in the heart area followed by a burp is pretty normal. The pain is caused by something getting stuck in the stoma (opening where the band is) and things getting stuck HURTS. Different places for different people, but almost everyone I hear talk about it indicates it's painful. I know mine are!

As for the sugar overload - no idea, but I DOUBT that's coming from the band. chocolate is, for most bandsters, an "easy" food - one of the things they know will go down if they're having a hard time.

[wanna be thin 0]

I have found different opinions ever where I have looked. I think it comes down to what works best for you..... I have a recommendation printed out from www.obesitylapbandsurgery.com/nutrition.html also www.obesitylapbandsurgery.com/diet.html. There are also recipes on here under the food thread. Hopes this helps!