Is this really bad??

[kitkat101484 0]

Im about 2 weeks post op and i had about 3 oz of chicken...2 days in a row..i did chew it throughly but i know i should only have full/pureed liquids....is this really bad for me??? Could this cause my band to slip??....i feel like i tolerated it well with no problems....:help:

[_Becca 0]

My doctor says in week 2 and 3, you can eat soft meats. I would think if you didn't throw up or PB you are fine.

[Alexandra 55]

Kitkat, none of us can predict whether you will have a slip due to your pushing the envelope like this. All I can say is that doctors give us postop eating regimens FOR A REASON. The stomach needs time to heal, and eating solid food makes it work and move around. If you are not completely healed then eating solid food is not recommended.

Why take a chance? Follow your doctor's instructions to the letter and you'll be giving yourself the best chance for long-term success.

[FarmerE 0]

I agree with Alexandra. Why chance it? You can do it as we all were there or are going through it.

[Bobberts_Mom 0]

Hey FarmerE,

I did the same thing, alittle ground beef patty, and the next day 2 chicken legs, all thourly chewed and no PBing or nausea.

can't say I did or did not do any damage, but I was chancing it based on all the diferent things I read on the various message boards....Dr.s all over the world have very differing views regarding when you can and can't eat solid foods.

dont be so hard on yourself.

[FarmerE 0]

Bobby's Mom...I wasn't saying that it was a horrible thing to do...just be careful that's all.

Yeah, Dr.s all over the world have different views and things but your doctor is the one that did your surgery. Who knows, maybe his was a little different than mine and that expains the differences? Also, just because you ate something and did fine, doesn't mean that it would work for someone else.

I have also noticed that people who start off with "just a little of something here" goes on "that didn't kill me, let's try this" to "here's a little more."

Like Alexandra said, there is a reason why the doctor says to let your stomach heal. It might look gross but why not just go ahead and puree the stuff? Same flavor and no worries if you aren't chewing as well as you should or if you swallow a bite without chewing.

I flat out paid for all of my surgery. I'm not willing to risk something like that. Also if it slips and I know I've been following the rules, I have better recourse with having my doctor fix it.

Anyway, it was just my .02 for what it was worth.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Just because you can, don't mean you should. I sure wouldn't chance it! I went the full four weeks to let my band heal properly. I would tell my doctor if I were you and let him make the final decision.

[allwright 0]

I have been to my doc for 3 "fills" (last one was this past Friday, yeah) and each time I hear people talking about having to be "unfilled" due to stupid things(their words) they did. Some even had to be "re-banded" due to slippage. It was just a strawberry or a bite of chicken....

[GR8 1]

Be safe than sorry -- go back and follow the doctor's orders.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Im about 2 weeks post op and i had about 3 oz of chicken...2 days in a row..i did chew it throughly but i know i should only have full/pureed liquids....is this really bad for me??? Could this cause my band to slip??....i feel like i tolerated it well with no problems....:help:

How do you know how well you tolerated chicken? Can you tell us what the adhesions on your stomach look like now?

[kitkat101484 0]

How do you know how well you tolerated chicken? Can you tell us what the adhesions on your stomach look like now?

Of course i can i didn't mention i had x ray vision! Let me tell you something, If you have no advice or something helpful to say...DON'T reply!!

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Of course i can i didn't mention i had x ray vision! Let me tell you something, If you have no advice or something helpful to say...DON'T reply!!

You don't have xray vision and we don't have psychic abilities. Sorry you don't like my response.

[kitkat101484 0]

You don't have xray vision and we don't have psychic abilities. Sorry you don't like my response.

Ok...someone doesn't get sarcasm....but anyways you don't see how useless your response is...

[faithmd 14]

Actually it wasn't a useless response at all.

You asked if swalloing a solid (even though it was chewed) was bad after saying that you felt like you "tolerated it well." WasaBB responded with a perfectly valid question, How do you know how well you tolerated chicken? Her follow up question was to drive home the point that the band stays in place by having scar tissue called adhesions form around it to secure it on the back side well. Can you tell us what the adhesions on your stomach look like now? The point is, how do you know that you tolerated it well since the whole point of not eating is keep your stomach from churning to work to digest anything more than liquids? Perfectly valid and helpful question.

So often people come in here for validation of their behaviors after they do something they know they're not supposed to. It happens, we're human. But the fact is you went against MD advice twice and wanted to know if it was bad. It can be, now you know why. I'm sorry if you didn't get a good education about the hows and the whys of the post-op diet. It is sad how many people didn't get a good explanation of these things.

The best thing you can do now it try to get back on track with your eating program. There are reasons for the staged diet.

[kitkat101484 0]

I do agree i wasn't well informed....i feel like your response was definitely helpful because you explained further as oppose to WaasBubble reply which didn't clarify or answer any question i had, instead asked me a question i obviously could not answer.