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rockie · October 20, 2008

i was banded 3 days ago (10-16) after a 2 hr drive from mexacali and a 2 hr wait at the San Diego airport i was informed the flight was cancelled. after another 3 hrs. waiting in another line to find out that there would be no more flights until the next day i was beginning to go a little past pissed. thet did however put me up in a nice hotel not far from the airport for a 9 oclock flight out the next morning. i only had enough liquids that i could eat for 1 more meal. soooooooooo i went to the dining room and ordered a bowl of seafood Soup thinking i could only eat the liquid part. to my suprise i could eat it all with no problem. i later went to the store and got me a fifth of wine and to my suprise i was able to drink it with no problem. now im back home being a good boy and following the post op diet but i wonder if i have hurt or displaced the ban in any way. needless to say i will need a fill as soon as i can get one. i dont seem to have a problem eating or swallowing anything yet. have i hurt myself or am i just one of the lucky ones that can eat what i want when i want????? i know i could go right now to mushies if i chose too. please advise

snowbird · October 20, 2008

Okay, i think you need to do some reading on this forum about how the band works. when you are first banded, you don't really have any restriction from the band. The issue isn't whether you CAN get down solids, but that you are injuring your band and risking band failure by doing it too soon.

Your band has been stitched into the stomach. If you eat, you make your stomach move, expand and contract. This is going to make the stitches pull and tear if you do it too much, and is why your doctor tells you to have only liquids for several weeks after surgery. If your stitches pull, tear, and loosen you risk having the band slip out of place, which may require additional surgery down the road, plus interfere with weight loss.

Please follow your doctor's orders and don't go by what you feel you can and can't eat. There's a really good reason he told you to stick with liquids. And forget the wine for a while!

rockie · October 20, 2008

wouldnt a bowl of Tomato Soup make the stomach contract and expand also? why would the expansion and contraction of Tomato Soup and wine be any worse than Water and Jello?