Is this normal? OMG!

[bandedincali 0]

Hey everyone,

I was banded on 12/18. My appetite came back with a vengeance a few days ago. Started mushies at 2 weeks post op- yay!

So tonight for dinner I was able to eat an entire can of pureed refried Beans. I feel really stuffed now- I am not sick or in pain, but do you think I messed something up? I was just soooo hungry and hadn´t eaten anything since lunch.< /p>

Is is possible for the band to slip from eating mushies?

[annjones 3]

Call your doc. But my first response would be to say no because from what I've heard of band slippage you can't get anything down.

[Florida Pete 1]

This actually is common. You swelling has gone down and thus your hunger will increase. It is the natural cycle of the healing process. I didn't have any hunger for about 2 weeks and then when I did get to mushies I had lots of hunger at first. Since then my hunger has leveled out. I have never been able to eat more then 2 cups of food, which is a normal sized can of Beans or Soup, and get full. Normally I eat about 1 cup of food and have no hunger for 2 to 3 hours. This is how we know that we need a fill. With the proper fill amount you should get your hunger after about 4-5 hours. I controlled this with a very small light snack between meals. This goes back to having 3 square meals a day with a small snack between meals.

Please if you think this might be abnormal at all do call your docs office to talk to a nurse to see what they might have to say.

[bandedincali 0]

Thanks for the responses!

I will mention it to my surgeon when I see him. And I have starting measuring out my food! No more eyeballing it for me.

[hiclassbarbie 0]

The same thing happened to me, i was banded on 12-18 also, and i was starting to eat more,but i went for my two week check up yesterday , and my doc told me to eat more Protein. She told me eat chicken, fish, turkey sausage, even though i am only on may third week. She also said its better to do 40z at a time , and then if your still hungry eat another small meal two hours later. I would still check with your doc. Just to be safe. Good luck!