Trouble Swallowing Day After Surgery

[crc38 0]

So I had my surgery yesterday and I'm having problems swallowing the smallest sips of Water. I've talked to my doctor about it, he almost wanted to keep me overnight, but didn't. However, it hurts when the liquid hits the area of my band. He said it's just intense swelling in the area. Anyone else have this problem? What helped?

[bandfun4me 0]

I rotated my Frozen Protein Shakes with warm broths and teas(decaf). The swelling seems to go down pretty fast, I kept a constant flow of some kind of liquid going down. I used the Buillion cubes, that was a pretty quick fix item. I would sit and drink my Protein shakes, 1 cup at a time. I mixed by the pitcher and poured into paper cups and sat in freezer, since I was not supposed to lift anything over 5 lbs. and a gal of milk weighs about that.

This is the same feeling you will have with the restriction, so now it is swelling, soon to be less, and as you start your mushies in a couple of weeks you will feel the pressure against your esophagus(sp), and you will have to take that step slowly to allow the mushies to go down. This is when I started using a timer, If it would not go down in 30 minutes. I could not have any more. this sorta kept me in check for eating less than a cup of mushies at a time, every 2-3 hours. You will still need to Journal your food and liquids to make sure you are getting adequate amounts. Good luck and welcome to the world of bandsters.:w00t: