Re: Lap Band Issues 7 weeks out....

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Water before a meal saturates the GI tissues and does make you feel

fuller. It also lubricates the mouth and throat so food does not stick

as easily - but foods should still be moist, not dry.

IF we are too tight in the morning a cup of hot fluid before

breakfast or any meal

does help open and relax ths stoma. Conversely, if we are a bit too

loose, COLD fluids do the reverse.

Lots of new things to learn, for sure!

Sandy r

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> I was my understanding..that the reason for drinking something warm

before

> trying to eat in the mornings, was to " soften up " the stoma...so

that WHEN you

> DID eat it would pass through easier - not to feel full - and not

to fill up

> an empty pouch...

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> Debbie in Texas

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