4.5 weeks post op, 2nd attempt at REGULAR FOOD

[Guest guest]

OK, so it didn't go so well. I tried to eat ravioli tonight. I am

4.5 weeks post op and really getting itchy with the blenderized

diet. I am banded shut with no permission to remove and i have about

enough room to squeeze in my Advil that i still take every once in a

blue moon. So tonight i figured, let me try something new, FOOD.

Marsha, you got me going on this, i was really thinking of you! I

think because my tongue is still mainly numb, as is most of the roof

of my mouth AND that i am banded shut, i had a really hard time

MOVING the food around. I thought that if i chould chew it on side

teeth i would be ok, but i cannot do that banded. i tried chewing it

on front teeth, no go, i tried just getting it in, rolling it around

a bit and pretending i was doing something, then swallowing it whole.

i did that with about 3 pieces and decided it wasn;t worth it! I

blended. I also think i have a soft spot where bone is supposed to

grow, so my OS tells me, on roof of mouth where they split, so this

adds to the " degree of difficulty " . Man am i JONES-ing for a chew.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm so sorry your having trouble with solids. I was only loosely

banded for the first 2 weeks, I had about a 1 finger opening. I'm

free now but I think I'm getting more bands on Thursday! I've done

really well with food, but I do kind of swallow it whole, sometimes I

do revert back to liquids though just to get full fast because it

takes me a very long time to eat solid food.

It will get better soon!

Marsha

> OK, so it didn't go so well. I tried to eat ravioli tonight. I am

> 4.5 weeks post op and really getting itchy with the blenderized

> diet. I am banded shut with no permission to remove and i have

about

> enough room to squeeze in my Advil that i still take every once in

a

> blue moon. So tonight i figured, let me try something new, FOOD.

> Marsha, you got me going on this, i was really thinking of you! I

> think because my tongue is still mainly numb, as is most of the

roof

> of my mouth AND that i am banded shut, i had a really hard time

> MOVING the food around. I thought that if i chould chew it on side

> teeth i would be ok, but i cannot do that banded. i tried chewing

it

> on front teeth, no go, i tried just getting it in, rolling it

around

> a bit and pretending i was doing something, then swallowing it

whole.

> i did that with about 3 pieces and decided it wasn;t worth it! I

> blended. I also think i have a soft spot where bone is supposed to

> grow, so my OS tells me, on roof of mouth where they split, so this

> adds to the " degree of difficulty " . Man am i JONES-ing for a

chew.

>