do you throw up often
I had the Lap-Band and I know what you are talking about. I ended up eating only foods that wouldn't make me throw up. You know that a diet of slider food is horrible for your body.
Now that I have the VSG I haven't thrown up ONCE. I am early out and I have only been on solids for about a week now, but I have even eaten plain old chicken breast without condoments and I did fine, provided I ate small bites slowly. I ate a medium-well hamburger patty with no condoments without throwing up as well. I also ate veggies and lettuce without dressing and had no problems with it. It is such a relief not to have to make something "wet" to be able to eat it. The only time I notice an issue is if a bite is too big or if I do not chew it well enough I may get a little "stuck" but it now lasts for about 30 seconds to a minute where as with the band a stuck episode could last hours unless I threw it up. Also when something gets stuck with the VSG the feeling is a fraction of the feeling that being stuck with the band felt like. I know this will go away as I learn to eat properly with the VSG (i.e. smaller bites, chewing better, eating slower). With the band chicken breast was an issue no matter how I tried to eat it unless I ground it up with mayonaise and basically turned it into a slider food.
Also, the VSG took away my ability to eat around the band. When I had the band I could eat a TON of something that would go through the band easily and fill up my regular sized stomach, that doesn't happen with the VSG.
Now that I have the VSG I haven't thrown up ONCE. I am early out and I have only been on solids for about a week now, but I have even eaten plain old chicken breast without condoments and I did fine, provided I ate small bites slowly. I ate a medium-well hamburger patty with no condoments without throwing up as well. I also ate veggies and lettuce without dressing and had no problems with it. It is such a relief not to have to make something "wet" to be able to eat it. The only time I notice an issue is if a bite is too big or if I do not chew it well enough I may get a little "stuck" but it now lasts for about 30 seconds to a minute where as with the band a stuck episode could last hours unless I threw it up. Also when something gets stuck with the VSG the feeling is a fraction of the feeling that being stuck with the band felt like. I know this will go away as I learn to eat properly with the VSG (i.e. smaller bites, chewing better, eating slower). With the band chicken breast was an issue no matter how I tried to eat it unless I ground it up with mayonaise and basically turned it into a slider food.
Also, the VSG took away my ability to eat around the band. When I had the band I could eat a TON of something that would go through the band easily and fill up my regular sized stomach, that doesn't happen with the VSG.
You might want to check out this recent thread from another bandster who's getting sleeved next week. Given all the horror stories I've heard of bandsters for whom throwing up became a part of life after getting banded, I can totally see why you'd be nervous that the VSG will be more of the same... it won't.
These are the most common instances in which VSGers might throw up:
1.) Immediately post-op... some do, some don't (I didn't)
2.) Eating a new food that your tummy isn't ready to tolerate yet while you're still healing
3.) Eating too fast/filling beyond capacity, most common in the beginning when you're still figuring out how much your new tiny tummy can hold.
Other than that, once you're all healed up and know the pace at which you should eat and how to stop when you feel full, throwing up is pretty rare. Your stomach is functioning just as it always has, it just has a reduced volume. Once you know where that volume is and can adjust your eating habits accordingly, you shouldn't run into any trouble with throwing up.
These are the most common instances in which VSGers might throw up:
1.) Immediately post-op... some do, some don't (I didn't)
2.) Eating a new food that your tummy isn't ready to tolerate yet while you're still healing
3.) Eating too fast/filling beyond capacity, most common in the beginning when you're still figuring out how much your new tiny tummy can hold.
Other than that, once you're all healed up and know the pace at which you should eat and how to stop when you feel full, throwing up is pretty rare. Your stomach is functioning just as it always has, it just has a reduced volume. Once you know where that volume is and can adjust your eating habits accordingly, you shouldn't run into any trouble with throwing up.
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