Question:
I feel foolish but I drank some fresh squeezed lemonade and swallowed

a seed accidentally! I am 5 mos post op. Am I in trouble? I tried to spit it out and it was too late! With lemonade and watermelon season upon us, this is a good question for us. One more question....after the pouch is stretched to hold about a cup of food or so, if a person doesn't eat for a few days (very little)will it go back to the original size again?    — [Anonymous] (posted on May 10, 2001)


May 10, 2001
Don't worry the lemon seed will pass. My exit from the new pouch is the size of an M&M with a band to keep it this small. The only thing I worry about, other than making sure I chew everything small enough, is chewing gum so if I ever really think I MUST have some gum, I chew a little piece that's small enough to pass. And your second question, with a 4 oz pouch you can eat 8 oz of food sometimes because as you eat slowly, the food in the pouch passes out the other end (depending on texture, etc.) I wouldn't worry too much that you've stretched it too much at this point.
   — Cindy H.




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