Diet Coke and Rice... not my friends anymore...

Last nite was Banster Hell.. I was in such agony for about 2hours... I had made dinner for the family ( as usual ) served myself a VERY small portion of beef stew over rice... while preparing dinner I drank a glass of Diet Coke.. I think my first one since surgery ( 9/1/10.. we never have soda in the house ) anyway.. I am sitting with the family and start to eat dinner.. immediately I feel full!!! Chest pains, tightness, burbing... all the lovely side effects.. I excuse myself ( my kids are small and I do not want tot freak them out) and I go to my bedroom where I start getting sick... but still no relief..I eat the papaya tablets.. all they do is make me foam up... terrible pain.. keep getting sick for two hours.. hubby tells me to call the doc.. 8pm on a Sunday.. really?? I am now determined to get this thing unstuck ( thinking I took too big of a bite, but I know I had not had any meat... so what is the problem!!) I will save you the gory details however... finally I realized it was the rice and soda combo that destroyed me.. of course everytime I get sick I am terrified of slippage.. but the more I read, and the more I learn in my support group.. this is pretty common.. I am obvioulsly still learning.. only just at my two month anniversary.. it is a long journey...