I am 17 days post op. I have been allowed to move on to meatloaf, egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, etc. type of diet. Tonight for dinner I had some chicken salad and decided to try 1/2 a wheat roll with it. CHEWED til it was mush but about 10 minutes after I have been coughing profusely - the point that I am gagging. I cannot stop coughing. It's almost like a choking coughing. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this from the food? Is something going on? I have had a flare up of my asthma ever since surgery, I believe the anesthesia exacerbated dormant symptoms and at night I do cough profusely and have been taking Nyquil but have not had a coughing reaction such as this during waking hours. Just not sure what to do and how to relieve it at this point.

UPDATE: I'm thinking this most definately had to do with the wheat roll or possibly the chicken as I have not had either before tonight. It has now been two hours since this coughing episode began and it is nearly over so I'm assuming the food has now passed, or at least considerably passed, and I'm feeling some relief. Now to decide which of the two is the culprits and to avoid those. Really hope it's not the chicken, however it was extremely moist, blended with a bit of chicken broth and some reduced fat mayonaise. Barely had to chew it was pureed so fine, so I can't imagine....

Still would like insight from anyone who has gone through this.

Edited December 29, 200916 yr by mom2cjpx4

Do you have a nebulizer? Helps the asthma but not sure about the bread issues.

If this doesn't clear up soon, I'd call the doc. just to be safe.

Take care.

I do have a nebulizer and some Albuterol - thanks to two children with asthma!! I will borrow it from them tonight and call the doctor tomorrow. Maybe a round of inhalers is needed to get through this initial bout of symptoms. Just concerned me that it happened after eating. Of course I'm a bit food paranoid since surgery. Always waiting for something to happen when I try something new and never knowing what to expect......