Ok, so I've been reading posts and have experienced a couple of very minor episodes of being stuck... Now mind you, a couple of sips of Water or walking for 20-30 seconds usually works for me. I have not thrown up or had any serious episodes yet.... I'm curious why we get stuck and where it is getting stuck...

When I have a stuck episode, it feels like it is at the bottom of my throat and I feel pressure in my chest... This perplexs me... When I initially heard about this phenomenon, I thought it would be getting stuck in the smaller stomach pouch and therefore too large of a bite or amount of food to pass through into the larger pouch as it digests or something... Can someone explain the whole process for me from the time you eat, where it goes initially, then the digestive process... I'm just confused about why it gets stuck in the throat area when the bites are so much smaller than what I used to eat and more thouroughly chewed too... ANd I'm just curious about where the food goes for each phase of the eat/digestive process...

Thanks! and Yay... Down 2 more pounds since last monday...

It doesn't actually get stuck in the throat, it just feels like it. The hole between your pouch and the rest of your stomach will be about the size of a chick pea. Any glob of food smaller than that is going to get stuck. Ditto for any food that is too dry or sticky and globs up when you swallow. So even if you chew something really well it can still get stuck. Also if you eat too fast your pouch will fill up faster than your body signals you, and you'll back food up into your esophegus, which will often lead to pukesville and pain. Your stomach is quite vertical so your pouch is much higher up in your body than you would think.

Kind of like riding the subway: there's enough room on the platform, there's enough room in the subway, but there's still a huge backup to get through the door.

It doesn't actually get stuck in the throat, it just feels like it. The hole between your pouch and the rest of your stomach will be about the size of a chick pea.

Thanks for the enlightment... Thats good information!