Question...I had a fill on Friday. Followed the dr's instructions and had liquids the rest of the day Fri. On Sat I was allowed to transition to mushies and soft foods. This all went great! In fact i felt like I could eat a ton (I didn't though). Today (Sunday) I am to go back to normal foods. I have meds I take 2x a day. This morning I took my pills and they briefly got stuck. I decided I was just gonna do a shake for breakfast. It went fine. Lunchtime-I decided to have some turkey deli meat wrapped around some string cheese. I ate like 3 bites and pain and fullness and hiccupping and burping :eek:. Dinnertime-I made lasagna. I mashed the crap out of mine, and ate no noodles and chewed like I never chewed before and got in 2 bites before the pain and hiccups and burps started. Why could I eat yesterday and not today? Am I just irritated from the stuck pills? Do i need a slight unfill or should I hold out a few days? Argggg this is so frustrating because I am STARVING!!

Didn't you say yesterday you had mushies?... and today solids? That could be it. The pills didn't help! The turkey and string cheese do not sound like they would go down easily. Can you get a liquid or chewable form of the pills? I am not far along enough to really advise you on this, I am still on soft stuff. If you can't eat mushies like mashed lasagna.. maybe your fill was too much? I guess just call the office in the morning and tell them what is happening. Sorry you are having a rough time!

Stacie- it sounds like you are still swollen from the fill then the irritation from the pills probably made it worse.

My doc is different with meal progression--he does fills on Thursdays, keeps us on liquids until Sunday, which is when we go on mushies, then back to normal on Monday. I think that is really what helps me with this. Maybe go back on liquids for one more day until the irritation/swelling subsides?

I would call the doc if it is still like this in another day. It's always so tough to tell so soon after, but no one wants to feel this miserable, so I understand your frustration. Try some warm, thinned out cream of wheat,or some hot tea. That usually helps me loosen things up.

Hope you feel better soon!

I would give it some time. I found that a hot liquid drink helped to open me up so I could get food down. Also, my stomach feel swollen after each fill and it itakes about 2 weeks for me to feel loose again and hungry. A warm drink prior to eating might help you, otherwise stay with some muchies and small bites for a week or so after a fill.

You will be tighter in the morning. If you must take your medication in the morning, either crush it or cut in smaller pieces so you won't get it stuck. Anytime you have a stuck episode, you need to go back to liquids for 12 hours, then mushies, then gradually add back solid food. We often do what you did, and keep trying to eat after a stuck episode thinking we just didn't chew it well enough, or chose the wrong food. This sets up a chain reaction which is hard to break. Sometimes we follow the Docs instructions to the letter, and it doesn't work for us because we aren't like other people. We have to listen to our own body and work with it. If you go through the steps to get healed, and still find you can't eat real food, you are probably too tight. Try not to worry, you are not alone. I still screw up at times and have to go back on liquids for a day. Hang in there it will be fine!!!! Hugs!!!!

:thumbup:Really hard to be hungry, I have to lose weight. . . . .