I am wandering what everyone here does once you have a stuck episode. Do you make yourself throw up? Or do you wait it out?

I tried waiting it out a few times I have gotten stuck, and it is really painful and took forever to go down. I now opt to make it come back up. I know this isn't good to do, but it makes it feel better instantly. Just curious what everyone does.

Now that I'm no longer overfilled *and* have learned to take small bites and chew more than twice before swallowing, I rarely get stuck. If I do, it's always with Breakfast because my band is a bit tighter in the mornings. I just take a very small sip of hot tea and then wait.

In the past, when I'd get stuck on chicken or fish, I'd take a huge gulp of Water and as soon as it went down, it came right back up with the offending 'plug'.

I never tried the papaya enzyme tablets because I often wondered what long term use would do to my esophagus and stomach since they break up the stuck Protein so well.

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