Today has been a horrible day!! I had surgery on May 25th and all has gone fairly well. Today I ate chicken for lunch. Not even half way thru I got the "Stuck" feeling so I stopped. I finally was able to have a couple of PB's and also threw up, but nothing big came up. Mostly phlem and little shreds of chicken. That was about 12:30p and I'm still having issues. I have a constant stuck feeling and don't know if this is normal or something I should call Dr about? It's kinda scaring me. It's still coming up phlem and stuff about every 20 min or so. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!!

Do you have access to pineapple juice? If so drink a few sips, if not I'd drink a hot herbal tea, slowly, and see if it helps "wash down" whatever is still left.

Drink some warm Water or tea. Do not drink Cold ! the warm water will either push it threw with swallow after swallow s l o w l e y drinking. Or it will come up.

Regardless you still have to keep drinking to make sure your clear. This could take several glasses of water.

Now you are probably swollen, so stay on liquid shakes for a day or 2. Don't push your luck, or you could swell back up again, Better to be safe then sorry.

Shirley.

Can you get sips of liquids down and do they stay down? If not, it's time to call your doctor. If you can, you are most likely not stuck now and just sore or swollen.

When I am well and truly stuck, I'll drink down a few oz of Water quickly. That usually will bring everything back up. Rapidly and with little trauma. If I sip liquids while stuck, it just adds to the pain and does nothing to help it go down. This is, of course, not the book answer. But sometimes, ... well, drastic measures are called for.

TRY SOME PAPAYA TABLETS IF YOU HAVE THEM. mAY BE DRINK SOME WATER AND IF IT MAKES YOU THROW UP IT MIGHT COME UP. i FEEL YOUR PAIN. I HAD A PIECE OF RICE STUCK FOR A LONG TIME ONCE. HNG IN THERE

Today has been a horrible day!! I had surgery on May 25th and all has gone fairly well. Today I ate chicken for lunch. Not even half way thru I got the "Stuck" feeling so I stopped. I finally was able to have a couple of PB's and also threw up, but nothing big came up. Mostly phlem and little shreds of chicken. That was about 12:30p and I'm still having issues. I have a constant stuck feeling and don't know if this is normal or something I should call Dr about? It's kinda scaring me. It's still coming up phlem and stuff about every 20 min or so. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!!

Thanks Girlies for your post!! About 5:30 last night it finally gave up and passed!! Ugh, I don't want that again!! I told my husband last night... never will I eat chicken..or not for a LONG time!! Lol Everytime I tried to drink anything it would come right back up. I finally was able to drink some tea last night.. but that was it. I just kept it simple all evening and didn't eat anything just in case. This am it was fine and I was able to eat some scrambled eggs. Whew, thanks again for your input and advice. Don't know what I would do without this forum to come to!! Have a great Sunday!!

Glad your doing better.

Shirley.

I keep the Papya Enzyme Tablets at all times! They are great for indigestion & heartburn as well as those times when it feels like something is there but won't come up. My DH sometimes will get HB eating Mexican and that works right away. WalMart carries them.