I see a lot of people post things like "I have trouble with chicken" or pasta or rice...can anyone elaborate on what it means to be having "trouble with". Like if you have trouble eating chicken. What does that mean in your terms? What do you have "trouble" with..what are the affects? How do you remedy it?

trouble meaning, trouble going down, maybe not chewed well enough, maybe to big of a bite, maybe to dry.

The remedy, sometimes it will go down, usually it comes back up. Thats why you avoid those foods you have trouble with.

I see a lot of people post things like "I have trouble with chicken" or Pasta or rice...can anyone elaborate on what it means to be having "trouble with". Like if you have trouble eating chicken. What does that mean in your terms? What do you have "trouble" with..what are the affects? How do you remedy it?

Having trouble with a food means that it doesn't go through the band. It gets stuck and either comes back up, causes a sliming episode or hurts like crazy until it finally falls through. I have those problems mostly with rice, pasta. red meat, raw vegetable and bread. I can handle a little bit of rice or pasta if its in Soup. The remedy is JUST DON'T EAT THEM!!!

So by "comes back up" of course you mean throw up right? I wondered how you would know something got stuck. Like what does the hurt feel like? Im just trying to get as much info as possible!

It's not really throwing up like you've done in the past, it's like a burp that pops the food back out into your mouth. It's not pleasant but it's not the heaving, puking you think of when you think about "throwing up".

Oh and have you ever taken a big gulp of something and had a piece of ice go down your throat? And it sorta gets stuck and hurts like hell until it melts? That's the pain!

Oh and have you ever taken a big gulp of something and had a piece of ice go down your throat? And it sorta gets stuck and hurts like hell until it melts? That's the pain!

ahhh..ok..that explains it very well!!!

Good explanation of what stuck feels like..hate that feeling..but it is usually self inflicted..lol