So I had black bean Soup for lunch, homemade. I probably ate too much, thinking it was like regular soup and forgetting how dense it was. Anyway, now my band hurts..or my esophagus hurts..or something. It feels like it's too tight and i need to burp, but nothing comes up when I do, basically it hurts where I burp. Drinking hot coffee now, which seems to be helping, but this sucks and it's kind of giving me a headache. Anybody know what this is? Banded 3 months, no stucks, no vomiting, no fill yet..

thanks!

If something is stuck, you definitly don't want to be drinking anything. Sometimes it would take a couple of hours before I felt better when something was feeling stuck but wouldn't come up.

Holly Dolly has it right, if something is indeed stuck, time (or sometimes only throwing it up) will cure it. It will pass but I would switch back to thin liquids for a day or so in case you irritated your pouch. Sometimes, when I get stuck, I find that putting my arms over my head brings some relief. I have no idea why, but it works for me.

If I have a slight stuck "which sounds like you have" I drink warm Water, or Tea, and it helps relax the muscles, and it goes threw. If it's more severe of a stuck, it will come up. Either way make sure when this passes, that you drink water or coffee, "but nothing cold !" until you can burp. Then stay on liquids a day or 2.

Also sometimes if it's not moving I will continue to drink something warm, untuil it pushes it threw "not to comfterable." or it will flash up. If your at these cross roads make sure your in the bathroom for this one.

Good Luck, Shirley.

chewable papaya enzyme, or a few sips of pineapple juice can also help begin the digestive process, and help you get "unstuck"...or so i've heard, not banded yet, but looking forward to my surgery date Jan30!

Yeah pineapple is a good one, also a bit of meat tenderizer in warm water helps too. My guess with the black bean soup is that you probably had a bean skin slightly cover the opening causing the discomfort but allowing you to still get liquids through.