I think I just had my first experience with being stuck. Tomorrow is 4 weeks post-op so I was feeling good about not having had one of these episodes. Then it happened...a bite of cold chicken...chewed well. At first it felt like indigestion...and then it almost felt like choking. Tried to PB, cough. Nothing produced but the "choking" feeling went away. Experienced bandsters....was this being "stuck"?

soo much to remember chrissylu, we'll have to remind each other.

will do Bert!

I am so NOT looking forward to having one of thes episodes after I am banded next week. I am thankful for these forums, because One post that has stuck with me since I read it (sometime last year) from a guy (can't remember who?) was about this same topic. He said, just as Denise said in this post, that he found that he could eat most anything he wanted but he key is to wait after you swallow a bite. Give it some time to get all the way down. He originally thought he was fine to take another bite after he first swallowed, and thought it was all the way down, but he found out differntly. I am trying to take all of this good advice and remind myself of it each time I take a bite.

I know I may not be immune to every having a stuck episode, but I will sure try my best to heed all the warnings I have read about. Thanks, Denise for all of your good advice I read on these forums from time to time. I appreciate all of the tips and advise given by the veterans...and everyone else too. I wish you all much success.

I am so NOT looking forward to having one of thes episodes after I am banded next week. I am thankful for these forums, because One post that has stuck with me since I read it (sometime last year) from a guy (can't remember who?) was about this same topic. He said, just as Denise said in this post, that he found that he could eat most anything he wanted but he key is to wait after you swallow a bite. Give it some time to get all the way down. He originally thought he was fine to take another bite after he first swallowed, and thought it was all the way down, but he found out differntly. I am trying to take all of this good advice and remind myself of it each time I take a bite.

I know I may not be immune to every having a stuck episode, but I will sure try my best to heed all the warnings I have read about. Thanks, Denise for all of your good advice I read on these forums from time to time. I appreciate all of the tips and advise given by the veterans...and everyone else too. I wish you all much success.

Just don't be so fast to eat something you shouldn't...I was making my own vegtable stock ( during my full liquid period) and thought a potatoe that was almost like mush wouldn't hurt..but I think I was so excited about it that I didn't mash it well enough..for me it felt like I swollowed a orange !