I know now what it feels like to be stuck....I was eating some deli meat at my desk at work and the phone rang, so I wasn't able to chew it up good and swolled it almost whole. Now my asophagus hurts and my stomach feels like I have a rock in it. Any suggestions on how I can get this to go down? I got to thinking about it, how does it break up and go down when there aren't any stomach acids in there to break it up?

your pouch will eventually push it through....in due time!

get u some paypa emzimes tables chew 4 at a t time every 15 mon it will help to breck it down

I tried the papaya enzymes but they didn't work for me. When I get stuck it just has to come up. End of story. Wish I knew something better to tell you. Whatever you do DO NOT drink anything if you're stuck. And after you get unstuck you might want to try liquids for awhile.

If it is stuck the best way to get relief is to try to cough it up. I can't stand the pain and discomfort of waiting hoping that it will go down because most of the time it won't.

Tami how r u doing now? I can no longer eat deli meat so i understand i also sometimes am able to "cough" up an obstruction an sometimes if i sip on some water it makes it come up also. Either way its going down or coming up. Hope u feel better. I HATE the pressure of being stuck

So - I am recently banded and I wonder what happens when you get stuck...you don't choke? I guess you can still breath....also how do you bring it back up if that happens? Just curious.

Tami how r u doing now? I can no longer eat deli meat so i understand i also sometimes am able to "cough" up an obstruction an sometimes if i sip on some Water it makes it come up also. Either way its going down or coming up. Hope u feel better. I HATE the pressure of being stuck

I feel like I need to burp but it won't happen...what about getting on the treadmill? Do u think walking will help?

So - I am recently banded and I wonder what happens when you get stuck...you don't choke? I guess you can still breath....also how do you bring it back up if that happens? Just curious.

No u don't choke... When it happened to me today it was really hard to get down my throat cuz I didn't chew. Now it just feels like a blob of something in my stomach, and I feel air bubbles like I want to burp or it wants to come up but it won't.

I find sometimes moving around helps. However, this is where you have to be careful; you can't just wolf down your meals and if that phone call comes again, maybe you have to spit out your mouthful (gross, I know, but now you know what happens when it's not chewed!). What you're feeling is the grinding of your pouch opening, trying to work through the deli meat that's probably stuck in the opening. Can you go to the bathroom? I just lean over at the waist over the sink, and cough really hard. It doesn't hurt and honestly it's more of a relief to just get it up!

I find sometimes moving around helps. However' date=' this is where you have to be careful; you can't just wolf down your meals and if that phone call comes again, maybe you have to spit out your mouthful (gross, I know, but now you know what happens when it's not chewed!). What you're feeling is the grinding of your pouch opening, trying to work through the deli meat that's probably stuck in the opening. Can you go to the bathroom? I just lean over at the waist over the sink, and cough really hard. It doesn't hurt and honestly it's more of a relief to just get it up![/quote']

I totally agree with u next time I'm spitting it out. I can believe I swallowed it, that was so stupid. No I can't go to the bathroom. I just got done walking on the treadmill, if that doesn't work I'm going to try bending over like u said. Thanks for the advice. Now I know what NOT to do.

Sometimes i try to swallow air like i am making myself burp an the offending substance will come up an out. Did the treadmill help?

I heard pineapple juice may help. Have no idea if that has any merit or not

Sometimes i try to swallow air like i am making myself burp an the offending substance will come up an out. Did the treadmill help?

So far no it hasn't helped... Why do they say not to drink water to help? It seems like it would help.

Water doesn't help because it has nowhere to go. Think of the blockage as being like a blocked loo. What happens when you add more water? The stuff doesn't go down it sort of makes it all swirl around and come back up.

Sorry if that image is gross but it was the easiest thing I could think of to explain it.

Water doesn't help because it has nowhere to go. Think of the blockage as being like a blocked loo. What happens when you add more water? The stuff doesn't go down it sort of makes it all swirl around and come back up.

Sorry if that image is gross but it was the easiest thing I could think of to explain it.

LOL, that makes sense... How long does it take to usually go away? I'm learning so much from this site... I appreciate everyone's help.