What to do when food gets stuck? I ate this morning and it feels like its still there!! Stuck right in my chest area!! Should I go vomit!! I can't take this feeling!!! HELP!!!

Here's something that worked for me yesterday. I ate a juicy plum. I'd eaten them before and just lately. I guess I missed a large chunk of skin and it may have covered the portal between the two stomachs. Pressure, pain, discomfort, sliming, weakness, it was all there. I had to go somewhere and I had 45 minutes. After 30 minutes of that very uncomfortable feeling and sliming, I drank 2 large sips of Water and stood on my head with my arms supporting most of my weight.

It worked. Within a minute I was able to flush the rest down with water and went off to my appointment. I don't recommend this technique but I was desperate.

tmf

tmf, what is the slime you all talk about?

tmf, what is the slime you all talk about?

Slime is the mucous the body generates trying to help the stuck item go down. It is very thick and clingy. When it cannot go down, it comes up..you cannot swallow it, so you must spit it out. Once the stuck item is cleared, then the sliming will stop.

can one do things to avoid this? or is it something that comes with the territory?

Getting stuck and sliming is not something that should happen frequently. It could mean you're too tight (need a bit of fill removed), not cutting food small enough, eating too fast, or as in my case, your stomach has developed scar tissue under the band creating tightness even without a fill. If you're having frequent episodes you should see your band doctor.

I will put my arms over my head and stretch. It doesn't help but somehow I think it will. LOL I've used pineapple juice and it helps. It has bromelein in it which is used in meat meat tenderizer. It also a natural anti inflammatory. I have put sone meat tenderizer in some Water and sipped it and it helped. When food needs to come up it comes up all by itself for me. I've only had to stick my finger down my throat two or three times.

Good luck.

can one do things to avoid this? or is it something that comes with the territory?

Don't get stuck! Avoid foods that get stuck in your pouch or avoid eating too fast or too big. Are you feeling any restriction yet? Probably not, because if you were feeling restriction you would have had this wonderful sensation already. And yes, it comes with the territory.

tmf

I walk around. I sometimes raise my arms over my head and it helps with the pressure. Honestly, I rarely get stuck anymore. I am super careful to chew well.

Unfortunately last might I took too big of a bite of dinner because I let myself get too hungry, and I was miserable stuck. I knew it as soon as a swallowed that I made a mistake and had rushed it. I had to help myself urp it up since the pain was bad and the sliming was filing my mouth.

I stretch my arms above my head..it kind of stretches my stomach and helps a bit.. If you are at home, you can get down on your hands and knees and put your arms out stretched, with your butt up in the air..It looks weird but it can help, otherwise, you will have to run to the bathroom..if you start getting hiccups..stop eating!

Don't get stuck! Avoid foods that get stuck in your pouch or avoid eating too fast or too big. Are you feeling any restriction yet? Probably not, because if you were feeling restriction you would have had this wonderful sensation already. And yes, it comes with the territory.

tmf

no fill yet but i think my plication makes me feel full as i am very full on 1/2 to 3/4 cup of my mushy/real soft food. only 24 days post op. nervous about eating/stuck etc....

I was stuck today. In a restaurant bathroom for almost an hour while my kids and mother sat at the table. I slimed, ate papaya tablets and my mom brought me hot wate. As soon as it flushed through I was good as new. Chew and eat SLOW.

A few days ago I had my second fill, and now having to re learn how to eat because before I was not really even restricted. I did give up bread and pasta for the most part before just because but I could always eat these types of crackers, well this morning, I got stuck, then after a bit I felt better, only to re do it a couple hours later, but this time I was so agitated anything and everything was making it feel stuck..I had some hot tea and I am better now, but what a dummy I am..i guess, no more crackers, time to find a new comfort treat. So yes hot tea and time is what worked for me, oh and a lesson learned!!!

tmf - you can stand on your head ? awesome !!!!

I've never thrown up, thus far. But whenever I feel that very painful stuck feeling and start sliming I just stand at a sink and pound on my chest. I don't know if this is helping or even good for me, but I havent had the food come back up. Hopefully I never will. Had my 4th fill today and can already tell I'm going to have good restriction. Yay!

Posted by msdetermine59 in msdetermine59's Blog, January 25, 2013 - · 0 views

Good morning. I am post opt December 18, 12. Like some other comments on here I to was always hungry. Even though I still followed all of the rules I was still always hungry. So last night I decided to push the envelope a little. Wrong. When I eat I use small plates and small forks so I do not put much on it and wait 1 minute before eating another bite small bites. So last night my aunt sent some dry lima beans with dumplings and it had beef in it. So instead of me just getting a 1/2 cup of the beans I grab a big bowl because that is my weakness meal:(. So sometimes I even forget I have a band. I ate that bowl of beans not slow and I did not chew chew chew along with small bits of beef. So I was in excruciating pain from 8 pm last night until 6 am this morning. No matter what I did I could not find relief. I try not to throw up but I ended up doing that hoping I would get some relief but I did not. I moved around asking God to take that pain away and I would never do that again. Nothing work. I kept my husband up all night for doing that. I ended up throwing up again and it scared me because it was coming out of my nose also. I called my doctor and told him what I did but it was nothing he could do and he told me I just had to wait until it passed. I was in so much pain I did not think I was going to make it. I am still in a little pain but nothing like last night and this morning. I will never ever do that again. I try to eat some tomato soup this morning and I felt like I wanted to throw it up so I did not eat it. Has anyone ever been in this situation and if so what did you do. Did you go back to liquids or soft foods. The doctors do not like it when they hear this and I could tell my doctor did not like what I did. I will never put myself in this situation again. Times like this if anyone ask me would I do this all over again and I would say no!! No I would not do this again. But after thinking about it this is why I am in this situation now because I over ate and with the band it keeps me from doing that until last night. Never again but I am still glad I went through with it. Now that I am feel a little better I would do it again.