Hi everyone! I have been reading a lot of you guys saying that chicken was the culprit of some serious stuck incidents. Well, you all were right! I am 1 month post op and had some chicken tonight. I got stuck and suffered in pain for 45 min. I thought I knew what stuck felt like...but I guess I really didn't. Anyway, I'm ok now and just resting. That was so crazy. I'm still surprised that chicken did that to me, but I'm glad it happened to me at home and not at the office or in public!! It just goes to show that you think you know, but you have no idea until it happens to you!

I have a love hate relationship with chicken. Some days it's fine, other days not so much!

Hi everyone! I have been reading a lot of you guys saying that chicken was the culprit of some serious stuck incidents. Well, you all were right! I am 1 month post op and had some chicken tonight. I got stuck and suffered in pain for 45 min. I thought I knew what stuck felt like...but I guess I really didn't. Anyway, I'm ok now and just resting. That was so crazy. I'm still surprised that chicken did that to me, but I'm glad it happened to me at home and not at the office or in public!! It just goes to show that you think you know, but you have no idea until it happens to you!

Someone on here told me to keep pineapple juice in my refer, I bought the small cans and have used them twice I felt it really helped

Lassie

I have a love hate relationship with chicken. Some days it's fine, other days not so much!

I know what the heck

Lassie

I'm one month out also and chicken also got stuck but in chickens defense (lol) I didn't chew it good enough. I find when something is stuck oh helps to lean over the sink and cough, it seems to move it. I have tried drinking and it only seemed to make it worse!!

I'm one month out also and chicken also got stuck but in chickens defense (lol) I didn't chew it good enough. I find when something is stuck oh helps to lean over the sink and cough' date=' it seems to move it. I have tried drinking and it only seemed to make it worse!![/quote']

Leaning over the sink and coughing was exactly what I did! Agree that it helped.

I mostly can eat chicken if its freshly cooked and i slice it very very thin, people make mistakaes with chicken of cutting small cubes, cubing protein however small isnt really the answer, that is why some can stuck on minced/ground beef.. Meat protein is and can be very stringy/fibrous to eat, u have to cut through those fibres , slicing will do this cubing chicken wont. If i cook a chicken breast, i butterfly it, ie cut it in half not all the way and open it up, then it gets bashed like an escalope then dry fried for just 2 to 3 minutes, the chicken will remain tender and moist because of cooking it quickly,

I can never eat chicken cold tho .. but a good knife and good skills with it can make aall the difference as to what u can and cant eat

I am 2 mos post op and just had my first fill. I have trouble with meat in general. I agree that the key is very small pieces qnd chew like the dickens.. makes me really just want to drink all of my protein sometimes. eggs make me nauseated, meat doesn't work, wish I couldl stick withy veg and fruit.

I had an incident tonight also! I had roasted a turkey breast and was eating some while I was carving it. it tastes so darn good right out of the oven!!

I was also glad it happened at home. when I eat out, I am really careful to chew, chew, chew!!!

anyway, I ate too fast and I guess I didn't chew well enough. I have a workbook from my insurance that says to put 1 teaspoon of meat tenderizer in a glass of water and drink slowly. by the time I found the info I felt better but, I guess it helps??!!

I was recently banded and I am so scared of getting "stuck"... What does this feel like and how will I know if it is happening???

I was recently banded and I am so scared of getting "stuck"... What does this feel like and how will I know if it is happening???

Believe me you will know. I have had my mouth start to Water and then it comes back up. You can feel a pain in your chest, or just feel uncomfortable and can't eat anymore.

i dont have any problems with the already cooked chickens that are in the grocery store deli, you know the hot , smells so good,ready to go whole chicken ? Those go down easy. But thick , dry chicken bites from the deli ? no way, too thick.So try different textures of chicken, because it is a good protein source. Some one asked" how will i know when im stuck ? " Oh, you'll know alright ! Mine feels like heartburn in the middle of my chest, then it goes to my ribs and feels like a baby inside trying to push on my ribs with his feet ! Uncomfortable !

I had an incident tonight also! I had roasted a turkey breast and was eating some while I was carving it. it tastes so darn good right out of the oven!!

I was also glad it happened at home. when I eat out, I am really careful to chew, chew, chew!!!

anyway, I ate too fast and I guess I didn't chew well enough. I have a workbook from my insurance that says to put 1 teaspoon of meat tenderizer in a glass of water and drink slowly. by the time I found the info I felt better but, I guess it helps??!!

I have heard that about the meat tenderizer but it sounds so gross! Pineapple juice will do the same thing and taste a lot better! lol

I never eat chicken now without some kind of condiment to help it along...otherwise it's stuck city!

get some papaya enzymes, those help with a stuck episode and not as gross as meat tenderizer and you don't have to open a bottle of pineapple juice. You can get them at Walmart in the vitamin aisle.

get some papaya enzymes' date=' those help with a stuck episode and not as gross as meat tenderizer and you don't have to open a bottle of pineapple juice. You can get them at Walmart in the Vitamin aisle.[/quote']

Thanks. I'm going to buy some!