As my first fill on Monday of this week. I'm trying to get back on normal food, but I'm having the hardest time. I am getting stuck everytime I eat!

How small of bites do I really need to be taking and how long do I really need to be chewing?

I dont think I am too tight because he did my fill under flouro. I started out with one cc, Monday he added 1.6 ccs.

I really think the reason I am getting stuck is user error, so my question is exactly how do you eat to avoid getting stuck?

You might want to use a cocktail fork if you aren't into baby spoons. Cocktail forks hold very little food. I measure my bites by visualizing a pencil eraser. No bigger than that and sometimes, even that gets semi-stuck.

Melinda in Florida

WOW! What great information. Seeing the visual on the amount of food really helps. I am on my 3rd fill and have been having some stuck issues but I think it is because I have been taking too many big bites. Once again I am GRATEFUL for this forum!

Does the stuck feeling have anything to do with me feeling like food is stuck in my throat? I have read on here it is painful, which this experience is kind of, but not that bad. This is new for me so when this happens I run to the bathroom (work in "cubicle world" where you can hear a pin drop sometimes) just in case I'm about to have a problem.

Yes the food feels like the food is sitting in your throat. I also get some chest pain. I have never thrown up which I am thankful for. I know that if I do not eat slowly and take small bites it is a problem.

When I am stuck i feel extreme pressure and pain in my chest. I want to burp alot and have throw up. When you get stuck you will know it!

I find that getting up walking around and putting my hands up on a wall and leaning into the wall really help. Whatever you do, don't drink a thing until it passes! Just makes it worse.

But good news today I ate semi solid food (homemade taco bowl thingy) and did not get stuck my entire meal!!! The heavens rang, the angels sang, it was amazing. I took small bites, chewed alot, and took long breaks between bites. What a relief, this is the first solidish food I've been able to eat without getting stuck since my fill on Monday.

You can also try a seafood fork- they are tiny!

My ahhh moment was when I read that when you are adjusted to the green zone that the opening of the band would be the size of a pencil eraser. wowowowowow. that would explain why we need to chew it up so well.

A pencil eraser?! Wow that's tiny. I am Begining to wonder if I am already pretty close to the green zone. I can not finish a cup of food, And i stay full for hours after. That would be nice, green zone at 2.6 ccs.