hi everyone had a queistion ? how do you know if your stuck? i had brunch about 2 hrs ago and i feel very uncomfortable ,my tummy hurts feel like i over ate which i didnt ! and i didnt even eat a cup size like they say ! and if i am what should i do ?

Thanks Tonyann

It feels like you swallowed a golf ball and it won't go down!!!!! You can hardly breathe!!! It's the worst feeling I have ever had!!!!!

How does it feel to get stuck? It's not something you want to happen, but it will occasionally when you eat to fast, too large bites, or something that is just not going to go down no matter what you do to it. It starts out like a heaviness in your upper chest..it starts to feel like a tightening and then the nausea starts. You start to think, uh oh.. I've done it now... and it's all you can do to swallow at all. Saliva starts to build up in your mouth and you are amazingly uncomfortable. You begin to think of "where is the nearest toilet" because any second you feel like you are going to barf... and you may get an overwhelming desire to put your fingers down your throat to stop the pain. and if you are lucky enough that whatever you ate does come back.. its going to be covered in this awful white frothy stuff.. some sort of mucus that your esophogas produces to help slide this object through.. its a vain attempt.. it won't go down..it ultimately is going to come back up one way or another...and if you do this enough.. you can screw up your band, screw up your surgery and screw up all the goals you have for yourself...

and surprisingly, lots of people seem to do this to themselves regularly so I hear. Overeaters who just don't listen to the rules or just plain don't get it.

I've been there.. done that so they say. Stuck is like taking a short trip to pergatory and back.. its where you learn to repent your bad ways..

and hopefully, don't go back too too often.

when you get "stuck" trust me you'll know it.. It ain't pretty.

The stuck feeling should pass on it's own. I've heard of a few people taking papaya enzyme to help. You may be uncomfortable for a while though.

Stuck to me isn't feeling overly full. It feels like intense pressure in my lower esophagus. My mouth waters and it feels like the worse case of indigestion ever. That feeling for me has always passed quickly, less than two minutes. It's only happened twice, once when I tried to take that "one last bite" after my full signal and once when I ate too fast.

Lydia's description is PERFECT!!!!!! From start to finish...that's how it feels!!

btw... what you're describing doesn't sound like classic stuck.. not sure what you're having but stuck doesn't usually happen 2 hours post meal.. it s happened to me and its usually right away. I don't advocate barfing..some people use papaya.. meat tenderizers.. and other things to try to "rotor-roter" themselves... ask your doc.. after all, whatever mess you make of your lapband.. he's going to have to fix... go with what the pros tell you.

Thanks guy for the info !

I meant ladys

Hi, I'm new to this site. I'm 8 weeks post surgery had my first fill of 2mm 2 weeks ago. Since last Monday I started with what felt like a sore throat by lunchtime I too had the feeling I swallowed a golf ball. I was in such a panic as I thought id stop breathing. It eases during the day & I am able to eat, but then I get this same feeling first thing in the morning when I wake up and last thing at night. I'm guessing something is well and truly stuck! Any advice gratefully received.

How does it feel to get stuck? It's not something you want to happen' date=' but it will occasionally when you eat to fast, too large bites, or something that is just not going to go down no matter what you do to it. It starts out like a heaviness in your upper chest..it starts to feel like a tightening and then the nausea starts. You start to think, uh oh.. I've done it now... and it's all you can do to swallow at all. Saliva starts to build up in your mouth and you are amazingly uncomfortable. You begin to think of "where is the nearest toilet" because any second you feel like you are going to barf... and you may get an overwhelming desire to put your fingers down your throat to stop the pain. and if you are lucky enough that whatever you ate does come back.. its going to be covered in this awful white frothy stuff.. some sort of mucus that your esophogas produces to help slide this object through.. its a vain attempt.. it won't go down..it ultimately is going to come back up one way or another...and if you do this enough.. you can screw up your band, screw up your surgery and screw up all the goals you have for yourself...

and surprisingly, lots of people seem to do this to themselves regularly so I hear. Overeaters who just don't listen to the rules or just plain don't get it.

I've been there.. done that so they say. Stuck is like taking a short trip to pergatory and back.. its where you learn to repent your bad ways..

and hopefully, don't go back too too often.

when you get "stuck" trust me you'll know it.. It ain't pretty.[/quote']

THIS IS DEAD ON ACCURATE!!! If you wanna know how stuck feels, this it IT! And I agree, it ain't pretty!