I am 4 months post up! Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life!!! I had a 30 minute break before my next lecture and it was lunchtime, I was starving so I bought a little pot of watermelons(thinking it will go down easily). I ate really slow and chewed well. By the time I finished one mini slice of watermelon...., I was stuck in Uni!!!!!!! For the first time!!! Noone in university knows about the band so I excused myself to the toilet....as am walking to the toilet I see my lecturer who asked me to help him set up the studio ... I am going through agony and this guy is asking for help ???!!! couldn't even breathe properly! I had to fake it all the slime was building up in my mouth so it was getting hard to talk... I quickly helped him dan ran to the toilet and it was packed with girls!!!! Had to wait for 10-12 mins to leave one cubicle ! It was so painful ... When I went in one of the cubicles i spat all the slime and half hour later it still didn't go down! I ended up crying inside.... Had to wait in the toilet and I missed half my lecture!! it was extremely painful!!! one hour later it decides to come up.... It was a relief but the experience of getting stuck somewhere in public is terrible and as I was leaving the toilet one of the girls who heard me throw up asked if I was bulimic ???!!!!! I had to swear I wasn't! I hate situations like this!

I don't know how to avoid getting stuck in places like this as watermelons usually go down fine for me. Now I have the fear of eating anything outside my house!:'( I never want to go through it again!

What shall I do? ?????

Xxx

I have been stuck in public many many times. I usually just excuse myself to the restroom and do what I gotta lol. Its not anyone elses buisness. At least this is how I see it. Best thing is eat very slowly and chew chew chew...I know you did that so all I can say is I guess sometime it can't be avoided no matter how hard we try

I have never been stuck that bad yet....and I'm praying not to get stuck on those terms; but maybe for public places, you should bring soups or shakes for lunch until you get a hang of it at least. I do get scared to eat in public due to fear of getting stuck, so just in case; I usually bring a yogurt, soups or mushy food to work to make sure it does not happen....specially when no one at work knows about my band, I would not want to explain anything lol.....

I have only had it happen to that extreme once since being banded. Ironically, it was also the first time I'd ever PB'd (and I've only ever PB'd twice). It was horrible. I got stuck on a breadstick at Olive Garden and ended up in the bathroom in agony.

Ever since that, I am VERY careful what I order when eating away from home. I also keep Protein meal bars in my purse at all times, so if there's no good choice I can just have one of those instead.

I'm very sorry you went through that. I know it's awful

I always order soup when out and I take something with me just in case. I also order or take a thermas of hot tea in case I get stuck. pre-planning is the key forever now or we are back where we started......line dancer

Yeah I know what you mean....every time we go out to dinner we have to sat near the restrooms!

Got stuck in a wonderful BBQ place.... Food was yummy, but " food memories" got the better of me and I wolfed down too big a piece of roast pork. Sent me right to the bathroom for about 5-10 minutes. Embarrassing lesson learned.

I'm so sorry this happened to you dalia. But thank you do much for sharing your experience. I'm one month from surgery so this is helpful information for me.

What does PBd mean?

Productive burp(ing)