Hi all, I was hoping some of you could define what you mean when you say you "can't eat." I think this is different for everyone and I experience the inability to eat more than I'd like. For me, I usually "can't eat" when I've waited too long to eat. Then, when I take that first bite, it sits in the back of my throat and doesn't move. And sometimes there is pain as well. Then my body forces a PB and up comes all this slime (9.5 times out of 10 this happens). And then my stomach gurgle gurgle gurgles and babbles like a brook. It's like air/gas is pushing up and wanting to get out. Until all that gas comes up and all the slime is out of me, there's no way I even attempt to eat again. Does anyone else have this similar type of issue? I'm going to my doctor tomorrow so I'm definitely going to talk to him about this. I think I'm only in the yellow zone too so does that mean this is going to get worse as I get tighter, into the green zone? I can't imagine. I'm just short of one year post op if that matters. I appreciate any feedback and other's experiences.

You are probably too tight, or, you're having a difficult time adjusting to the eat small bites and chew chew chew?

Ask yourself and check this out? Can you wait to eat too long and still eat Soup or slider foods? Or, is it just meats or breads? If you can eat slider type foods with no problem, you probably aren't chewing enough or taking small bites?

tmf

Or you could have first bite syndrome.

If you are taking small enough bites and still PBing whenever you try to eat, you're not in the yellow zone. You're too tight and in the red zone.

Or you could have first bite syndrome.

That is what I think I have, it is so annoying as I am still not in the green zone. One bite and chew chew chew then stuck, and sooo hungry.

That is what I think I have, it is so annoying as I am still not in the green zone. One bite and chew chew chew then stuck, and sooo hungry.

Re: First bite syndrome? 5 months in, I too thought the same, but I really was not chewing enough or taking small enough bites. I thought I was eating small and chewing big but 5 months later I had an epiphany that I really wasn't.

It's a combination of eating very samll bites, chewing to a complete mush and giving the bite time to pass through the stoma. I still struggle with this part of the journey but I'm so much better at it now.

Your Doctor or even your nut would know and it's always a good idea to get a professional opinion.

tmf