So I am in my low carb low fat diet week that Dr. Aceves recommended and I am having some difficulty digesting protein I think. I had my gall bladder removed 2 years ago and I am not sure if that has something to do with it. I started this diet on Saturday and on Sunday I started to feel as though I have something caught in my throat. Much like a pill that doesn't go down all the way. It is now Wednesday and I still have that feeling. It got so intense last night that I actually made myself sick just to see if I indeed had something caught. Sorry for the image.... I just feel horrible and it's hard enough not taking anything to help me sleep and now having to try to sleep feeling like something is going to come up any minute. Anyways, I was just wondering if any of you have encountered that problem during your diet or if I should go and see my PCP about it and is this something that I should let Dr. Aceves know about now before my surgery on Monday? One more crazy question....So yesterday on my way to work I accidentally swallowed my gum and the only thing I could think was OMG gum stays in your stomach for 5 years. And than I had this image of the staple line going through my gum! Crazy I know but is this something I should be concerned about??

Hi Tonya,

You have a lot going on right now. I wonder if you switched to Protein shakes for a couple of days if the feeling would go away. I had my gallbladder out in November and tolerate meat just fine. I was eating steaks a few weeks later. Do you think any of this might have to do with anxiety about your surgery? It doesn't seem like a trip to your PCP would hurt anything.

I'd tell your surgeon about your gum, but I bed they'd see it anyhow. It's probably in the part of your stomach that will be cut away. I've never heard of gum staying for 5 years.

Good luck and I hope you find something that comforts you so you can relax before surgery.

Please someone please tell me about the Gum. My surgery is on March 19 and I may have years worth of Gum in my stomach as I generally would swallow gum about 1 a month. I this case, I may be a basket case at surgery (lol.. lol).. Thanks for any replies..

Please someone please tell me about the Gum. My surgery is on March 19 and I may have years worth of Gum in my stomach as I generally would swallow gum about 1 a month. I this case, I may be a basket case at surgery (lol.. lol).. Thanks for any replies..

Gum like many other non-digestable food items pass and go into the appendix or straight out the pooper.

Haha, I agree... Our Mothers/teachers/anyone who wanted to torture us as kids told us all the falsehood that gum "sticks" around forever! Tiffykins is right, whatever the stomach doesn't break down heads on out! You poor thing, it does sound like you are really anxious. I can't blame you for that as I am, too! Good luck... do you think you may be having some indigestion? That feeling of something stuck could be indigestion, reflux, anything really. A little pepto could work.

So I am still feeling this way but I talked to my sister since she's a nurse and she said that it could be a side effect from an antiobiotic that I was taking. At this point I wish it would just go away. I did send Nina a message about the gum and she laughed saying that people always think she's crazy when she says not to chew gum but accidents can happen, so absolutely no gum after surgery