So as long as I can remember I have been a really gaggy person. My friends and family think its funny, as a kid I couldn't take pills, if someone passed gas around me I would either gag or throw up. Well needless to say this new stomach thing with its sliming and sensations I am not accustomed to are proving difficult for me. I ate a meal just now that was the appropriate size, I chewed like mad, I may have eaten faster than I should have but when that tight feeling comes on my body's urge is to throw up. I am not nauseated, I am not overly full, but I can't keep it together. Yesterday I drank water a little too fast and instead of relaxing and letting it go down, you guessed it. I have to get this together, I know its totally mental, but it is making my recovery slow, it is making staying hydrated difficult. I know this is a uniquie problem and I am probably on my own here, but I don't know what to do!!

Sorry this is troubling you wannalise. Maybe take a baby step back and try eating and drinking a little bit slower and/or less. Somebody also mentioned that sipping on something warm before a meal helps to relax them and makes things go down easier. Another thing that I do when that feeling of tightness happens and I'm not sure what may happen, I stand up and pace...my immediate family is used to me doing that and it really does help to alleviate that stuck feeling. Since I've been sleeved I am more comfortable standing while eating even drinking than I am sitting. Hope that helps.

Oh, wannalise, how awful! I can understand just a little because for a long time I had anxiety-related vomiting and it's left me with a weak stomach....smells really get to me. I find that sedatives help....even benadryl will slow down my gagging. You might want to ask your doc for an anti-emetic as well.