Hi,

I've been wondering lately, when food gets stuck, exactly where is it? Because I've been thinking that food is supposed to kind of sit in the small pouch and then slowly drip through the hole (stoma) into the big stomach, right? So when it's stuck, is it in the esophogus? Or is it stuck in the hole? Is it stuck in the pouch? Because some food is supposed to be in the pouch for awhile anyway, right? Anyone know?

It's stuck between the pouch and the lower stomach in what's called the stoma (i.e. "the hole" you refer to). It's rare to get really stuck. Some people use the term to refer to being too full as well, which isn't as painful as being truly stuck, but is uncomfortable. Either (food in stoma/too much in pouch) can cause a PB.

I agree with Julie. I think it's unusual to actually get "stuck" (like a cork in a bottle), but food bits that are a little too big can be painful going thru the stoma. The Mexican chip things feel like ground glass going down to me, so I don't eat them.

My DH got truly stuck on a blueberry - just the right size and shape to jam the little hole. It took hours for it to go thru, or come back up - I don't remember which route it finally took.

Sometimes it can get stuck on the other end, too. Hence my adapation to "PBM".

Since my second fill last week I have the almost painful sensation of feeling every bite of food as it passes down. I had the sensation with my first but not quite as strongly as now.

So it's not like feeling stuck. I don't have slimes, pb's or vomiting. I just feel the food.

Weird huh.

M