I'm 13 months post band. Overall doing very well. I had a small fill about a month ago and I have had a few vomiting episodes - most likely my own fault for eating too fast or too much. Tonight I went out for steak dinner - ate about 4 oz and tried to chew very well. I had a piece stuck which I eventually vomited. That was about an hour ago, but I'm still throwing up the clear stuff. Dinner was 3 hours ago. Anything I can do? Did my band slip?

It sort of sounds like your still stuck. Sometimes I think part of the piece that stuck goes down while theres still partially some there....The last time i had a bad stuck I drank a pop and it went down. I dont drink pop ever but I was desperate and someone told me once that it helped expand due to the fizz. I figured anything was worth a shot.

Good luck to you,

Brittany

If you have additional questions I would call your surgeons office....

Slip? No. Not from what you've told us. There are many more serious symptoms to a slip.

If you can drink liquids and feel them emptying into your lower stomach, you're no longer stuck. If not, you're still stuck. Red meat can take 4-6 hours to digest in your pouch.

Thanks guys, I'm in the clear! I'm staying away from steak!

I had to shred meat or cut it in small little cubes to pass. And the couple of 3 times I've been stuck I jumped up and down several jumps, like a plunger effect that you use in a clogged bathroom. If you are stuck you dont add more stuff in the pouch. If I'm out in public I go to restroom\, lock the door and jump up and down. The relief will be in 5 minutes or less. You can feel it with less pressure. Meat and some hard steamed veggies witll do a good "stuck" job on me.

Happy New Year!

I do not eat steak! I, also, trie dit once thinking that I could chew it okay. I ended up in the rest room. Steak is NOT my friend! Glad that you are feeling better, next time try some coke. It works like Roto-rooter, also, pineapple juice, helps to keep both around, just akes an ounce or two for the problem to clear. Happy New year, Karen..aka..kll724