I am not proud of this. It sucked, big time! I was not thinking. I finished an exhausting 12 hour shift at the hospital, hadn't eaten since 1100am. It was 730pm and I stopped and got me and the hub some Chinese food. Went home, sat on the couch and proceeded to shovel 5 or 6 bites of food into my pie hole without even chewing well. And then I felt it. That oh no feeling. And without thinking, again, I picked up my water and took a drink thinking it would help it go down. Oh no. Uh oh. This isn't good! I've had plenty of stuck episodes that I was able to work through, but I immediately knew there was no working through this one. I jumped up, ran in the kitchen, leaned over the sink, and...bye, bye, Chinese food. Even after that out took me a good 10 minutes to get back to normal. I took some super small sips of hot tea. Eventually I was able to eat again, but you bet your a$$, I was chewin the life out of that food.

Ever since my first fill, I've been tighter in the morning, but by dinner I can eat almost like I used to. That, combined with being tired and starving....

Thank you Brunhilde (my band's name) for reminding me you are there. Lesson learned. You can only take so much. I love you and promise to treat you better in the future.

Perfect "what NOT to do" scenario. Yes, we have to respect and love our bands. Love your band's nickname! :-)

Thanks for painting such a delicious picture LOL

Been there, done that. The silver lining is, your band is working! YAY!

Whoops. . . Yup I agree been there almost done that! Haven't lost anything yet but sure have been close. . . The pain hits ya like nothing I have never experienced before. . . Makes ya S L O W down for sure !

I had a similar incident the night before last - i've been going to the gym and working hard, doing 30-45 minutes of cardio and doing Tabata on machines low weights. Well I had worked out in the a.m. & worked all day and only had a Protein shake and late work calls - then I had to run out and get my oldest from ballet - hubby made our 3 yr old baked chicken nuggets - I am starving at this point - so I grab one and shovel it in not paying attention at all, I take another one and as I'm chewing it I feel the other one down by my band - oh shit, so I spit the one in my mouth in the garbage, well I gotta go b/c i'm late picking up my oldest so I grab my Water bottle and out the door I go... well I'm driving down the street in bad pain wondering how the hell can I get this up out of my chest... so I sip some water. Well, the gross slime that came up was just that - gross and the damn nugget stayed down in my chest... it finally went thru but it sure did hurt - a reminder that you can NOT absentmindedly eat - eating is something to respect and pay attention. Damn that was rough!

my poor dog is so traumatized when I have a stuck issue. all my trashcans have liners now. but that poor dog. when the burping starts he is already on the run. I have to give him the all clear sign. he witnessed a real bad stuck issue in which I looked like the exorcist. he doesn't want to see mommy do this again. I did a pb in the car once. I used the trash bag in there. I told my hubby about it and he wanted to know if I pulled over, no phishhhhh! I can pb and drive for petes sakes. so glad I am not getting stuck as much anymore, but it still happens even if I am eating properly.

Glad I am not the only one. Interesting to hear some of you say your band feels tighter in the am. I seem to have a harder time at night. Seems like I can eat all day long and end up not being able to keep dinner down.

Brunhilde?? Hahahaha too funny!