Hiya guys! I am really annoyed at the moment. I'm on my 4th week postop and really struggling with soft foods. A few days ago I tried some really we'll cooked stewed beef. It was very tender and stringy. I had one bite and got that awful stuck feeling, so I stopped, and called my doc office for advice. The nurse said no more beef and to go on liquids again for 2 days as I was probably swollen. So, for 2 days I did exactly as told. Today, I'm back on soft food and tried a small amount of egg salad (2 tiny bites)... And again stuck terribly....it took about 2 hours to pass and 4 papaya enzyme tablets.

I'm feeling really clueless about what I'm doing wrong. It seems that I will never be able to have normal foods again as everything sticks and I haven't even had my first fill yet! Am I still swollen in the stoma? Is something irritating it? I crush to powder all my tablets and do my best to chew chew chew.

Please say it gets better

you might be eating too fast or not hewing enough.. remember 1 min between bites.. I had a fill 1 month ago and I tried pot roast last night, oh my god it got stuck on second bite, I eat slow and still, put that in memory bank no pot-roast for me ... good luck if that does not work, call you doctors. don't panic it makes it worse.

I certainly wasn't waiting a minute between bites. My surgeon said 20 seconds. Hmmm maybe that's the problem?! thanks for the advice! I just wonder how I will ever be able to eat normal foods again... After that one episode, it is even taking a while for water to go down! Does the stoma swell up badly if something ever gets stuck?

Sometimes it does. Look for the tells before it does... You will start to burp and the then it will tell you time to stop..

Good to know! Thanks so much!