I have been on soft foods for 2 days and seems to be okay.

I have been eating foods with a lot of liquid and am chewing as much as I can and everything seems to be going down well.

My question is, will I know if anything goes wrong? Like will I feel it? Because I am worried that I might be doing damage but can't feel it? Just paranoid probably, I know!?

Thanks,

Nicky

@@Nicky Cleaver Please update your profile information when you have a chance.

Don't go looking for trouble, cause you don't want to find it. Stick within the guidelines that your doctor gave you for your post op diet. If you are on soft foods make sure you are cutting bites small pencil eraser size and chew chew chew. If you were causing any kind of damage you would be feeling pain.

When in doubt my best advice is always to consult your doctor. Never be afraid to give them a call even for a simple question. Filling out your profile with surgery information and posting a little more detail will help others to be able to give you better and more detailed support with any questions you might have.

Sounds like your doing well. Keep up the good work and congrats on your surgery!

Looks like you're about 6 weeks out so you should be able to eat most anything now. What do you mean you're eating foods with a lot of liquid?

At some point you will have your first stuck episode. I recall one of my first. I had bought a Wendy's chicken sandwich and was trying to drive and eat at the same time ( Not a good idea). I was eating way too fast and the 2nd bite never cleared the stoma(band) and I continued to gobble my sandwich. Let me tell you, it takes some time to learn how to chew a lot and how mushy the food needs to be. Anyway, I was sliming all over the side of my car and trying to gag these huge bites out of my esophagus. I survived.

Normal stuck episodes start with a little pressure under your breastplate(ziphoid) and will continue to increase in pressure to the point of pain if you continue to eat food. And once your stoma is blocked, no amount of chewing will help the pain go away. Don't drink, it can't get through and will only back up into your esophagus. This is where the sliming(slime like in Ghostbusters) comes in. It's your esophagus trying to lubricate the channel to allow stuck food to pass through. You can hock it up in gobs but spit it out.

Sorry, that was rather visual and disgusting but it will happen. For me, it's not real painful, mostly just very uncomfortable.

Hope this helps and didn't make you regret your surgery ;op

Edited August 11, 201412 yr by 2muchfun

Just had my first slime issue. Took a small bite of potatoe and i dont know what happened but i felt pain. Felt heartburn and sort of short of breath. Thought i had to burp and all of a sudden both hands were full of food and slime. No vomiting. Quite strange. Where did this food come from?? Earlier in the day i ate some potato soup. I knew what was happening from everyones posts. Thank u !!