:hungry:I had a question - I wanted to see what types of foods bother all the different people out there...Please send a quick reply and let me know what foods bother you. I think this will help others in preventing the same experiences.

Thanks in advance!

The one thing I've had a problem with is Burger. I had it in Chili. I didn't PB I just had indigestion. I eat lost of chicken and fish...and I won't even go near any type of bread out of fear! I have experienced the "golf ball" sensation in my throat a few times, but stop eating at that point and usually walk.

I have to chew, chew, chew or I throw up. I sometimes throw up even if I chew. But I have the most trouble with stuff like apple skin, tomato skin, peach skin, and meats without something to grease the skids. I usually cut meats in Chiclet sized pieces (thanks TOM) and chew them over 30 times. I eat a lot of pork chops because the go down pretty well if I cut them really small. I can eat potatoes very well and soft vegetables, but fresh vegetables are out except tomatoes without skins. I have eaten about 2 salads since being banded and they went down, but I had to chew so much that I think I lost any nutrition in the chewing. Slime is a major problem. I think it actually stops up the hole to the stomach. I find that chocolate kisses help things go down, and sometimes I just wait around and it finally goes down. I eat bacon and scrambled eggs every day for lunch at about 2-3 p.m. Before that I can't eat, so I drink Unjury every morning. I have noticed that if I'm upset about something, stuff won't go down. My air conditioner stopped up and water ran all over the carpet in the hall and Mother's room the other day, and I couldn't eat anything. Since I had that fixed, I can eat. Weird, isn't it?

is it only me or does "the foods that get stuck" changes literally sometimes day to day......or even hour to hour!

I don't have a list of foods that ALWAYS get stuck....except maybe calamari! And yes that was incredibly stupid of me to even try!!!!!!

Steak steak and steak, porkchop and bread early in the mornings and if I ever try to sneak in a little sip with my meal I will be stuck.

Dear beach girl,

please tell me what your fills are like with Dr.Curry.Have you gone to him exclusively or others? Do you feel he gave you good restriction,on your first fill?others?and does he do under fluoroscopy?

thanks!

Dear beach girl,

please tell me what your fills are like with Dr.Curry.Have you gone to him exclusively or others? Do you feel he gave you good restriction,on your first fill?others?and does he do under fluoroscopy?

I have problems with red meat, mostly burgers but I can eat sonic cheese burgers. I wonder why?

I have 8.25 cc in a 10 cc band. After this last UNfill (Couldnt even keep down liquids) These are the foods that get stuck ALWAYS, no matter how small a bite or how well I chew:

Pinto beans

Bread

Tortillas

Sopapillas

donuts

cake

muffins

brownies

grapes

hot dogs

scrambled eggs

French fries

Orange Juice

Hamburgers from any fast food place

As you can see, most are foods on my list we aren't suppose to be eating anyway, so I guess I'm better off, huh!

Goodness these stories make me worried for the time when I have a bigger restriction than what I have right now. I only have had one fill so far and thus far, I can tolerate everything and nothing gets stuck or gives me a problem. It all goes down really easily.

Only thing I sometimes have an issue with are potatoes. They dont get stuck, but they do tend to sometimes cause me some nausea so most of the time, I avoid them and only will eat them in teeny tiny amounts from time to time.

I am positively horrified at the thought of getting a piece of meat stuck like some of the stories I read here and elsewhere. Yipe that must be a horrible and scary position to be in.

I am also worried about what it will be like taking my pills down the road when I am more restricted. I am breaking them in half and taking one at time now because of that fear.

I have issues with most solids in the morning, so unless I have a lot of time to take miniscule teeny tiny nibbles and chew the heck out of each nibble, I just go with a shake, cottage cheese, or greek yogurt.

Otherwise, I have very few problems with most foods I eat for lunch or snack. I can usually eat bread and nuts without an issue. Cornbread is worse than other breads for some reason. Occasionally edamame or chickpeas will give me a little trouble.

Dinner is my rough spot. I think even though it's been almost 6 months, I'm still learning the CHEW lesson, especially in the evening when I'm hungry and tired.

Chicken is my nemesis. But, we're on a very tight budget, so unless I want to go vegetarian, it's what I've got for dinner protein at least 4-5 nights each week. Other meats (when I have them) are occasionally troublesome, but not nearly as bad as poultry. Hopefully someday I'll get the hang of it and not get stuck almost every time.

I noticed several people mentioned scrambled eggs, I don't have a fill yet but thought eggs should be pretty easy. What is it about them that seems to get stuck? Are they actually more dry then one would expect? Just curious

meat that isn't in a sauce or gravy and bread .. sometimes I can bury a peice of meat in a bite of sweet potato or mashed potato and it will go down..

Raw hard veggies like carrots "hurt" going down, I don't have any problems with them if they are cut up really small (like in a salad) or if they are cooked. My worst stuck & vomit episode was with 2 bites of pancakes - so they are off my list. Last night we ate at Pei Weis - couldn't handle the Teryiaki chicken, rice & veggies - weird because when I make something similiar at home I can tolerate it just fine.

Pita bread and Mozzarella Sticks.

I love Hummus and they always give me pita bread. Its hell for me. The mozzarella sticks get stuck and I feel like I'm choking no matter how good I chew.

Raw hard veggies like carrots "hurt" going down, I don't have any problems with them if they are cut up really small (like in a salad) or if they are cooked. My worst stuck & vomit episode was with 2 bites of pancakes - so they are off my list. Last night we ate at Pei Weis - couldn't handle the Teryiaki chicken, rice & veggies - weird because when I make something similiar at home I can tolerate it just fine.

Pancakes and waffles are PURE EVIL.