I was wondering if anyone found themselves panicking when a food gets stuck or they feel like they cant swallow. I havent been banded, but I started trying to imagine last night what that might feel like and started me wondering...

Even if I did start to freak out over having something 'stuck' I am pretty sure I could talk myself down, after all, I have done it every birth lol, but I was wondering if this is a common or even nonexistent problem...

Well, I've only had 1 thing really stuck, it was a french friy - and I tried to "wash it down" with some tea - BAD MISTAKE. I did panic a little, but I coughed and coughed and up came the french fry and lots of tea came with it. Not a pretty sight. lol.

There have been times I could feel the food going thru the band and it was uncomfortable, and I would get scared. The key is YOU DON'T WANT TO PANIC, get up and walk, stretch etc, this will help. Its not a type of stuck where you can't breath, but more of a painful chest feeling.

I've only been banded 5 months - and not having problems getting things stuck. I have slimed (gross) a few times, but thats it.

I wondered about this too before banding, but found that panic was never something I came even close to feeling. Even in the worst PBs, there's never an issue with breathing so there's nothing to panic about. At its worst it can be painful, but you never ever feel like you're in any danger. So for me, at least, there was never a panic possibility.

I'm not looking forward to my first one...I did chew my Viactiv Calcium chew and swallowed it whole today and felt some serious pressure in my chest. I immediately got up and walked and stretched and burped, then I heated some Water and very gingerly sipped it, it went down okay, so I guess the Viactiv wasn't stuck, but it did remind me that I can't just swallow whole anymore!

I also am gleaning a lot of tips for the future from these threads. If stuck, DO NOT try to drink to wash it down. I'm getting that... I did already buy some papaya enzyme pills, some small cans of pineapple juice (okay, the only thing I'd drink, I mean) and I have meat tenderizer in the cabinet. I figure the more things I have in my arsenal, maybe it will help me ward off the evil stuck/pb/slime spirits.

Well, at least that's what I keep hoping!<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

The first time I PB'd it was a bad one...and I paniced pretty good because I wasn't sure where this was going. I was also at my SIL's new house and she doesn't know I'm banded so I was trying to pretend it wasn't happening. That is totally impossible. Now that I know what to expect it's not so bad, just inconvenient and sometimes painful...but I don't panic.

I'm not looking forward to my first one...I did chew my Viactiv calcium chew and swallowed it whole today and felt some serious pressure in my chest. I immediately got up and walked and stretched and burped, then I heated some Water and very gingerly sipped it, it went down okay, so I guess the Viactiv wasn't stuck, but it did remind me that I can't just swallow whole anymore!

I also am gleaning a lot of tips for the future from these threads. If stuck, DO NOT try to drink to wash it down. I'm getting that... I did already buy some papaya enzyme pills, some small cans of pineapple juice (okay, the only thing I'd drink, I mean) and I have meat tenderizer in the cabinet. I figure the more things I have in my arsenal, maybe it will help me ward off the evil stuck/pb/slime spirits.

Well, at least that's what I keep hoping!<!-- google_ad_section_end --><!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

If you get stuck take a verrrry deep breath and hold it. Sometimes that changes your anatomy and repositions your band just enough for food to go down. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

I stretch my head back as far as it will go and that usually does the trick for me, along with taking a deep breath.

No, I can typically PB pretty quickly. If it doesn't come up I swallow some water and that typically pushes it down or brings it back up. Good luck.

I don't panic, I just have to wait it out; sometimes it'll come right back up, other times it's all about the slime which is more annoying to me than actually pbing because it lasts much longer.