Last night I had a vegetarian schnitzel for dinner. It was quite dry compared to what I usually eat which is more casserole consistency. I am 10 weeks sleeved.

After I ate it I checked MFP and was only at 50grams Protein. I decided to push through and eat a second schnitzel (around a third of the size of what a meat schnitzel would be).

I had only slept three hours the night before (kids) and after being at work all day I was buggered. I was feeling very uncomfortable, but didn't vomit, which was probably because the food was quite dry.

So I went to bed feeling not very well.

An hour and a half later I woke up and couldn't breathe. I was trying to take a breath but everything was closed up. I was making this horrible wheezing noise and by chest/throat was burning.

It only lasted for about 30 seconds until I could breath again, but it was terrifying! I sat upright for 30 minutes until the burning subsided and then slept on 5 pillows so I was slightly upright.

I have never had acid reflux before so I am so glad some of you had posted about it before or I would have thought I was dying.

Lesson learned, I will never eat just before bedtime ever again!!!

oh wow that sounds scary. I learned a similar way not to drink a lot before going to bed. I lay down and had what I thought would be just a hiccup...nope, had to change the sheets

Some lessons are harder to learn than others. What you experienced is very scary and miserable. I've had some similar experiences over the past year and have learned that I, too, cannot eat a meal or snack within 2 hours of going to bed; too much and I wake up the next morning with reflux. That includes spacing out my nighttime medications so that I'm not taking all of them at the same time just before getting horizontal.