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Man, solid food and pureed food are totally different :lol:

As a quick background statement, I'm one month post-op and have had no issues tolerating food thus far. Never had any issues keeping stuff down, no nausea, no pain. Okay - so I started the solid, soft food stage a couple days ago. Nothing too impressive yet, some egg, some very tiny bites of chicken, 1.5 small potato wedges, half a small falafel. But tonight I finally had my first actual meal in a restaurant which was salmon and a couple bites of rice pilaf. Everything sat very well and was delicious (I posted a pic of the amazing grilled salmon in the Facebook group earlier if you want to check it out!).

I ate maybe two ounces of the salmon. About 3 hours later - about two hours ago now - I had another small portion of the salmon. The only difference I could really tell is that I didn't reheat it, just ate it cold. Don't know if that makes a difference or not. Anyway, I ate too much without realizing it. One second I was fine and the next I had pain and cramping that made me need to lie down - sitting up was compressing my stomach in an uncomfortable way. No nausea, sweats, etc. so I don't think it was dumping. I had no warning - not that I could recognize, anyway.

Over the last couple of hours it's gotten better, except now I can't drink Water without getting the same pain again. I would think enough time has passed but I'm a total newb at solid foods, so I don't know. The salmon was very soft and flaky and I chewed well... I wouldn't think it would still be sitting in my stomach... Do you think something could be stuck? Should I just keep taking tiny sips to see if I can get things moving?

I don't think I'm in an emergency situation or anything, and as long as I don't drink anything I am feeling pretty good. Just need some guidance from those who have walked this path longer than I have and might have some insight!

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oh boy do I relate to that feeling! I made that mistake and ate too much even though to me it was little. And I had pain for 1.45 hours. It felt like the food was stuck in my chest and it was just painful. I could only lay down till it went away.

I figure that you just learn by trial and error what foods work, what amounts work and what food preparations go down well. My leaflet instructions say not to drink for 45 mins after eating because it would cause pain. So maybe your stomach is just overfull. im following the thread to see what people who have more experience in the overeating pain/food stuck feeling say

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10 hours ago, BajanSleeve said:

oh boy do I relate to that feeling! I made that mistake and ate too much even though to me it was little. And I had pain for 1.45 hours. It felt like the food was stuck in my chest and it was just painful. I could only lay down till it went away.

I figure that you just learn by trial and error what foods work, what amounts work and what food preparations go down well. My leaflet instructions say not to drink for 45 mins after eating because it would cause pain. So maybe your stomach is just overfull. im following the thread to see what people who have more experience in the overeating pain/food stuck feeling say

Thank you! I eventually just went to bed and it went away by the next morning, lol. Definitely just trial & error!

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