Well, the choices have been mine:

1. I got myself fat;

2. I made the choice to get banded;

3. Despite all of the warnings about eating too much or too fast, I probably erred on eating too much or too fast.

The details:

I had a 10 cc. Lamp-Band implanted seven weeks ago. I had a 3 cc. fill two weeks ago, and I received another 3 cc yesterday.

I was on liquids for 24 hours following my fill yesterday, and this evening I decided to have some salad and grilled chicken.

My individual mouthfull's of food, I am guessing, were too large, and the speed that I ate at was probably too fast.

I developed:

1. belching (non-propductive);

2. feeling like I was suffocating;

3. feeling like I had no where to go.

I tried walking around with no relief. I even drank a little pineapple juice, with no relief.

I imagine this is exactly what I asked for, my band told me to stop eating. Is there anything that I can do to feel better in situations like this one, other than to avoid them?

This was one memorable moment (about forty minutes, actually).

Wow, sorry you had to go thru that, but its definately a learning experience. I cannot stand that feeling, it is too painful and yucky, to have all that "slime". So I make myself bring it back up. Its not like I do a full (sorry for the term) vomit. Just enough for it to come up, not like heaving. Dont ask me how I do it, I just am able to. But at 5 months out, I still get food stuck. I just never really know when it will happen despite trying to be careful. Good Luck.

In this case, that old learning curve just reared its ugly head again and bit you on the proverbial tush. Not fun. I am 8 months out and still have to remind myself to eat smaller bites. You're lucky you had a fairly small time to suffer. My first incident, with mashed potatoes, no less, caused such a lump in my chest and major pain for over two hours. OUCH!