Hi,

went to a bar last night with some friends, everything was really loud. After talking (yelling) with my friends for awhile, I got a feeling that I couldn't breathe. I had eaten 1/2 a chick breast and had a small cocktail, so it wasn't the food, I sucked on some ice and that seemed to help, but I almost panicked, my chest was tight and it felt band-related (I only have 1.5cc in a 10cc band)

Has anyone ever had this happen?

Sounds a bit like a panic/anxiety attack - are you prone?

My DH has them and spent months convinced he was going to have a heart attack, it was difficult to diagnose, it was actually me that diagnosed it becuase I was able to do so based on his anxious hypochondriac/control freak kind of nature, (that sounds mean, but it really isnt, its his personality type), I just KNEW him and knew that he was talking himself into it.

Nonetheless is a very debilitating condition. Are you worried about something? They CAN just happen but even the stress of surgery etc may have been the catalyst for it.

You know though, it COULD have been the food. It may have just blocked your stoma for a while, that sensation can certainly happen sometime after you've eaten, particularly if you're drinking too. And you're healing up from recent surgery arent you? Could just be a phantom thing.

Keep an eye on it though.

I was thinking the same as jachut. I have anxiety/panic attacks and am on multiple medications to help me with that. They are TERRIBLE!!! And I feel like I am loosing my breath, having a heart attack, feeling like everyone is crowding around me, even though they are not. I would call the Doc and just give him your symptoms from last night and see what he says...

Hope that help!!?!?!?!