Sunday evening I was eating supper like I normally do before I get ready for work had part of a pork chop, carrot and potato. Well I got really heavy feeling and got in the shower to get ready for work started dry heaving then started throwing up. Got in my car to come to work and my chest was hurting and my stomach and just kept throwing up. Got to work which is 30 minutes from my house still throwing up.

Got to where I couldn't swallow my own saliva. Called panicking looking for my surgeon. Guess what you guessed it HE WAS OUT OF TOWN!! The surgeon on call told me to meet him in the ER. He had the directions and an emergency tackle box, to me to floro radiology and accessed my port to relieve some of the saline in my band. Got pretty much immediate relief. My pork chop came on through. Still had to spend the night in the hospital, did alot of damage to my stomach. Taking carafate slurry for 3 months and nexium liquid, also on clear liquids for the next 7 days!

This is my preaching lesson for now. CHEW CHEW CHEW and cut your pieces up into little bitty child size or eraser size pieces I mean it or you will wind up like me in teh ER thinking that you were gonna die and have your lap band surgically removed.

Wow, what an awful experience for you. I hope you get to feeling better soon.

I am glad that you posted this though. It helps remind everyone of why it is so important to follow the bandster rules when eating. It can save a lot of pain and heartache.

wow how horrible! I wish you could be that little angel on my shoulder all the time to remind me of this when I get banded.

I would have been so scared....don't think I could have driven to work to be honest.

I hope you get all healed up and never cross a kicking pork chop again!

Wow, that sounds terrible! Do they think your band's ok? That's one of the things I worry about. I'm afraid I'll get sidetracked and instinct will make me swallow before I'm ready to.

Oh gosh!.. me too!!>. that is one of my biggest concerns right now.. (pre op).. what if I just 'swallow' it..before I have done chewing!!????..I guess that is the reason not to do anything when you are eating. Focus solely on eating and chewing.. crikey.. it is going to be hard. I have eaten lunch at my laptop for years!!... and finished lunch without even thinking..

TIME FOR A LIFESTYLE CHANGE!!>. gosh there is so much more to learn with this!..

Before surgery, I remember everyone saying CHEW, CHEW, CHEW and being terrified of accidentally swallowing gum or anything else for that matter. In the beginning, my band wasn't as tight as it is now, and mind you I still don't have adequate restriction, but the one thing I have always remembered is to chew my food into mush consistency...this is a must!

PS - one of the veteran banding tricks of the trade: in the event something does go down the wrong way...you can always provoke a progressive burp to rid yourself of the food :behindsofa:

PPS - PM me for specifics :grouphug:

OMG...I'm so sorry that happened to you, but thank you so much for posting about your experience. I don't have a lap band yet, but I can assure you that when I do, I won't forget your warning.