I was just wondering. I heard of a person who got a piece of meat stuck and had to go to the Emergency room. How do they un-stick the blockage? humm....:tt1:

I've never heard of that. If something gets stuck, I usually just throw it up with no effort. It just comes out- no heaving , no trying just bend over the john and---there it goes, (sorry to be so graphic)!

I was eating a small ham steak last week, followed by a salad of romaine, and I must not have chewed thoroughly because the ham got stuck, and I spent the afternoon at work having PBs(productive burps) and sliming (excess saliva production that has no place to go but up and out). It was like throwing up, but without the nausea. Major sliming! I didn't bring up the ham steak (it eventually freed up and passed) and only brought up a tiny bit of romaine, though the slime did turn green from the salad (pardon the graphic). While it was uncomfortable, I didn't panic because I had read here about PBs and sliming, so when it happened, I knew what was going on. Had it not freed up, I may have gone to the ER, but I am not sure how they unstick you. Endoscopy maybe? I am glad I didn't have to find out.:tt1:

If you get something stuck that doesn't go down or come up in more than a couple of hours, you have to have all the fluid taken out of your band. The stuck food with then pass and you have the fluid put back in.

I just take my finger and brush the back of the roof of my mouth and the offending item and slime balls comes up. It is quick and easy.