I learned a very painful lesson a few hours ago! I had my 2nd and worst PB. We went to Super Wal-mart to buy jerky. I read on the board it's a great source of protein to carry with you. While at Wal-mart, I bought a small container of popcorn chicken.. I swear I chewed, chewed, chewed. But my band apparenlty didn't think so. I felt like my chest was going to open up. I tried walking around the house, went to the basement to sort laundry & then everything came back up...plus I think a little more.

Should I go on liquids for the next 24 hours? I've only had one fill.

Guess I can mark popcorn chicken off my list of safe things to eat.

OMG...it was the scariest thing I've ever felt. I had tears rolling down my cheeks.

I can not answer the question about going on a liquid diet but I too learned a painful lesson. I was eating some eggs this morning with 1 slice of toast. I did not chew well enough and got stuck. I tried to drink so that the food would go down and I ened up getting neausa and throwing up. It did not feel good to have food stuck. I need to learn to slow down. This is just a learning lesson. I'm sure I will have more to go. so far everything I have tried has agreed with me. I just started to eat solids on Friday.

I hate when that happens. It has happened to me numerous times. You are right to cross that food off your list. I cannot eat rice, many type of bread, chewy steak, certain dry chicken or fish, etc. I just figure it out and not eat them again.

But then there are times I get surprised about things I have eaten and had no problem and suddenly I have a problem. For example, I usually eat almonds in small amounts for some time since my surgery. Last night, I was stressed out and guess what the almonds did not stay down. Awful!

That is my latest learning experience with the band - that I cannot eat when I am stressed or around certain people who stress me out.

I could never figure out that jerky Protein thing I've seen posted. Jerky is difficult to chew. How can it possibly work with digesting in your band? I could think of many other things that are sources of protein that would work and probably taste better. Doesn't it have alot of salt in it?

Different things work for different people I guess and its up to us what works for us and what doesn't work for us.

Stay away from that jerky from now on.

Take care.