Hopeully someone can offer some insight, as I am not looking forward to going to emergency room if I dont have to. So I'm 8 months out, and have been doing failry well. So on Monday I have some left over chicken that apparently is too dry and it stays stuck for HOURS, very uncomfortable, to the point where it finally came up. So the very next day at lunch i have another episode with something getting stuck and this time when it came up it triggered a 5 minute session of PBing. After which my throat started to swell (or so it felt like it)to the point that when i was drinking water it was feeling like it was stuck in the back of my throat. Whats that all about? Can excessvie PBing/Vomiting cause your throat to feel like is swollen?

Yes. You've agitated your stomach, band (or rather the area where the band is) and esophagus. I was told after a bad PB to go to liquids for 24-48 hours, then mushies, then solids (much like after a fill). Try that. If you don't feel better, of course, seek medical attention. But you've probably agitated it then re-insulted it so you need to take time to calm things back down. Switch to Liquid Protein (shakes, whatever) and hang in there for a day or two. You should start to feel it loosen up and improve pretty quickly.

OF COURSE....if you feel worse or can't keep liquids down, call your doc!

thanks for the advice. here it is monday and i was able to get down a little cottage chees and peaches with no problems...taking it slow!

I rarely eat leftovers, especially meat because it's almost always too dry for me the second time around.

Glad you're feeling better.