A few months ago I attended the orientation for Lap Band. I must say I came out of there scared. Food getting stuck, band eroding, leaks that would mean replacement, etc.

So, over the course of the next few months - I've decided I'm going to do this anyway. Really it's no choice. heart bypass in a few years or do lap band now and have a high probability of not having the heart bypass.

But I'm still scared. How do you "unstick" food? Does it eventually go down?

can go down sometimes if you wait long enough... for me i get mouthfuls of "slime"- thick saliva, that i have to spit out. at times getting rid of the slime is enough, however at other times i have to sort of encourage things to come up.. not to be gross but if i bend down over the toilet and "get in position" stuff comes back up my throat.... not the same as vomiting- hard to explain.

as long as you chew 5,000 times and are really aware it doesn't happen all that often. hope that helps.

Thanks! At least it's not a trip to the doctor!

They alos say you can get papya "sp" enzymes they are to work really good.