What do you do when you have a stuck episode?

[jjades31 0]

I just had THE worst stuck issue to date 2 days ago - I am most positive it was that the piece of meat I was chewing just did not want to go down. Yes, it feels like a heart attack (or what I would think a heart attack feels like!) - my eyes Water, I cough and hiccup and feel horrible. It came back up - but I was in so much pain, not even tiny sips of water helped. I usually get up and walk around with my arms up in the air (if I'm home) and it passes - out in public - that's a whole different story. I will definitely try the papaya emzyme mention....

[ElfiePoo 109]

Now that I'm no longer overfilled *and* have learned to take small bites and chew more than twice before swallowing, I rarely get stuck. If I do, it's always with Breakfast because my band is a bit tighter in the mornings. I just take a very small sip of hot tea and then wait.

In the past, when I'd get stuck on chicken or fish, I'd take a huge gulp of Water and as soon as it went down, it came right back up with the offending 'plug'.

I never tried the papaya enzyme tablets because I often wondered what long term use would do to my esophagus and stomach since they break up the stuck Protein so well.

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