What Does It Feel Like To Get Food "stuck"??

[ktlynn447 1]

Ok.... I am post op day 8 and finally feeling great. I still have almost no appetite but have been doing the whole full liquids thing. Right now I'm having about 5 oz of Tomato Soup with some townhouse crackers mashed up. Everything is going down great... crackers are very mushy and I'm taking small bites. For all of you more experienced Lap Bandsters.... what does it feel like when you actually get something "stuck"? I'm trying to prepare myself and know what to anticipate lol. Thanks!

[1shauna1 129]

I feel this immense pressure in my lower chest (upper stomach?). It pulses sometimes with the contractions of your stoma trying to work the food through. Believe me you will know when you eat too fast/too much and you are becoming stuck. Often you can head it off you really pay attention and stop eating after the first warnings.....but ultimately if (when) you do get stuck you will get through it! (although the first time I was stuck I thought I was going to die....lol but now when I get stuck I just bend over and cough and it comes up).

[shay33 18]

To me it feels like severe heartburn when I am stuck. I know it sounds weird but someone on here told me they jump up and down and it helps....well I tried it and it worked for me too!

[lo11i 2]

I get a tight feeling in my chest and a pain right in the middle of my upper back, a tight feeling. The only thing I can do is be sick which I know isn't good. I should know when enough is enough by now !!!

[bromo 17]

I had my first stuck episode yesterday and believe me, you will know what it is even if you never felt it before. I got a very tight feeling in my chest and stopped eating, then the sliming started. I finally threw up and felt better but still had a residual feeling around my band all day. Ate Tomato Soup for supper and feel fine this morning.

[blondeblueeyes 3]

You'll swear that you'll never get stuck but I think it happens to all of us. I have the pain & sometimes I get the hiccups afterwards. I wouldnt be having crackers at this point. You've got a month or so of healing to go.

[ktlynn447 1]

You'll swear that you'll never get stuck but I think it happens to all of us. I have the pain & sometimes I get the hiccups afterwards. I wouldnt be having crackers at this point. You've got a month or so of healing to go.

The crackers were mush by the time I had them or I would've been concerned. I've been sticking with greek yogurt for now to get my Protein in.

[pwilliam2 0]

When I get stuck or have a blockage it feel like worse pain I have ever felt in middle on stomach. Drinking Water or any kind if liquids make it 10x worse, so my band Dr. told me to take several tablespoons of meat tenderizer and walk as much as possible . This happen only twice in 7 years I have been band. Not sure twice in last 6 mo. I hope its not a sign for something else.