Help With "stuck Incidents"

[twinmomleb 3]

pineapple juice also helps with stuck foods. My Dr suggested it today. You can buy cans of it on the juice aisle. The acidity essentially melts to food to push it on through. I stopped today and already bought some.

[DeAna N 229]

good to know twinmomleb

thanks

[lassie 247]

Thanks Sherl for your post it sounds terrible I hope I get those signs early enough to stop eating.

Also thanks to you twinmomleb I will stock up on pineapple juice great tip J

[lastshot 0]

when things get stuck do you drink Water to flush it down. is it hard to breathe when this happens. I am so afraid of gagging. I am probably worrying about stuff to much.

DON'T DRINK. It's a funny thing but liquid will take the path of least resistance which if your stuck is UP.

I'm a year p-op and 100lbs gone. I find if I stretch, get up and move around or take a few deep slow breaths it helps ease the pain and hopefully help the food through. Also eat at the table instead of the couch, better posture while eating also helped me. Put your fork down between bites and listen to your body, don't eat till your full eat till your not physically hungery anymore. It takes time to figure it out but remember it is a new way if life change ALL your old eating habits right from the start. Good luck everyone. And most of all small bites chew chew chew.

[lassie 247]

Thank you "lastshot" I will remember your advice. Lost 100 pounds in a year good for you,

lassie

[1shauna1 129]

I don't drink when I'm stuck. You could try papaya enzymes (get them at drugstore with vitamins) or sometimes it just has to come up. A lot of times, yes, it is because I've eaten too fast or too big of bites. But there are some foods I just can't tolerate anymore, like bean sprouts or doughy breads. For most of us this will happen at least once; it's not the end of the world although it may feel that way (my first time I thought I was dying!). As mentioned, yes moving around helps, don't put more food on top. Stress, dehydration and sadness make me tighter too.

[lassie 247]

thanks for your advice I hope I do not need it to often.

[daisychains7 427]

pineapple juice is the only thing that helped me.

[finally_losing_weight 0]

I am new on this forum, although I was banded 1/5/11, and have learned so much reading this thread! Getting stuck is no fun for sure. I will try sitting at the table more and take deep breaths and pineapple juice when stuck. I have problems with ANY meat even if marinated, crock pot, and I even bought a Sous Vide, as recommended by my surgeon - no luck. I think that I "must still" be eating too fast and it and not chewing it good enough. I can only eat 2oz. meat and nothing else. It's still a learning process but no regrets getting the band!

[harliquinn 1]

I am new on this forum, although I was banded 1/5/11, and have learned so much reading this thread! Getting stuck is no fun for sure. I will try sitting at the table more and take deep breaths and pineapple juice when stuck. I have problems with ANY meat even if marinated, crock pot, and I even bought a Sous Vide, as recommended by my surgeon - no luck. I think that I "must still" be eating too fast and it and not chewing it good enough. I can only eat 2oz. meat and nothing else. It's still a learning process but no regrets getting the band!

being able to eat only 2 oz meat and literally nothing else doesnt sound terribly healthy.

[finally_losing_weight 0]

That's what I thought - and because meat is so difficult to eat, I often look for food easier to get down (sliders) which doesn't help with weight loss. I will be trying some of the useful hints on this thread to help me to eat better. The weight loss did slow down - and I'm guessing because of the lack of nutritian (not necessarily calories because of eating "easy" food)! Do you think my band could be too tight? - it's an Allergan only filled to 3 - or still of chewing well enough?