Bad Stuck Episode!! :(

[mommyvega3 22]

I just had a bad stuck patch. All I did was take a sip of juice. It got stuck so bad!!! I was in pain for over an hour!!! I would get hickups and spit out foamy spit!! I finally just threw up but it wasn't hard at all. It was very gentle!! Now it was a big blob of phlem. Is that normal. I paged my surgeon but I'm just waiting to hear. Anyone throw up phlem!!? I'm totally fine now and no pain or discomfort!!

[Banderina 69]

How much.of a.fill do u have? Just juice?

[Banjo257 920]

Yikes, I am glad your scare is over.

[Grider 92]

Normal and one of many to come... sometimes with a fill you do not realize you can no longer eat something you ate one week earlier. flem is norm. and if you have a cold or sinus that flem will not let you eat- some do hot tea to make it all go down/ I think that flem is normal fluids that build up in the pouch, vs going straight down with out the band.

[Summerrain 520]

That's odd to get stuck on juice that badly if youre not to tight. Fluids should just pass right through. Glad it's all settled its not fun and the pain is awful. Are you able to drink now with no problems?

When you get stuck episodes the body produces extra mucous to help push the food through and that's what's happened with you and because it wouldn't go through it all came up. Just be very careful now and stick to liquids for the day in case you have irritation till it settles.

[Desdemona 48]

Sounds like you might be too tight. You'll be OK but you really need to try not to throw up too often because it can cause band slips. The best thing to do is avoid getting stuck. It's good to keep papaya emzyme tablets around. Chew 3 and it helps get the food down. Put your hands/arms above your head and walk around.

[mommyvega3 22]

My band is actually empty right now. I go for my first fill in 5 weeks. I was shocked to get stuck so bad on just juice. It was horrible till I passed it!! Feeling a little bit of the same pain right now but no where near what happened last night. I'm burping and sneezing do its helping but gonna call the doc again. Shouldn't be happening like this!!

[this sucks 557]

Ww, I'm glad to hear that I wasn't the only one to have that strange experience! I got stuck with juice one time also.

I figured to was because I tried to take a big gulp and my stoma had a spasm. The juice was really cold.

Hope you feel better now...

[mommyvega3 22]

It turns out I had another episode. But I hadn't had anything to drink yet....this is weird. Anyone else have these problems?!!

[momwillis09 0]

I've been having similar vomiting feeling stuck episodes I've had two fills but after my second one they had to take some out bc it was too full now pretty often I wake up can't even drink anything or I throw it up and then feel stuck all day yet my stomach growls at them same time I'm burping or feel need to burp but can't all day anything I try n eat hurts or comes up but is very foamy or mucousy mostly mucus comes up I don't know what to do I've even had barium swallow that says I'm fine :/ I'm miserable...

[Julie norton 2,850]

Sounds like you might be too tight. You'll be OK but you really need to try not to throw up too often because it can cause band slips. The best thing to do is avoid getting stuck. It's good to keep papaya emzyme tablets around. Chew 3 and it helps get the food down. Put your hands/arms above your head and walk around.

Where do you get papayas enzyme? I use antacids some. And the walking

[mommyvega3 22]

It turned out that I had swelling from my band placement. I stayed in the hospital 3days and now I'm home and comfortable and losing!!! Its common I was told that after surgery you can have swelling from the band. My surgeon came all the way in to the hospital that whole weekend just to take care of me himself!! Lots of support from the staff and the best nurse!!!