Full or stuck food?

[jalangy 2]

What's the difference in feelings between eating one to many bites and having food stuck? I just started mushies and tried to eat a scrambled egg. I ate about half and had a very bad pain. I stopped eating and the pain went away after about 5 minutes.

[♕ajtexas♕ 3,771]

Sounds like you might have taken too big a bit, or not chewed the egg up enough and it had a hard time passing through your band.

If you get food 'stuck' you will know it. you get a very heavy painful feeling in your chest, your mouth starts to salivate a lot. Sometimes the food comes back up on it's own (aka PBing) and sometimes you have to wait it out and the food finally passes through.

If you eat 'one too many bits' you could experience the same feeling as getting stuck or just uncomfortable for a while.

You will learn to listen for what we call the 'soft stop' warning. This is your band saying 'ok that's enough, one more bit and it's not going down...' lol

Hope that answers your question. Good luck.

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

Your bites should be about the size of a fingernail and even then you need to chew chew chew. You also want to take about 20 minutes to finish a cup or so of food.... if you do that you shouldn't have that horrible stuck feeling.

[taraepperson 18]

Both suck! I hate the stuck feeling so I just end up regurgitating it. It's not throwing up because nothing comes from your stomach. It's just that one small thing that got stuck and saliva. I'm so used to it now, I can just walk in the other room, lean over the sink and I'm done in 30 seconds! Feels better than waiting with chest pain.

[MsRhonda 123]

Question but if you constantly do that wont that cause slippage

IM MY OWN MOTIVATION

[Justme43 0]

How do you know if you have too much Fluid or if your band has slipped? I had my second fill this week and I feel like everything hurts or gets stuck or I throw up. I can't even take my meds now.

[SueBee01 630]

Too tight!

[taraepperson 18]

My Dr said to give it a couple of days after a fill before eating full solids again. I once had a fill and couldn't keep anything down so I had them take some out. It was a mistake. 2 weeks later I had to go in for another fill and pay again.