Anyone have a fish bone stuck?

Jessiebear · May 11, 2006

I had this happen 2 days ago. I was eating baked fish filets that my uncle had fileted with a electric knife. Before I knew it, I had swallowed a tiny little bone. I can't do bread, so that was not gonna be the answer! Lonnie told me to drink a little vinegar (old wive's tale that may work - I don't know). I did & 30 minutes later I hurled (straight vinegar is not good for my banded tummy). The good thing is that the bone came up. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this experience? I have been on liquids & mushies since that episode. I really baby my band!

Jachut · May 11, 2006

I wont eat fish with bones at the best of times. I like fish but I'm really squeamish about it - Doug has a passion for fishing but I will not touch, look at or cook anything he brings home, I cant stand handling it. Yuck. And if he cooks it I wont eat it because of the bones, nor will the kids. If he wants us to eat it he better bloody learn to fillet it properly then.

I buy it from the fish shop already cleaned up and nice to eat, lol. I toss what he's caught out and go and buy the same thing properly prepared and lie about it, tell him it's his fish.

So no, I"ve never had a fishbone stuck but the thought has occurred to me how bad this could be for a bnaded person.

Jessiebear · May 11, 2006

LOL! Jacqui, that is hilarious!!! It really was the most scarey thing I have had happen to me so far. I don't think I will be eating fish again for a very long time!

Marimaru · May 11, 2006

Wow. I've never had a fishbone stuck, pre or post band. I can't even imagine.

Jacqui, maybe if you tell your husband what you do with his fish, he'll learn how to filet them? It's not that hard to do, and fresh fish is so yummy. :Banane13:

FunnyDuddies · May 11, 2006

my dad got a fish bone from salmon stuck in his windpipe once. he had to go to the hospital to have it removed. It was funny at the time, and looking back, cause he sounded like a cat hacking up a hairball. HUCK HUCK ACK!

hehehehe

I am sorry you went through it though. I do not mean to make light. It does happen. I had it happen, but it was close enough to the top where DH could pull it out with a pair of tweezers. We try to clean all the bones out of the fish, but when they are as thin as whiskers and clear, you miss a few sometimes. Interesting about the vinegar. I guess it did work! LOL

Jessiebear · May 11, 2006

Well, yeah, I guess it did! LOL!! When we were kids, a bunch of neighborhood families would get together & have fish fries. Someone always got a bone stuck (usually me). All I had to do was eat a piece of bread & it would push it on down. But I can't do bread now!!!! Oh well! You live & you learn!

Jachut · May 11, 2006

Maybe if you ate the bread, it would push it up? lol.

Kat817 · May 11, 2006

Every summer as a kid we went camping at a reservoir just north of us, and we ate the fish they caught. But they always kept a bottle of that Real Lemon lemon juice out, and they said it would disolve the bone if you swallowed it. Now I never had it happen, nor do I ever remember seeing anyone drink it....but I remember it ALWAYS being there!

Kat

Jessiebear · May 12, 2006

ewwwwwwww! I don't know what would be worse, the vinegar or lemon juice! The vinegar was horrible though!!! I don't want to have to repeat that anytime soon! LOL!