Sitting here with a golf ball

[Stitchy 0]

This is my second golf ball, although it is mild. The first one, I should have known better. Today, I made Breakfast for DH and me. Fluffy scrambled eggs - soft food. I portioned out one for me. I ate slowly, chewing, lubed with ketchup. Ate about 1/3 of it. Now I have a golf ball.

I think what is different about this one, is that I was really paying attention to how I was feeling just prior. I sighed. I wondered if I was full. I ate a couple more bites. Bingo! Golf ball! I think I learned something.

Question now: Is there anything I can do to help it to pass? Drink Water, or walk, or just wait it out?

[PhotoNut 7]

Dont drink anything. That usually makes it worse.

Ive had it happen twice and both times I was able to get it to pass by standing in a door way and putting my hands up on the door frame, higher than my head. Then I stretched and leaned this way and that until I burped and I guess it worked its way through.

[leatha_g 4]

Scrambled eggs is one of the very first 'golf balls' for many people. They are simply too dense and don't go through the stoma. I've heard some folks say they add cottage cheese when cooking them to make them softer. Personally, one try was enough for me. It's fried or boiled these days.

DO NOT pour liquid on top of it.

[Barb 0]

When this happens to me and I drink Water (which I seem to always think should help) I will PB, but it may take a while and the pain gets worse.

For immdiete relief the only trick I know is that if I am stuck and I can't get it up I take a drink of a carbonated beverage and the beverage and whatever is stuck comes right up. If you try this do it in the bathroom because it is immediete.

[DonnaB 3]

Wait it out. Don't try to wash it down, it will only hurt and will most likely come back up. My only PB was on scrambled eggs about a week ago and the sliming and heaving went on for six hours! Some people have sworn that meat tenderizer mixed with a little warm Water will help, some have posted about using Papaya Enzimes to stop a PB. I just know that Water won't help. So sorry you're going through this. It SUCKS and I feel your pain.

Scrambled eggs are from the devil and will never greet me from the Breakfast table EVER again. Good luck Stitchy, let us know how you're doing.

[Stitchy 0]

I feel a little better now. Not completely gone, but better. I tried PhotoNut's stretching and bending advice. Seemed to help. I also seemed to remember somewhere reading to take deep breaths with the thought that it compressed the stomach and helps get things moving. I'll hold off on Water awhile longer.

It will be awhile before I try scrambled eggs again. They were on my doctors list of early soft foods. Maybe for some, but not for me. What do you all think about poached eggs?

Thanks, everyone, for your advice.

[chabutter 0]

i like my scrambled eggs nice and crispy, blackened almost. If you guys cant get the drippy ones to go down, i probably wont even try this... have you tried noodles (thai styled noodles)

[leatha_g 4]

If you eat scrambled eggs, I would highly encourage you to add some softening agent, such as cottage cheese, during cooking and/OR mash them up with a fork, just as you would do with a baby. Then, only take the smallest of bites and wait for it to go through before you attempt another.

[DonnaB 3]

When I spoke with my doctor's Patient Advocate, she said that heating eggs quickly to a high temperature causes the Protein to solidify into solid blocks making them very difficult to pass through the stoma. She said if you scramble the eggs "in the French way" (?) they don't clump together the same way. She then explained that the french way is in a double boiler. Apparently the eggs cook slower and the protein in them doesn't react in the same way. Who knows? Not me! I just know I'm not eating scrambled eggs again! lol She also recommended poached or over easy eggs (cooked with a spray instead of grease) rather than scrambled! Apparently this happens a LOT!