My band is bipolar! Stuck!!!

[Christina.Rose 287]

I will be fine for days and then eat two bites of food ( chicken today, but super juicy and soft!) And I'm stuck and miserable which makes eating for the rest of the day almost impossible. How do I get unstuck if it's taking a really long painful time? I don't think I'm too tight because I've been fine for weeks since my last fill, but all my PBing today is making me swollen, I think. Semi rambling, how do I get unstuck!?

[terrydumont46 1,954]

i was like that a few weeks ago. my doctor explained how easy it is to get swollen over really simple stuff. mine was Water. and the rest of the day i couldnt even sip fluids. finally someone on here told me to drink warm tea. i also took a pain pill at the same time. i had to chew it, yuck. all of the sudden the tea was staying down. something relaxed i guess. even after this awful incident i got a .5 cc fill 2 weeks later and i am doing better than ever. how i get unstuck on items is walking. than i try a little bit of water, it usually makes me burp which makes me feel so much better. the air from my stomach likely unlodges the item stuck. i try hard not to spit up. good luck

[GoingforGoal 1,734]

Christina,

Have you heard of papaya enzyme? It's a natural enzyme you can buy over the counter that bariatric surgeons recommend to help break down food if it gets stuck. That's an option.

Also, once inflammation starts at the stoma, it may continue to feel tight as if you are stuck, but in reality your stoma is just irritated and swollen. You definitely want to lay low and keep to fluids until the swelling subsides. Further irritation puts you at risk for total occlusion in which nothing will pass because your stoma is so swollen.

[Christina.Rose 287]

Wow, I got so overfilled once I could not drink Water so I know how terrible that feels! I think I'm going to get some papaya enzyme because I am afraid of all the PBing or vomit wrecking my band. I'm still not 100% sure when PB turns into vomit. Sigh. If anyone ever tells me WLS is the easy way out I swear I will knock them out.

[jhshriver 17]

I haven't tried it yet, however I've seen pineapple juice as a remedy in other threads.

[terrydumont46 1,954]

and i have papaya. just didn't know. thanks will give it a try next time