First Stuck - Still feeling sick

[kimk1999 450]

After my 2 week liquid diet, 2 week mushie diet, I have finally progressed to solid foods. I was really hungry and wanted a bite of bread. Bread has gone down before, but I didn't chew it enough yesterday. It did not go down well. My body didn't even want to swallow Water. I forced some Water down but it didn't move the bread. I did have to go to the bathroom at the restaurant and it was just, I guess it's called more of a PB than full on vomiting. The bread still didn't come up but I felt a bit better. I was able to eat my meal. Fast forward to today, my throat still feels swollen and I still feel sick. I only had a Protein shake this morning. I called my surgeons office and the nurse said to stay on warm liquids for 24 hours and to call them back if I don't feel better. I have not had a fill yet and was thinking it would go down since my surgery swelling went down. Sigh.

Do you guys have any other suggestions? Have you still felt nauseated the next day? I feel more like there's something still in the back of my throat and that makes me feel like I need to throw up. It's difficult to drink coffee or anything else. It's going down, but my body doesn't want to swallow anything.

[kll724 3,055]

I like your surgeon's office suggestion. It is important to stay on liquids for a day after stuck because you are swollen from being stuck and pb'ing. Take it easy, your surgeon may have put in a starter fill. bread is hard for us to digest because it is so soft and doughy! Take care, Kare..aka.kll724

[kimk1999 450]

I'm just so used to when I'm feeling sick / nauseated that I want saltines and either a coke or ginger ale to settle my stomach.

[Bandista 7,466]

Oh dear, so sorry. Hope you feel better today. It's a reminder to us to take it easy, choose wisely and chew slowly. I don't eat bread as not only is it too Gummy but I am also trying to do Protein first then veggies. I have had a slice of gluten-free toast with an egg on it -- the GF is not glutenous (well, duh) but also the egg soaked into the bread and made it softer. However, now that I've had another fill I doubt I would try this again. I just had a stuck episode recently (it was fish, cold and overcooked and I probably ate it too fast!). Even the day or two after I was still taking it very easy, doing liquids, smoothies, applesauce & yogurt, etc. Now I'm back to having a bit of chili, etc. "Real" food, which is my goal.

Best part of this post is that you called it in and got advice from your surgeon's office. That's what they are there for! We are here to tell you we have done it as well and we sympathize! Best wishes!

[kimk1999 450]

It's my fault. I knew better. I was just hungry and didn't eat tiny bites and/or just wait for normal food. Longhorn bread is just soooo good.

Thanks for your sympathies. This is no fun. I guess I'm glad that I learned at this stage and it was just a small date night with the fiancé and not a big group meal. Also, I'm glad that I did make it to the bathroom in time.

I was so excited to get to solid food that I progressed too quickly. Mushies are easy to chew well. Real food takes more thought.

[steph2012 252]

Your surgeon gave you good advice - liquids for a while until the swelling goes down, warm liquids are best as it relaxes your band.

bread is a difficult food for most bandsters. I have difficulty with certain types of rice, Pasta, uncooked veggies. I'm sure there are other things but these are the ones that come to mind.

Hope you feel better soon!

[FloridaGal 41]

If I could give you one piece of advice (besides warm clear broth) it would be to just stop eating bread. It ultimately is one of the reasons we are in need of a band to begin with... and it usually doesn't go down very well any way .