First time food stuck

[Christy929 18]

I ate without it being liquid & food got stuck. Holy only it hurt. My question is, did anyone experience pain hours after when eating something else?

[2muchfun 8,927]

I've been stuck a lot over the last 2 1/2 years and have never had pain when I ate again soon after. But, it's conceivable that you caused some swelling and bruised the stoma. Remember to eat very small, eat very slowly and chew to mush.

[terrydumont46 1,954]

I ate walnuts once and they got stuck. I used Water to clear the pouch and band. a few hours later I had dinner and got stuck right away. again I used water and not only did my dinner come up but a piece of the walnut shot out. walnuts are off my list of foods needless to say. it's hard sometimes to know if the band stoma has cleared everything out.

[relief57 53]

Good to know. I had cottage cheese and banana at midnight and I can still feel the pressure. I've been drinking liquids but to no avail so far. No pain though.

[2muchfun 8,927]

Good to know. I had cottage cheese and banana at midnight and I can still feel the pressure. I've been drinking liquids but to no avail so far. No pain though.

If you can drink liquids you have nothing in your pouch. Fluids will wash food in your esophagus and pouch through the stoma.

[BandedBrunette481 310]

Good to know. I had cottage cheese and banana at midnight and I can still feel the pressure. I've been drinking liquids but to no avail so far. No pain though.

Bananas always sit weird with me too and I experience that "pressure" feeling for a while. I just stopped eating them because it felt too much like I might get stuck (I never did and never have though!)

[silly_weasel 39]

After you have a stuck episode, it's good to go on mushies or liquids for a day or two, to give your stoma a rest and time for the possible swelling to go down. After that you should be good to go. But if you continue to eat hard food after a stuck episode, it may get stuck again and exaggerate the problem, causing a vicious cycle.

[LeeB1946 261]

I had 3 stuck episodes and after each one I did not want to put anything in my mouth for hours. Then I only used liquids or mushy foods for the next 12 to 24 hours. One of my stucks lasted for about 4 hours of slimming and spitting, but could not throw up, try as I might. Dry leftover meatloaf, never again.