First Little Scare

[jj7481 363]

Yesterday was a fun experience for me. I found myself being unable to drink even the smallest amount of Water without feeling full and subsequent nausea. The night before I was preparing my meals for the next day (like I do the days before I work). I had boiled some eggs and took a bite into an egg I thought was cooled....it wasn't. Instinctively I swallowed about a 1/3 of an egg that was maybe chewed 3x. For some reason I immediately thought "Man, I hope that doesn't cause a blockage."

As yesterday progressed I knew in my head what was going on, but couldn't bring myself to calling my surgeons office (the NP is on call 24/7). Finally after not being able to keep even water down I made the call. The NP advised me to get Papaya Enzyme tablets and follow our guidebook recommendations (4 tablets - wait 2 hours with repeat x1, then 4 tablets and wait 3 hours). The third dose and time ended up working like a charm and I'm back to water and soft foods until I can tolerate more.

Word of caution: make sure your food is cool enough to eat. Your instincts may kick in and cause you to swallow food that will obstruct your outflow.

[The Candidate 3,215]

So glad you were able to get things moving again. I can only imagine how scary that must have been. But like you said it'll serve as a constant reminder not to do it again.

[jj7481 363]

Very much so. Bariatric surgery post op is definitely an experiment and continual learning process.

[Cervidae 2,389]

Scary! Glad it's resolved and you're feeling better. I think most of us have or will eventually do some silly thing like this. It's a learning process.

[jj7481 363]

I have found that most of the setbacks I've experienced (vomiting, dumping, etc) were my own bone headed mistakes. lol

The feeling of nothing going down, even Water, started to get to me. I think I was more freaked out about the possibility of having to get an upper GI scope done to clear the blockage.

[mngreeneyes 674]

So glad you are doing better. Thanks for the head's up!

pam