Getting stuck?

[aries477 5]

Hi. I've had 3 or 4 fills and I believe I am at 5 or 6 cc now. Since my fill last month I have had some scary experiences. I felt a searing pain in my esophagus and the need to throw up but couldn't. I have always had problems throwing up. I even tried to stick my fingers down my throat and that didn't help. I'm pretty sure each event was triggered by eating too big of a bite and/or too fast. Is this normal?

[2911plans 16]

The searing pain concerns me. That is not normal. Have you consulted your surgeon?

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Talk to your surgeon. Don't put your fingers down your throat ever again. Retching to throw up food can cause a band slip. That's serious.

[B-52 7,113]

When one starts to get restriction after a few fills, then one must learn to eat differently all over again....

That's why fills are done in stages, so you can gradually adjust to it....

Imagine, if there were n o adjustments, fills, and from the operating table your band was adjusted to the max....it would be a disaster. You would not last a week.

I have experienced pain when swallowing something too large, and too hard....so I have learned not to take large swallows, and not to eat harsh foods. One of many lessons learned along the way.

I have also been stuck more times than I can remember, and have my ways of getting un-stuck. But the best remedy is to learn why you got stuck, and avoid doing so in the future.

WLS will change your life....that's not a cliche...you will change the way you eat, what you eat, and how much you eat...just the opposite from what made us obese....

I read here all the time from people complaining about this and that, and although I will not call them out on it, I can tell they are fighting change...they are unwilling to give up that old lifestyle...

[jazlene 1]

Talk to your surgeon. Don't put your fingers down your throat ever again. Retching to throw up food can cause a band slip. That's serious.

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