My 1st stuck food

TulipStar · September 27, 2007

At work I ate a mini-muffin. Please note people-- this was MINI.

I now know what y'all mean by something getting "stuck". To be honest, I didn't think I had ANY restriction. I have been able to eat anything. This is the first food I have had an issue with.

No big loss. Muffins are overrated anyway!

Candle · September 27, 2007

Good to know - I don't feel any restricton and I'm about to go to solids. I'll be careful.

Did you try and eat it in one bite?

lisa_hawaii · September 27, 2007

what did you do? how did you feel? i am 2 weeks post op - starting soft foods but really really i have been eating whatever i want - but no breads. i ate tuna and i felt like it almost hurt after a couple bites. i wasnt sure if i needed to throw up to get it out or not so i just kind of walked around and i felt better. plus i have issues with CHEWING -- i tend to just swallow.... habbits!!! so being i have never really felt the STUCK thing i want to know more about it....

thx lisa

TulipStar · September 27, 2007

It felt like there was a ball stuck in my stomach. Like a lump...

I just waited it out. It passed after about 3 hours. It wasn't so much painful as it was uncomfortable. I was at work and I couldn't leave so I just stuck it out. It just passed in the last 30 minutes and now my stomach is grumbling like crazy. It must be doing extra work to digest those carbs.

I did eat it in one bite, but to be honest I have had NO restriction and have been eating like I always have and haven't had any problems up to this point. I think normally I take smaller bites than most. I usually tend to try to eat pretty healthy (no fried foods, lots of protein) so I think I will keep trying to avoid the blatant bad carbs and processed foods.

Princessannod1 · September 30, 2007

You where banded on 9/10/07 and eating muffins already? WoW!!! your doing great.

Candle · October 1, 2007

Just because you CAN eat the same size bites/portions that you could before, doesn't mean you SHOULD.

Even if you aren't worried about damaging your band (!) at least for behavior modification.

Take care of yourself. I know how hard it is. I don't have any restriction yet either. (I actually dreamed about eating sugar Cookies last night - lol)

paddi · January 19, 2009

Hey, for a couple of weeks there every day my food was getting stuck and I don't feel that I have that much restriction. The dietition told me it was because I was stressed and I think that is true. It was no particular food. Just any food. It is so frustrating as you can't eat for a long time after and the only thing that helps is to drink coke or make myself sick. I think I need another fill but don't know if I should because the food is getting stuck all the time. Also is there anyone else who is very aware of their port. Mine can be actually sore sometimes and I have knocked it against some things. I haven't heard of this happenong to anybody else.