Food getting stuck

[glenncol 2]

Hi all

I had By-pass surgery on the 1st of May

Last Thursday I started on the soft foods diets, I decided to have flaked fish with some sort of wet stuff called sauce, i found the fish got stuck and ended up in pain for just over an hour. I either did not chew my food enough or the fish was a little dry (the latter would be the culprit i think)

I know there is an issue with the opening being smaller of something like that, is that an issue while healing of that is that perminant?

[KCgirl061 1,533]

That will get easier but is still a potential problem far out. I had it happen myself last night and I'm 10 months out. Just got too excited about my food and ate it too fast.

[GradyCat 3,697]

There are still some foods that my stomach doesn't like yet like steak (too dense) and shredded chicken and soft tortillas. Your body will tell you what you can and can't tolerate for a while. It changes as time passes.

[ms.sss 15,786]

Agree with the others above. Generally, eating too fast or too much is the cause of this. Or eating something that your body (for whatever reason) takes a while to digest.

For me its chunk tuna from a can. I can only take maybe 1-2 tablespoons of this stuff before I get that need-to-barf feeling. Meanwhile, grilled steak or dry baked chicken go down just fine.

You will learn over time which foods agree with you and how fast you can can eat it (or whatever)...for now, take it slllooooooowwwwwww. Take a couple bites at a time, and take a break in between these bites to gauge where you are.

Good Luck!