Food Stuck over 2 hours, worst feeling ever!!!

[ImaGoofball 0]

So I had one bite of an egg white omelet with ham. BIG MISTAKE. I'm here at work and dying a slow death. It's been stuck for almost 2 hours now. I've been sliming the whole time. Throwing up periodically, obviously nothing coming out but saliva, in chunks! :crying:

Has anyone else experienced this and for this long? Will it ever pass? I feel like there's a tennis ball in my chest that won't go up or down. Please go away!!

[rcruz 0]

Oh Hun I am so sorry!!! I have not experienced this yet but I am sure your very uncomfortable. GOSH I am so sorry, I am not sure if it's slimming but on Saturday I ate a sandwich and it was stuck in my chest and it took a while to go down I kept swallowing and swallowing and started crying out of feeling scared. So maybe I have experienced it huh? I hope it passes sorry I can't give you any advice but your not alone.

[ImaGoofball 0]

It's subsided.... but man was it scary. 2 hours is what scared me the most! Thanks for the reply.

[PATCHELTON 0]

So I had one bite of an egg white omelet with ham. BIG MISTAKE. I'm here at work and dying a slow death. It's been stuck for almost 2 hours now. I've been sliming the whole time. Throwing up periodically, obviously nothing coming out but saliva, in chunks! :crying:

Has anyone else experienced this and for this long? Will it ever pass? I feel like there's a tennis ball in my chest that won't go up or down. Please go away!!

I had the same experience at work. I contemplated going to the ER, but decided to try and tough it out. I had eaten some ham steak followed by some salad. No nausea, but major chest discomfort (and I work in a Cardiologists' office too). The sliming started, and I spent about 2 hours back and forth to the bathroom to expell the slime. Never brought up the ham, and maybe one Romaine leaf, and some green slime. Eventually it did subside. If yours does not CALL YOUR SURGEON. People have needed help getting unstuck. If it passes on its own, I would suggest liquids for the rest of the day to give your pouch a rest. If in doubt, call the bariatric surgeon's office. They can advise you.

[Hollie519 1]

You shouldn't be experincing that. Call your doctor. They said if i couldn't drink any Water a half hour after, than i need to see them immediately. That kind of stuff can cause your band to slip. Than you have to have recorrective suregery. I can't stress how important it is that you contact your doctor.

[Hollie519 1]

You guys should be contacting your doctor way before 2 hours! It's not joke! Not that i think you would take it that way but i made the mistake of waiting and it could have been horrible. I had to have my band deflated and on liquid for two weeks. It sent me into a downward spiral and i gained 10 pounds!

[Mariposa 0]

NOTE TO SELF: No ham steak or ham.. lol.. sorry.. this is my fear getting banded next week.. probably will live off of soft foods and protien shakes forever! lol

[Hollie519 1]

Don't limit yourself on what you can eat. Its about how well you chew and the small bites you take. There is no certain food I avoid except things that are really bready. Those things just make one big ball and clog your hole. :/

[Cherlita 0]

Go the nearest Vitamin or health store to get some chewable Papaya Enzyme tablets. Make sure you get the sugar free. The pills I have have sorbitol in them, it's such a small amount that I don't care as long as I get relief. I don't go anywhere with the Papaya enzyme. It gives me almost immediate relief from that stuck pain. Works especially well for Protein.

Good luck.

Cherlita :crying: