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Hi everyone,

Last night, I fixed gnocchi al gorgonzola for dinner (potato dumplings of sorts). I was so excited, as I'd had it once at a restaurant and it was absolutely beautiful. One teeny tiny dumpling into the meal and I had an elephant sitting on my chest :/

Did the whole slime thing several times, but nothing more than that came up. Tried to push it down with a bit of Diet Coke, as my dietitian had advised. Nothing worked. After about 2 hours, I fell asleep.

This morning, my coffee doesn't want to go down.

From reading other posts, I take it I'm meant to stay on liquids for 24 hours. But are liquids meant to be difficult to get down now? Not sure if it's still stuck there, or if my esophagus is just agitated.

I will never have gnocchi again .. LOL! Thought it'd be fine, as I can easily do a baked potato.

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Iti s most likely your esophagus is irritated and swollen from the whole PB event

My Dr. reccomends 24-48 hors of liquids after a PB

I did not listen once to him and I sufferend miserable for 2 weeks with the worst case of esophagitis. Now I know better.

You dietician advised pushing it down with a diet coke? OH MY I would die if I tried to do that, for one liquids make me back up when food is stuck and then to drink carbonation to push it through I would want to die of the pain..OUCH

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Thanks La madam :)

Yea, she said the acid, combined with the bubbles, would generally tend to make a stuck item go down. Its worked before for me, when I stupidly thought I could have a bite of loaf bread heh. This time however, I think it probably made things a bit worse.

That said, she (the dietitian) is a skinny little thing who's never had the surgery and has chocolate bars sitting on her desk, so what does she know *g*

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Yup...that's one of the many reasons gnocchi isn't considered a particularly good choice for bandsters...exactly the right consistency to get nice and stuck in a ball...

Protein first, then produce, then, if there's room, something starchier or a small treat.

Sounds like your stoma is very irritated.

Drinking on top of something stuck is, for most folks, the worst thing they can do...will cause a puke more likely that not...

Nancy

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ok not yet baqnded so i am not sure what in the world a PB is? My medical guess would be a blockage to me. can anyone help me out on this?

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ok not yet baqnded so i am not sure what in the world a PB is? My medical guess would be a blockage to me. can anyone help me out on this?
Hi Tina,

PB means productive burp.

After being banded, if you eat too fast, don't chew enough or eat something too doughy, it can get stuck. It causes a very tight feeling, almost like bad indigestion. Usually, this can be sorted out by a good burp LOL, thus the name. PB sounds better smile.gif

It's not a pleasant feeling and if it happens, you'll probably swear off the food that caused it for life.

I'm quite new to all of this as well, so someone else might be able to give a better definition though...

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