Blockage

[sbertelsen 0]

Has anyone experienced having something blocking the band? If so what on earth do you do about it? My doctor says come in the morning and that is 7 hours away.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

pineapple juice is supposed to work. Sip small sips of pineapple juice and it's supposed to dissolve what is stuck. Also papaya enzyme tablets will break up whatever food is stuck. You can get them at Walmart where the Vitamins are. Most of the time however, people will just end up throwing up whatever food is not going through the band.

[JamieNP 20]

I read in a lapband book that meat tenderizer in warm Water helps too

[noosagirl 0]

All of the above plus I find apple cider is the one that works best for me.

[dfox3325 0]

My theory is to go lay down.

I had a piece of chicken stuck and walked around trying to ease the pain.

I finally laid down on the bed for about an hour and the pain started to go away.

I think when laying down the digestive juices from your bottom part of your stomach sort of go up into your pouch, thus disolving the stuck item.

You have to remember, most of your digestive juices are at the bottom of your stomach, there are less in the pouch just because of gravity!!

It only makes sense.

Just remember to chew, chew, chew. Getting things stuck will remind you of that.

[Totallytater 1]

Luckily I don't get stuck very often, but here is what I do. Be warned. This is gross. Many people would disagree with me, but I stick my finger towards the back of my mouth and throw up several times. It's not regular vomit. It is clumps of thick mucous and slime. And a very little bit of undigested food (that is stopping me up). It's not the normal acid stuff. Then the following 24 hours I just drink liquids until things calm down again. Hope this helps.

[DanTheMan 0]

My experiences are very similar to Totalltater.

I become a saliva machine when I get blocked. My mouth produces the stuff by the bucket and my nose runs like it's in the desert being chased by a lion. After about 10 minutes of this I make my way to the bathroom and produce a "saliva jelly fish" in the toity bowl. The mucous and slime that Totallytater refers to is saliva and nasal drip. Thankfully, it's tasteless except for maybe a hint of whatever it was that was eaten in the first place.

I experience no acid flavor at all but I lost my gall bladder years ago (from the MediFast diet) so not having a bile reservoir might play a role. I think it's because the blockage is basically before the stomach and the body knows when something is stuck and the brain tells the mouth and nose to "get busy"