I have something stuck and it just wont go down!

[sweetie78 0]

Hello people,

for the last 3 days I have something stuck, its a piece of a cherry I ate 3 days ago. I still can eat and drink but the damn piece wont budge, I feel it in my troat. I don't gag easely so Im not able to make myself vomit to get it unstock, I tried the papaye enzym, the hot Water ... everything and nothing works. So this morning I called my surgeon office, he is not in today :thumbup: they told me to go to the hospital and if he is not there someone else will take care of me. So I went there and the stupid secretary page him, he didnt called back, so I waited waited until her superviser came along, a really nice lady. She told me that the surgeon on call today didn't do lapband, but tomorow the guy that was there could unfilled me but she kind of told me he was doing it only for emergency, so that didnt sound right to me. My surgeon would have been there on monday she asked me if I could wait, I said yes, and I left. So I was home drinking hot tea hoping it would pass and the hospital called, the lady on the phone asked me if I was the right Julie that went in this morning to see a surgeon, I was really impress!!!!!:smile:(the hospital in my town doesn't have a really good reputation) My surgeon finaly called back and they told him my story and he made a few calls and got me a surgeon that do lapband to take care of me this afternoon. I was so happy!!!!! The surgeon that Im gonna see is scared it might be something else, he said something about a pulmonary embolisim, I have no clue whats that got to do with my lapband but will see... Im scared and happy at the same time!!!:thumbup::thumbup: its my first time being this stuck!

wish me luck, I'll tell you about it later.

Julie

sorry if this was long:blushing:

[lapbandtalker 0]

Good luck! Hate when that happens.

If I get something stuck and it won't go down, I bring it back up with pineapple juice or sodapop.

How wonderful you have such a great support team around you. Let us know how it goes.

[sweetie78 0]

Hello,

so I went back to the hospital, God I hate that place! The nurse that called me was there, actually the departement was close but she was waithing with me for the surgeon to arrive because he was in surgery. He was really nice, he was a bite suprise that I could still drink or eat with the feeling I had in my troat. He took out 1cc and told me to wait and see how I would feel tomorow morning. As he took that cc out, I felt some kind of releif! My troat is really really sore because of all the caughing I had for the last few days, so Im not even able to tell if the piece is still there or not!!! My troat is almost shotclose(Im wondering if my problem was not my troat all along???) If tomorow morning its the same he wants me to come in and have the test that you have to swallow barium and then I'll have to wait(few hours to see my surgeon). Im not sure if I want to wait a few hours + Im sure my troat will still be sore, so my plan is to wait until tuesday(when he is available) and if Im still feeling it then go in and have the test.

Oh and the pulmonary embolism thing they said was because he tought I just had my surgery and that is one of the possible complication after surgery. but not for someone that as had there surgery 6 months ago.

I'll come back and let you know whats going on.

Julie