hot food vs. cold food being able to go down

Just Banded · April 26, 2009

This is so weird- I tried eating tortellini the other day- it was served cold and went down fine.

Then I bought some at the store and boiled it and ate it hot. It got stuck and I had to pb it up!

I just tried it again today COLD and everything was fine

Does anyone have any information on the temperature of foods mattering to the band?

Claudine1975 · April 26, 2009

I don't have any temperature issues with food, but I do have them with liquids. I can not tolerate cold liquids. I seem to swell shut if I take a swig of an ice cold beverage. Warm to room temperature are OK. Sorry I can't help you with the warm food issue.

comtemplating · April 27, 2009

I am still on liquids so I haven't had the experience but was thinking........prior to banding when I had cold food in my mouth I think I would chew more. Especially cold pasta- it kinda sticks to your cheeks. Warm food can easily slide down your throat without chewing it. I could easily swallow tortollini without chewing much. Perhaps chew more? I have had the experience with temperature sensitivity with liquids though as the previous poster said.

Jachut · April 27, 2009

Warm is much easier for me.

Cold yogurt straight from the fridge first thing in the morning - whoa, forget about it. Instant blockage. Dangerous at other times of the day too - which is what makes yogurt a good snack for me, I have to eat it slowly and carefully.

Things that are REALLY cold like ice cream or a quickly gulped cold drink can set off agonising bellyaches for me. Its not blockage, its a colicky muscle spasm thing aches all the way up my esophagus and into the roof of my mouth, and its one of those horrible pains that you cant curl up into a ball to relieve, its just unrelenting. And if it happens, I really cant function, its obvious to all around that I'm in pain.