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Ouch! I have been on soft foods with the green light to progress to regular foods. Tonight I ate 1/2 cup shepherds pie made with ground turkey (layer of turkey meatloaf with layer of corn and topped with layer of mashed potatoes). I went slow but am thinking perhaps the corn is not band friendly??? or at least not yet?? here's why:

every 5 minutes or so i feel a tight pain right smack, dab in front of my sternum area...like pressure type of pain, then it stops. almost reminds my of when i was pregnant and the baby was pushing his foot strait out as if nearly poking through my skin..only much higher, and slightly more painful.:D could this be the corn gettiing stuck kernel by kernel??? I know I chewed the meat well enough..but the corn isn't as easy to chew to oblivion.

thoughts????

Edited by katwmn63

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Corn is listed as a food that may cause problems on the notes that I was given.

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I definitely have trouble with corn. I also have trouble with white potatos, even mashed. It's a little bit like swollowing sawdust and glue, it just packs up on me. I can eat it, but I have to be very careful and take small bites.

You perfectly described a stuck. Good thing you took it slow. A PB often follows that same feeling if you can't get it through. I used to think if I took one more bite or drink a sip that it would push it through. NOT, it just compounds the problem.

Good job figuring that out so early on your band journey though. Now you know that corn may not be your friend right now. You will also find that what you can eat one day may not be the same as what you can eat another day. The band can be fickle from time to time.

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Hi, I am on soft foods and I buy fresh corn and cook it and then cut it off the cob and put it in to the magic bullet with skim milk, its kinda like creamed corn and doesn't cause any problems!

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