Food Stuck

[graysfirst 0]

I had my surgery Sept. 8th. I have lost 18 lbs. My physian started filling my band 6 weeks after surgery and I am up to 6 cc's as of Thursday. I did great Thursday no issues I was on liquids. Yesterday I did great had a piece of ham and baked potato chips. When down great. Then supper hit me. I had been craving a hamburger. I have not attempted this. Did not have the bread, just the fixings. Took a bite and I thought I felt strange in my stomach. Took a couple of more bites and the pain hit. I managed to get something up, but it was not the meat. Could not drink anything. So I went to bed and thought it would go down during the night. Woke up and did Breakfast. Took a bite of egg and it's not going down. Do I need to go to the ER and have them deflate me?

[DianaG 0]

I haven't gotten stuck yet on food, but after a fill they had me drink Water, and it wouldn't go down. Lots of pain until the doc took out some saline.

I have read, on this board, that after you have a stuck episode you should not eat solid food for 2 or 3 days in order for the swelling to go down. If you eat solid food too soon, you will just irritate the already irritated stomach tissue.

I have also heard that finding a doc in the ER that knows how to remove some saline may be hard to do. If I were you, I would call the ER and tell them what happened and see if there is someone there who can remove some saline, or if they can get a doc with lapband experience to meet you there. Does your doctor have an emergency phone number where you can reach the doctor on call on weekends? If so, you could try that number also.

Good luck to you! Please let us know what happens.

[JoJo1 0]

My instructions said to do liquids for two days then mushies and gradually add solid food. Then it says if there is any trouble, go back to liquids for 12 more hours. You really really need to chew well when you reach restriction. I would do liquids for 12 hours and see if it helps, then call the ER.

[kiz 1]

I agree with the others, that as long as you can get liquids down, you can wait a little. Personally, I'd wait until Monday if I could drink okay to determine if I needed to see my surgeon. If, however, you can't get liquids down, or if you're in pain, I'd go in for the emergency unfill without a doubt. Hopefully, a couple of days of liquids followed by a couple of days of soft foods will get you back on track. It sometimes takes up to two weeks for residual swelling to go down after a fill.

(My doctor's recommendation is that if by the end of two weeks, you're not comfortably back to solid meals, come back in for a slight unfill.)