Question:
food getting stuck
Hi lately just about everything i eat gets stuck and it hurs like crazy, I have to drink water to get it down. Is this normal. I am 10 months out from lap band, 7 fill no weight lost in 8 months. hate the lap band — JANIECEMOM (posted on May 29, 2009)
May 29, 2009
Julia,
Sounds like a call to your doctor is in order to make sure everything is
ok - it's possible that your band has slipped or there is some kind of easy
fix.
— stellarsan
May 29, 2009
Are you chewing it a lot? like to mush? That might be the problem,
otherwise maybe your last fill was just a little too much.
— mystimel
May 29, 2009
no i do no chew to much.
— JANIECEMOM
May 29, 2009
i will call them on monday. I had my last fill a month ago.and it just
start doing that this week.
— JANIECEMOM
May 29, 2009
I too have had this problem and it takes me a few days to "get
it" - Duh for me - I think what is happening is that we are not
chewing well enough on the first bites (or on all of them). The food gets
stuck and then our stoma gets swollen. That starts a cycle of daily stuck
episodes where it continues to keep our stomas swollen and we continue to
get stuck. What you really need to do is take a few days of full liquids
only (pureed soup, pudding, protein shakes, etc) and drink VERY small sips
at a time. AFter a few days, advance slowly up to mushies then to regular
food again, but ALWAYS take tiny bites and chew, chew chew. If the food has
even one little chunk it can get stuck and start the cycle all over again.
— Judy A.
May 30, 2009
Make your food a little wetter and chew chew chew, if this doesn't work,
get to the doctor at once.
— lesleigh07
June 3, 2009
I've had swedish lap band for 10 years and you can sabotage the band also;
if your 8 months out and not losing weight, it may have slipped -- talk to
your doctor. he may take x-rays of fluroscope.
I was never able to eat chicken, pasta, rice, and various meats; some
things you learn, even if you cut them into small portions. When I was out
to dinner, I always asked the waiter to have the meat(s) cut into small
biting portions -- and then I tip extra.
My band became infected this year, otherwise I maintained my weight loss
for 10 years as I said. (Doctor who wasn't as experienced yet in many
surgeries and especially repair kept sticking the port to find the area to
withdraw or insert fluid; so it became infected and I had to have it
removed. Now I've had revision surgery RNY on 5/21/09 and doing well.
Always can call your doctor's nurse with any questions and here also.
— Rickey V.
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