Stuck Steak and Pouch Pain
Hi All, I am 5 years out and enjoying the benifits of my R/Y Gastric Bybass. Ive had food stuck on a couple of occassions but although painfull and very uncomfortable it usually passes in 1-5 hours. 3 times in 5 years so I figure I'm doing ok. This past Sunday however, I ate a half a filet mignion. I never eat steak, and it will be a long time until I try it again.... I ended up in the hospital for 3 days. Two days on pain meds waiting for it to pass and then one day waiting for the scope to make sure everything was ok. It passed on its own and the Dr said the scope looked fine. I felt pretty good on Wed but today it feels like someone punched me in the stomach. It is the first time ive vomited multiple times (8-9) (sorry for that) and first time I had a scope done so I am asking if any of you have experienced severely stuck food, vomiting, and a scope, and if so did you feel pain on the days to follow. It would also be nice to know how long the pain lasted. (Sorry for the long post and I look forward to your replies) Thanks Pete
Hi Pete- I've had food stuck a few times and spent hours burping. Sometimes it passes on its own and sometimes not. My weird thing is that I can no longer eat certain types of food. I can't eat Chinese food at all. I almost always vomit afterward. Steak is so dense that I'm sure its harder to digest. Hope you are doing better now. JCNY
The same thing happens to me now and again. Certain foods will get stuck and then I burp and want to vomit and am uncomfortable for hours until it finally passes. I can't eat spaghetti noodles either-if I want spaghetti, I have to eat angel hair pasta. I guess on the up side it means that my pouch is still intact!!