doesn't make sense

Can anybody explain to me why my daugher has trouble swallowing (RNY 6/6), food getting
stuck in esophogus, when the RNY had nothing to do with her throat?  This happens on the
first bite with an empty stomache so I know it ish't the food backing up due to a full pouch?  Any
tricks to get food unstuck?  Fern's Mom

I'm not a doctor, nor an expert, but I DO know the same thing still happens to me and I am over 3 years out.  It happens to me when I try to swallow too big a bite, or I eat too fast.  Your daughter should be eating like a baby - teensy bites and rest in between.  I remember that I was told to put down my fork and wait a few minutes before taking the next teensy bite.  Easier said than done!!

JudyAnne

HIJACK!

Hi Angel!

I was just thinking of shooting you a message, but I have been too lazy (plain and simple! LOL) lately.

I have a new pic up in my weeklys today! I am FINALLY starting to see the difference myself!

How have you been? We should get together soon!


Shells

That has to be it, but I still don't understand why, as the throat has not changed from the surgery, right?

Ditto to what Judy said, that would be the only thing I could think of, and I also have the same issue. Have her ask her surgeon next time she see's them, or give the office a call and ask the nurse!


Shells

Once stuck, the only way I get unstuck is to spit it back up. Some people use papaya enzymes to dissolve the food.

Basically, I had to unlearn 30 years of bad habits, and it is SOOOO easy to to just jump into a familiar dish and take a big bite--and usually the first bite is the biggest and chewed the least.

Tell her to REALLY take her time, take tiny bites, and chew chew chew. It was probably 3-4 months out when I wasn't throwing up once per day due to this. I am 6 months now, and haven't gotten better. It is now like once every couple weeks, usually on particular foods.

(meatballs this weekend....UGH!)

Thanks, that has to be it!!!!!