Well Dang...ouch, owiie, yuck

I was banded Jan 10th and have been reading stuff on here to kind of get an idea what is normal and what to expect. I have my post-op appt. tomorrow and will be starting on mushy foods. I've been doing really good so far except for mild nausea and diarrhea last week and the opposite of diarrhea the last couple of days. So I decided to make some tuna salad for tomorrow when I start the mushy phase. Not one of my better plans...lol. After a month on liquids it really looked good. I looked at the soup can and looked at the tuna salad and I heard a little voice whisper "you're gonna eat it tomorrow anyway". I'm sure you can see where we're going here. I blinked and there was a fork full of tuna salad in my hand. Of course I ate it ( slowly ) but I ate it and another one too. Put it away and thought wow that wasn't bad. Sat down and that's when it hit. I felt like I'd swallowed a golf ball and it was stuck. Dang...ouch, owie, yuck. At least one of those forkfuls didn't make the cut. One burp was all it took. I'm thinking tuna salad was not a good choice to start out on. I guess I'm grateful I didn't throw up but....Dang.....lol

Tuna might be too much to chew.. soft mushy foods .. like beans.. I stuck to stuff like chili ground lean turkey and beans some broth and blend.. it was thick but mushy.

I stuck to more soupy kind of food but thick .. sorry I can't be more helpful! Ouch!

For sure on the beans and the turkey chili!! It's been my mainstay!  That and scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes or yams!

I have eaten tuna fish with mayo 2 or 3 times. but the other day while at my daughters, my 4 yr. old grandaughter was asking me questions about what I was eating. I had 3 melba tast with it. Well, guess what I was not paying much attention to my chewing and swolling and how much I had in my mouth when all of a sudden just like you dand..ouch...I thought I was going to get sick, but didn't.. I raise my  arms up, like I read on a post and waited for about 5 minutes or so and then had a few sips of water and finally it started to go down. needless to say I will be holding on the dry tuna for awhile...

My surgery was the same day as yours. I was on liquids for four weeks, too. Wasn't that fun? I started soft/pureed foods last night. I tried pureed chicken with a little mashed potatoes. I didn't take it as slow as I should have and I was in the same misery as you. I had to get it out. I thought I was going to die. I think we just got excited at the idea of actually eating something instead of just drinking. I did much better today. Pudding, pureed cottage cheese. I bought some small rubber coated baby spoons. THey help you take smaller bites. It's been a big help. Good luck. Take it slow.

Solid white tuna with too little mayo is what got me my first official stuck episode -- 6 months post op!

I agree with what others have said -- you might consider something even softer for mushies.  Scrambled eggs, refried beans, soup with stock, and mashed potatoes with cheese melted on top will probably all be a better choice.

I was on the phase 2 full liquids for 4 weeks - 2 weeks before surgery, 2 weeks after surgery now I move on to phase 3 mushy/pureed stuff. On my list is tuna, chicken, egg and seafood salads, cottage cheese, oatmeal,scrambled, poached and soft boiled eggs also lean lunchmeat baked fish and boiled chicken, mashed potatoes and refried beans and mushy veggies. I can also have anything from the liquid phase like s/f pudding and jello and popsicles. I think it was just the tuna that didn't agree with me or maybe too big a bite. Well this is a learning experience...lol. I really like the idea of using baby sized utensils and I'm going to get some. I always learn such great stuff on here. If it weren't for you guys I wouldn't have realized I was stuck and would have totally freaked out. Thanks guys.