Question about food getting stuck

I am more than 3 1/2 years out In the beginning I got stuck a couple of times.  That was more my fault as I was getting used to my band and I wasn't chewing my food well or eating slow enough.  I never got so stuck nothing got through.I just got very uncomfortable and then a few minutes later it passed.  Now speaking on my behalf...I can eat whatever I want.  Pasta, bread, meat, fruit. cake...whatever.  What has changed since I was banded is that I can't eat endless amounts of these things.  Instead of eating a huge plate of pasta I can eat maybe a 1/2 - 1/4 cup (2 oz is a serving by the way).  Instead of eating a medium pizza I eat 2 squares.  I feel satisfied.  But saying that one of the reasons I am successful at losing weight is my diet is heavy in protein and low in carbs.  And the carbs I do eat are mainly fruits and veggies...not breads and pastas (the pasta and bread I do eat is now ONLY whole grain NEVER white).  Stay away from the simple carbs and eat the complex carbs...whole grain, veggies, fruit.       

I lost 170 lbs + so far....

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Its different for everyone, maybe depending on how much fluid is in your band.  I can never ever take a drink when I am stuck, it makes it 10 times worse.  I always have problems with pasta and with most breads.  I think the first time you get stuck is the scariest, I thought I was going to die, probably due to the panic and getting stressed out, thus tighter and tighter!  You will probably find your own way out of a stuck episode, usually time, trying not to panic, or just bringing it back up help a lot.  deb

Towards the end when the band was tightening up in between un-fills, I would get stuck for long periods on less.  The worst took a couple hours to break lose.  After that they took out all the fluid.

This is the problem many of us are having...tight bands even with NO fill.  I believed veteran bandsters who said that if I followed the "rules" and didn't keep my band too tight, my band could last a lifetime.  As more and more of us experience a tight band with little or no fill, it is apparent that this isn't true...even the mfr's are saying that the bands are not intended to last a lifetime.

Getting "stuck" is a different experience for everyone.  In addition, it is believed by my doctor and others, that one of the causes of an ever-tightening band is the stomach working against the band to push food through the stoma....causing scar tissue to build up under the band...why would a person want to sit there for hours with a piece of food stuck and wait for it to push through when you could be damaging your stomach?  It is better to just let it come up, if its not lodged in the stoma.

Just my thoughts....

Usually, liquid makes it worse for me.

it is liked a clogged drain.  If you add water, the water sits above the clog.  For me, adding water or any 

liquid causes me to vomit.  It is not fun.

Yes... likes others have said it's different for everyone

My Nutritionist has said to think of the BAND as an inverted triangle if somethig is stuck at  that bottom and you continue to fill it it has no where to go but OUT (yes you have to throw-up) But this is something that should be discussed by your Surgeon but often times isn't :(

 I guarantee if it happens enough times you learn to eat slower, put your fork down between bites, chew & chew again,not drink while your eatting.

Bread is not a banders friend, I don't eat it daily, I can't, I can eat it on rare occassion mostly when I'm 3-4 weeks after a fill and then maybe an ounce if that .  Most things that are soft (donuts,cake,) I don't even bother with it's not worth throwing up or the pain from getting stuck becasue eventually it comes back up ...I think you get the picture :(

And then there's the band damaging the vagus nerve causing GI motility disorders...