Rough Night

Man did I have a rough evening yesterday.  I was having dinner with my wife and daughter.  We had baked chicken with vegetables.  It seems I got to talking with them and not paying attention to "how" I was eating.  Apparently I did not chew my chicken enough and I sure paid for it.  It felt like I had a brick stuck in my chest.  My chest felt like it was going to explode.  The sweat broke out on me and I got the foamies in my mouth.  I did eventually vomit and after that I started to feel somewhat better.  The whole episode lasted about 2 hours.  But I can tell you that I was totally miserable the entire time.  So be sure to chew your food very good before swallowing and don't let your mind wonder too much!

My first experience with chicken was about 3 months out. I went to the emergency room and it lasted over 6 hours. I would vomit every 15 min. The good news I learned to be diligent and not get caught up in the moment.

Hello  I know what you mean! As time goes on you will become a chewing machine and it will not bother you anymore. To this day I flatten everything with my tongue to make sure it is chewed properly. I am over three years out and now it all just seems normal to me. I think I only did that once last year.....lol Derrick

Been there man.  That will change things for a while.  I can tell you that at two years out, it still happens occationally.  Not often but enough to remind me that my stomach is different now. Glad you feel better.

I cut all of my meat into very small pieces.  That helps me a lot.  Of course, it's necessary in my case since I don't have any teeth.  My wife got really annoyed while I was waiting to get my dentures several years ago and found I could eat prime rib.  I never liked the dentures and I just make sure I chop up the meat really well. Having said that, however, I too often have trouble with chicken.  I don't have trouble with eating it.  Rather, sometimes I get satiated on a very small amount of it and then I get hungry very quickly.  I don't have that problem with red meat or fish.  Other times, I just can't eat much chicken because it seems to be too dry despite my wife's best efforts. I must say that when I cook using my NuWave oven (as seen on infomercials), I always get nicely cooked moist meat.

The worst I have had has been with beef jerkey. Thought I was chewing it really good, I think the problem may have been that since it has been dehydrated that it sucks the water out of my pouch. I had an episode that lasted about six hours and another one that lasted over night. Slow learner here. I keep it on hand but I keep a close eye on the amount I eat. Although I tried I couldn't get it to come up. Blessed or cursed I don't know, but I haven't up chucked at all since surgery. pan head

Oh Beef Jerky! You are so tasty. But sadly, I cannot eat you ever again. That's one food I'm pretty sure I will never be able to tolerate as a lap-band patient. I don't think there's any way I could chew it thoroughly enough to get it through my band, and I'm sure it will get stuck. So I haven't even tried.

Sounds like you experienced the four letter word for post-op...DUMP!!  I've had it happen several times, not because I didnt chew something adequately but because I ate something that didnt agree with me.  Worst case, I was in Orlando with my wife (we happened to be at an OH conference) and we went to a seafood restaurant for dinner.  I had a shrimp caeser salad.  Usually, most caeser dressings are sugar free, but there was something in this and I didnt know it.  Before we even got to our car in the parking lot, I was doubled over and felt like **** for about 2 -3 hours.  Rapid heartbead, sweating, foamies, vomiting, you name it.  Not very pleasant.  Well we learn from our mistakes.  Whenever I go to restaurants, I grill the server about ingrediants if its something I havent tried before.  Hey, your paying for the food, you have the right to know. Good luck to you and be well. John

Thanks for all the replies.  I am going to be more careful about chewing and finding out what is in my food from now on.  I realize you cannot keep this from happening  always, but I am sure going to try to limit it as much as possible.

hey...I hear you!!!!

here in the OH forums, that's called getting the "foamies" -- a search on same will yield a ton of posts on same...

chew chew chew....and DON'T EVER forget to do that.....the pain alone is quite nasty....my own longest "bout" of same lasted only 30 minutes or so...but in a public men's room it was truly embarrasing....

Jim