How often does food get stuck, and how bad is it?

Not sure who told you we don't absorb sugar. In the beginning we don't absorb much of anything, which is why we have to focus on protein and vitamins to stay alive and healthy. Later on though, a year or two down the road, we can absorb just about anything. You may be confusing that with dumping syndrome, where a small percentage of RNY patients have extremely unpleasant symptoms when they eat sugars or carbs. Do NOT depend on dumping to help you continue weight loss... most RNY patients don't dump.

As for food getting stuck, it happened to me a lot in the first few months until I figured out what Pouchy liked and didn't like, as well as how to chew food thoroughly. 6 years later, I know that meatloaf and other forms of ground beef still need to be chewed like the dickens for me, and dry chicken is my enemy. Other than that, no major stuck food issues in years.

Audrey

Hey aesposito.. thanks much for your response.. Because i'm a new member, my posts get delayed as they need to be approved first. Please look at the thread again and you'll see my comments/sources regarding sugar not being 100% absorbed for RXY patients

Doctors don't know why diabetes goes into remission with the RNY at about 85% and with the sleeve at about 50%. They do believe it has to do with bypassing the intestines.

What Hala wrote, exactly.

Having surgery in a few weeks and wondered about food getting stuck. My Husband has a lapband which was effective the first year because all he did was throw up everything he ate. After that he became anemic and had to be hospitalized for a week and received blood transfusions. He was never a candidate for it - no self control. I call it his "throw up band". He did not go back to the doctor for check-ups and adjustments just did what he wanted. After the hospital stay we went back to his surgeon and had it opened all the way up (I wanted it removed) but that didn't really solve the problem. His weight is back where he started.

He may want to consider revision..

He went to the seminar with me back in November and asked a question about that. I think he is waiting to see how I do. Also, our insurance does not cover bariatric surgery so that is also a consideration but thank you for your suggestion.

I'm not implying that he wasn't doing the wrong thing, but wanted to say that puking with the band does not always indicate poor behavior. I was a serious rules follower and by the end I could not even swallow soup or water without vomiting :(

Lots of people gain weight back with the band because eating the healthy dense proteins actually becomes impossible. "Slider foods" like chips and popcorn can be all you can tolerate, so people end up gaining it all back quite often.

My revision was the best thing I ever did. I hope he gets to the point where he is ready to try. The surgeries are a night and day difference, if he is ready to actually tackle the problem head-on.

Again, maybe not the issue he was having, exactly, but thought I would put it out there for others reading who are considering revision.

Thank you so much for your reply. The first thing he did was try to eat a McD's cheeseburger! He didn't have the classes, meet with a NUT, excercise eval, psych eval, etc. like I did. I just don't think he has the personality traits or self control necessary to be successfull.

I had food get stuck a few times after introducing denser food.You get what we refer too as the foamies. Foamie mouth and sometimes you throw up.Usually from not chewing enough or eating too fast.I'm 5 months out now.food getting stuck only happened around 1-2 months out from surgery and only a few times.