Has anyone else out there had a majorly odd reaction to corn post-op?

My husband (back from Iraq, yay!), son, and I are in Orlando, visiting our families and doing the Disney/tourist thing (I fit on all the rides, even the kiddie ones with my son, YAY!)and last night my dad wanted to cook us dinner. He asked me if I had any preferences, to which I replied, "Oh, I can eat anything...BUT I tend to stick more to meat and veggies for dinners..." He laughed about how that was easy enough and proceeded to cook dinner. The family and I were watching a Friends rerun until he called us down to eat. We bounced into the kitchen, and lo and behold: grilled chicken, salad, mashed potatoes, and fresh corn on the cob, straight from my dad's backyard! (funny how to my dad, a newfound bachelor, "veggies" consist of potatoes and corn!!!) Anyway, I'm 8 months post-op and had yet to try corn, so I figured, "Awwww, my dad went through all this trouble and he even picked the corn from his garden, it would be rude not to have a couple bites..." And so I chomped down...(and I'll add in what all I ate, since I've noticed a couple recent questions asking people approx. 8 months post-op how much they can eat) I ate about a third of a good-sized chicken breast, about a cup of salad with cucumber (I picked out the tomatoes, don't like 'em) with balsamic vinegar and a drizzling of extra virgin olive oil, a bite of mashed potatoes, and half of a half of a cob of corn. (or a quarter of a large cob) It was all very good and kept me full the rest of the night (We ate at 7:30). So, this morning I got up, RAGINGLY hungry, and surprised because I generally have to force myself to choke something down for breakfast. Then, as I'm eating, I feel a tiny, hard knot in the back of my throat...long story short, I kind of "work" the lump out by a combination of half swallowing and throat contractions until it ends up in my mouth. I spit it in my hand and it's a corn kernel. If it only happened that one time, I wouldn't have really focused on it-but 3 hours later, I've had 19 corn kernels work their way up that same way...I don't feel sick or bad, and I'm not vomiting or throwing up, just "working" corn kernels up...(best way I can explain it.) Has anyone else had such a weird turnout from eating corn?

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