Anyone having problems eating chicken?

I'm 7 months post op (Open RNY). It has been a learning process in what I can and can not eat and how much. I used to be able to tolerate everything, but now I find that bread (and flour) products can often cause me to have to bring it up as it sits like a stone. Another problem I have is very much a surprise to me, and that is eating chicken. I did a library search on chicken and all I seemed to come up with was "chickening out of surgery" type questions. lol Anyway, since the surgery I often have problems with chicken. In fact there is hardly a time when I don't. Most of the time I have to bring it up as it hurts. I've tried hard to think, "why"? The only conclusion I can come to is this. It is almost as if when I'm eating it, it doesn't register WHEN I'm full. It's like by the time I know I'm full, I'm EXTREMELY full and have to get it out. I don't have problems with any other meat. In fact I love beef and it causes no problems whatsoever. Only chicken does this to me. Of course, breads (flour products) do this to, but I know my limitations and stop before trouble (most of the time). But for some reason I can not tell the trouble point with chicken until I'm to full, or whatever it is that triggers this problem. I love chicken but it almost isn't worth the hassle. Am I the only one? Is there anything that makes eating chicken easier on the stomach? Other than to eat slower and leave more time before bites, I have no idea what to try. Thanks.

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