Question:
HELP HELP I ATE ....NOW IT FEELS LIKE MY STOMACH IS IN A KNOT

LAST NIGHT I ATE A PIECE OF CHURCH'S FRIED CHICKEN (YES I KNOW I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EATING FRIED FOOD) AND THIS MORNING WHEN I WOKE UP I HAD A LOT OF A GAS AND VOMITING A LOT OF JUST PLAIN CLEAR MUCUS WELL THE GAS IS GONE FOR THE MOST PART BUT MY STOMACH FEELS LIKE A BRCIK IS SITTING IN IT AND I AM STILL VOMITING MUCUS I FEEL VERY VERY FULL SO I DO NOT HAVE ROOM FOR WATER OR ANYTHING BUT A FRIEND TOLD ME TO TRY SOMETHING HOT BECAUSE MAYBE THERE IS A CLUMP OF DRY GREASE IN MY STOMACH SO I AM DONG THAT NOW OF COURSE I AM STILL VOMITING BECAUSE I HAVE NO ROOM TO DRINK BUT NOW I AM ABLE TO SEE TINY PIECES OF FOOD IN IT SO MAYBE THERE IS A CLUMP OF GREASE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO IT A A VERY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING THANKS    — JENNIFER S. (posted on May 1, 2004)

May 1, 2004
It sounds like you may not have chewed your food up well enough and that perhaps a larger piece of chicken is blocking your stoma. When mine's blocked, that's when I get the clear, mucusy stuff. It's going to be uncomfortable as long as it's blocked. Just keep drinking and vomiting until it either passes through one way or comes up the other. That's what I do. And remember from here on out: small bites and chew, chew, chew!
   — jenn_jenn

May 2, 2004
I saw a similar post earlier and responded to that. I had exactly the same experience last week (I had a grilled chop) and I was MISERABLE all night. I was burping, had dry heaves, kept spitting up foam, etc. I thought it was from the food but talked with my daughter later and she had just had the exact same symptoms and she has not had WLS so. Her little girl had done the same thing and now her husband is experiencing the same. Then two of the ladies I work with went thru the same thing. I think it must be some kind of virus or something. It's pretty nasty whatever it is.
   — scbabe

May 2, 2004
the same thing happened to me last night--but i did something totally stupid by eating a large piece of a brownie!!!!How DUMB was that??? I was soooooooooo sick i thought i was going to choke or die---i will never-EVER-do something so stupid aagain--!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   — sherry N.

May 2, 2004
The best tip I ever got from this wonderful site was for "stuck" food - make some hot tea (herb - particularly mint is great - I put a little Splenda in mine) and sip it SLOWLY. It's never failed me - it'll either go through or come up but it'll be over. This takes 20-30 minutes - hope it works as well for you!
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